EARTH SUMMIT+5 Special Session of the General Assembly to Review and Appraise the Implementation of Agenda 21 New York, 23-27 June 1997 SUCCESS STORIES FROM ASIA AND THE PACIFIC

	Cleaner Production in China: A Story of Successful Cooperation
	Location	China
	Responsible Organization(s)	National Protection Agency of China, China National Cleaner Production Centre, The World bank, UNEP/IEO.
	Description	The project consists of Clener Production case studies, policy study and dissemination.
	Issues addressed	Build local sustainable capacity for cleaner production through case studies and policy implementation.
	Objectives	Introduce the cleaner production approach to 3000 companies over the next five years and especially to the top 100 polluters in China.
	Results achieved	690 no- or low-investment cleaner production options were identified in 29 cleaner production assessments carried out. The recommendations from the policy studies will provide a basis for a consistent and practical cleaner production policy.
	Lessons learned	The success of the project has been mainly due to: manuals in Chinese, early emphasis on in plant training, focus on cleaner production options which were simple to implement; involvement of all employees; combination of practical work and theoretical studies; parallel case studies with policy development.
	Financing	The World Bank.
	Contact	Mr Sybren de Hoo, UNEP IEO Tour Mirabeau, 34-39 Quai Andre Citroen 75739 Paris Cedex 15 France Email: unepie@unep.fr

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1 November 1997