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Under the support of AC/UNU, Beijing Millennium Project Node has achieved
the original goals of its work plan in 1998. The
main works are as follows:
1.The panel of Beijing Node enlarged its members.
The new members are CUI Shuhong from National Environmental
Protection Administration, LIU Xiwen from
Document and Information Center of Chinese Academy of Sciences, LU
Yonglong from Research Center for Eco-Environmental
Sciences, HU Zhenqi from Chinese Mining University, and
MIAO Zewei from Research Center for Eco-Environmental
Sciences.
2.On July 10, a mid-year working meeting of Beijing Node
was held in Beijing. The contents of the meeting covers the
introduction of research results of last year
and main contents of the book "1998 State of the Future", main works of
the
first part of this year and interviewing results,
and the working plan of Beijing Node in the next six months.
3.On December 17, 1988, the yearly working meeting of Beijing
Node was held in Beijing. The contents of the meeting
covers the introduction of research results
of Millennium Project, main works of the Beijing Node and interviewing
results, the working plan of Beijing Node
next year, main urgent issues faced in China and the possibility of holding
a
ceremony for new millennium. The participants
discussed the identified issues in China and the measurements and the
outlines of the two books: "Great Trends of
China" and "Ecological Security" which will be published next year.
4.Distributed "1998 State of the Future", collected responses
from readers, and contacted publishers to search the
possibility to publish some results of the
future study report. Translated the main theme of the Report into Chinese
and
published a special issue in the "Newsletter
for Promoting Sustainable Development and Interdisciplinary Studies on
Economy, Ecology and Ecopolis", introducing
the millennium project to the publics.
5.According to the activities of Millenium Project Headquarter,
carried out three rounds of Global Lookout study and two
rounds of Environmental Security Questionnaire
investigations.
6.Translated Global Lookout interview questionnaires into
Chinese; identified and interviewed ten politicians, two
entrepreneurs, two NGO representatives, and
two officers from local office of international agencies during round 2
of
the Global Look-Out Studies (see Appendix
1); distributed the translated Chinese versions to the regional Lookout
Panel; collected responses, translated into
English, and sent to the coordinating office at AC/UNU.
7.Held four workshops for China’s future together with
other NGOs, the topics of which include the population quality,
urbanization, ecological deterioration and
westernizing in life style, assessment of regional sustainable development,
prediction of sustainability in future in
county scale, participated by researchers, graduate students, citizens
and a few
policy makers.
8.Chair of the Node, Prof. Wang Rusong and member of the
Node, Prof. Jin zhouying joined World Bank and State of the
World Forum Expert Consultation on world water
and environmental issues, which encouraged and promoted future’s
research in China.
9.Participated Millennium Project’s mid-year and annual meetings of the Planning Committee.
INTERVIEWEES LIST FOR LOOK-OUT
STUDY ROUND-3
CHI Ji
Male, Director of Rural Development Division, Ministry of Science and
Technology
Zou Zuojun
Male, PhD of Ecology, General Manager of Beijing Jiuqiang New Technology
Company
SHI Peijun
Male, Professor, Natural Society of China and Beijing Normal University
SHI Zhengxin
Male, Professor, Vice Secretary of the Ministry of Civil Affairs
YUAN Guangzeng
Male, vice director of Department of High Technology, Ministry of Science
and Technology
CHEN Xinqiang
Male, Associate Professor, Deputy Director-General of Institute of
Strategic Development and Overall Planning, Chinese
Meteorological Administration.
DONG Wei
Male, PhD, Professor, Program Specialist of UNESCO representative Office
to China, Mongolia & D.P.D. Korea.
CHENG Xu
Male, Professor, Director General of the Department of Education, Ministry
of Agriculture
FANG ZhiYong
Male, Secretariat Chief of the Office of China National Committee &
for the IDNDR, Assistant Director of Department of
Disaster & Social Relief, the Ministry of Civil Affairs
LU Taichang
Male, Professor, Director of the Management Center for Modern Skill
Education and Research, Director and Engineer General
of Management Center of Association Affairs, Chinese Society of Sci.
& Tech.
LUO Zhaohong
Male, MS, Senior fellow & professor of Institute of World Economics
and Politics, the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences,
Standing member of China Society of Future.
MEI Lianxue
Male, Director of Sci. & Tech. Division, Department of Climate
and Service, Chinese Meteorological Administration.
WANG Zhengang
Male, Professor, Director of Department of Association, Chinese Society
of Sci. & Tech.
YOU Youlin
Male, PhD of Ecology, Manager General, Beijing Sangsong Sci. &
Tech. Development Corporation Ltd.
YU Chunpu
Male, Professor, Director of the Department of Design and Management,
Capital City Planning & Construction Commission.
ZHAO Xianying
Female, Professor, Sectarian General of UNESCO/MAB China Commission.
Zhou Wuguang
PhD of resource science , Institute of Resource Science, Beijing Normal
University
LIU Xiwen
Professor, Document and Information Center of Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jin Zhouying
Senior fellow & professor, Institute of Quanti-Econoics and Techno-Economics,
Chinese Academy of Social Sciences(CASS);
Director, Center of Technology Innovation and Strategy Studies (CTISS)
Beijing
Node