3-5.07.2007 China's National Implementation Plan (NIP) Launching Conference
The Central People's Government (CPG) submitted China's National Implementation Plan (NIP), including the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Implementation Plan (HKSARIP), to the Conference of the Parties of the Stockholm Convention in April 2007. To celebrate the successful completion of China's NIP and to mobilize relevant stakeholders for their continual support in its implementation, the State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA), in collaboration with United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO), organized a launching conference of China's NIP for the Stockholm Convention in Beijing on July 3-5, 2007. The Conference officially kick-started the Convention implementation phase in the Mainland and the HKSAR. EPD attended the Conference and gave a presentation on "NIP – the Hong Kong Component" which was well received.