中国湖南永清环保研究院有限责任公司与美国环保领域三家领先机构技术合作谅解备忘录签约仪式
日期：2012年2月17日 来源：中国日报网
为进一步促进中美在环境保护方面的交流合作，中国湖南永清环保研究院和三家美国环保领域的领先机构于2月13日 下午在美国首都华盛顿分别签署了三份谅解备忘录，在水处理和可再生能源等方面进行深入合作，共同应对环境给人类带来的挑战。
作为中国国家副主席习近平访美投资促进代表团的一部分，来自湖南永清环保研究院的代表在华盛顿举行的签字仪式上和三家美国实体签署了三个关于共同解决面临的环保问题的谅解备忘录。
中国商务部的投资促进局副局长张迎新在签字仪式上说：“随着中国经济的快速发展，环境问题和水等自然资源的短缺问题正变得越来越突出。这使得中美实体之间的合作具有十分重要的意义。”
今天和中国签约的三家美国实体都是在环保方面领先的服务供应商，他们解决环境问题不是简单地采取终端治疗方法，而是采取可持续发展的方针。第一份备忘录是和密尔沃基水协会签署的，他们在水处理研究、教育和经济发展方面处于国际领先地位，永清环保研究院和密尔沃基水协的合作将开发水的研究和分享水相关的技术；第二份备忘录是和美国H&S公司签订的，该公司致力于两个重要的领域: 即为用户提供安全饮用水和控制水污染来保护环境。他们将在水务公司管理、水资源管理和水的相关技术方面展开合作。第三份备忘录的合作公司Ze-gen，她是一家再生能源公司，拥有清洁和高效气化技术专利。永清环保研究院将和他们合作把Ze-Gen的技术开发应用到中国的固废处理领域。
永清环保研究院高级副总裁和首席科学家庄平博士在接受记者采访时说:“我们这次引进和开展合作的这些先进技术和管理经验在中国将有巨大的市场潜力，通过使用这些技术可以帮助中国变得更绿，进一步加强中国的可持续发展，并使永清成为中国环保市场国际先进技术的领导者”。
永清环保研究院成立于2011年,其使命是开发、引进、应用先进的环保技术，为中国环保事业做出贡献。湖南永清环保集团创立于1998年, 是一个实力雄厚的综合性环保公司。湖南永清环保股份有限公司创建于2004年，是为高污染、高耗能工业企业提供烟气排放综合解决方案的环保工程公司。公司在钢铁、冶炼、海上油井平台等行业脱硫技术及设施运营上全国第一，工程总包国内领先。并于2011年在中国上市，是湖南的环保龙头企业。
China, US join hands to tackle climate challenges
Updated: 2012-02-16 14:53
(China Daily)
WASHINGTON - China and US business entities took initiatives to jointly tackle environmental challenges by signing three memorandums of understanding (MOU).
As part of the business delegation led by visiting Chinese Vice-President Xi Jinping, Yonker Environment Protection Institute (Yonker EPI) signed three MOUs with US entities at Monday's ceremony in Washington. Yonker EPI was established in 2010 with the mission to develop and commercialize advanced environmental technologies in China.
Zhang Yingxin, deputy director of the Investment Promotion Bureau under the Ministry of Commerce, said at the signing ceremony, "Along with the rapid economic development of China, environmental issues and shortages of natural resources such as water are becoming more and more prominent. It is of great significance to start this type of cooperation between China and US entities."
The three US entities that signed MOUs with the Yonker EPI are US leading providers of services that resolve environmental issues not simply from an end treatment approach but from a sustainable approach.
The first MOU was signed between Yonker EPI and the Milwaukee Water Council. Milwaukee is recognized as a world hub for water research, education and economic development. This cooperation will focus on applicable water research and sharing of water technologies. The MOU between the Yonker EPI and Hazen and Sawyer is for cooperation in utility management, water resources management, and water technologies.
The third US entity Ze-Gen is a renewable energy company that combines proprietary gasification technology with ordinary waste streams in order to generate clean, sustainable, low-cost synthetic gas for multiple industrial applications. The company will apply the Ze-Gen technology in China for solid waste gasification.
Ping Zhuang, executive vice-president and chief scientist at Yonker EPI, said at the ceremony, "The introduction and cooperation of these technologies and advanced management experience can have a great market potential in the vast Chinese market and the application of these can also help China become greener and more sustainable, and enable Yonker EPI to rise as an international player of advanced technologies and a leader in the Chinese environmental market."
Hunan Yonker Environmental Group was established in 1998. It is an environmental company that provides complete and comprehensive services. The company was listed in China's stock exchange last year.
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