A group of professionals in China, led by Tony Chu, IECA’s ambassador to China, has been busy planning the “Shenzhen Environmental Protection Industry Development Forum.” Also heavily involved in the effort is past IECA Board President Doug Wimble, CPESC. IECA believes that the event can help generate momentum and interest for a proposed chapter in China.
The conference aims to bring together high-profile Chinese government officials and industry leaders to address China’s current erosion control issues. The conference will provide a venue for industry in China and for IECA members to introduce their technologies, products and services to the Chinese government leaders addressing specific governmental projects in China.
The event originally was scheduled for November 3–4, 2009, and is being postponed tentatively to May 2010. Due to the delays caused by the Chinese national holiday (the 60th anniversary celebration), a number of visitors are having problems getting their China entry visa in time for the conference’s original dates.
“Due to the 60th anniversary of China’s Independence Day [which began October 1 for one week], the Chinese government issued a number of temporary security measures. This created unavoidable problems in obtaining visas for interested members who had registered for the event. So we decided to postpone the conference until May 2010,” says Chu.
More information about the conference will be published on the IECA Web site and in Erosion Control in the coming months.
For more information about the event,
please contact:
Tony Chu, IECA China Ambassador
Phone: +86 -138-1610-7501
E-mail: [email protected]
