Update:January 22, 2012

Environmental Technology Transfer Promotion Research and Information Dissemination: Technology Exchange Held between Henan Province, China, and Japan

Environmental and Energy Saving Technology Exchange Organized by the Mie Prefectural and Henan Provincial Governments

 China has been pursuing the twelfth five-year plan, which started in 2011 and will end in 2015. Under the plan, the country intends to attain the target values of environmental pollutant reduction and energy saving. In these circumstances, the Henan provincial government is determined to make active efforts to improve energy saving technology to conserve the environment while companies of the province are paying a great deal of attention to highly advanced and valued Japanese environmental technology to follow the national government’s policies.

 The year 2011 marked the 25th anniversary of the friendship affiliation between Mie Prefecture and Henan Province, and in the memorial year an event, titled the Mie Prefecture and Henan Province Environmental and Energy Saving Technology Exchange, was held to promote not only the exchange between Mie and Henan but also technology exchanges between Japanese and Chinese enterprises to help create business opportunities.

Outline of Technology Exchange

 Sessions for exchanging information and knowledge of environmental technology with an emphasis on certain subjects were organized. Environmental issues including energy saving, which should be tackled by Chinese companies in Henan, were discussed by Chinese technical experts and company executives from Henan, Japanese experts, and officials from Japanese companies which have advanced environmental technology regarded as quite useful in the province. It was also discussed how the Japanese technology can be used to solve the problems. 

Comments and Requests from Chinese Participants

 It was ICETT’s first involvement in an occasion that promoted Japanese and Chinese business opportunities in the environmental and energy saving field. There were lively discussions throughout the event and, even after the event, negotiations between the Japanese and Chinese companies are in progress.

Among many others, the following comments were heard from the Chinese participants:

• “I felt that Japan has a high level of energy efficient management and wastewater disposal technology. I also had a good experience here and will take full advantage of it after returning home.”
•  “I liked the style of the exchange sessions very much.”
•  “We intend to consider the possibilities of supporting continued exchanges financially and on a policy basis.” 

Some of the requests made by the Chinese participants were:

•  “There was interesting technology presented at the event and I will ask for follow-up activities after returning home.”
•  “I believe that exchanges like this should again be conducted in the future. Exhibitions as well as these kinds of discussions will be desirable.”

 Venue: ICETT in Yokkaichi, Mie Prefecture

Participating Companies

•  In random order
• The Chinese companies from Henan are interested in introducing the Japanese technology so they can produce and sell energy efficient equipment themselves.

 

[Companies from Henan Province]

①Henan Province Association for General Resource Management and Energy Conservation

②Henan Province Department of Environmental Protection

③Henan Province Environmental Protection Industry Association

④Henan Jingu Industrial Development Co., Ltd.

⑤Zhengzhou Yutong Environmental Science and Technology Co., Ltd.

⑥Zhengzhou City Energy Conservation Monitoring Center

[Japanese companies]

Company A: gear pump manufacturer (Yokkaichi, Mie Prefecture)

Company B: wastewater disposal equipment design and construction company (Mie-gun, Mie Prefecture)

Company C: company that develops and sells additives to improve productivity in industrial processes (Yokkaichi, Mie Prefecture; with head office in Tokyo)

Company D: company that develops, produces, and sells fat and oil recovery systems (Shimotsuga-gun, Tochigi Prefecture)

Company E: consulting firm for environmental risk management (Himeji, Hyogo Prefecture; with head office in Tokyo)

Company F: company that produces and sells alternative fuels for boilers (Matsusaka, Mie Prefecture)

Company G: company that composts organic waste using special bacteria (Nabari, Mie Prefecture; with head office in Osaka)

Company H: waste composting and plant design company (Tsu, Mie Prefecture)

Company I: consulting firm for technological development and negotiations (Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture)

Company J: company that provides contamination analyzing and measuring services, and solutions to environmental pollution (Yokkaichi, Mie Prefecture)

Company K: company that provides soil contamination investigation and solutions for decontamination (Kisarazu, Chiba Prefecture)

Company L: technical research and development institute that specializes in environmental restoration using plants (Yokkaichi, Mie Prefecture)