The Foreign Economic Cooperation Office (FECO) of the Ministry of Environmental Protection of China

The Foreign Economic Cooperation Office (FECO) is an institution affiliated to the Ministry of Environmental Protection of China. Since its establishment, FECO has always focused on the core work of environmental protection, made full use of its strategic domestic and international advantages as well as its nexus role in foreign cooperation of environmental protection, and gradually developed its comprehensive business areas. In MEAs implementation, FECO is responsible for the implementation work of the Montreal Protocol, the Stockholm Convention, the Convention on Biological Diversity as well as its Biological Safety Protocol and Nagoya Protocol, and Minamata Convention on Mercury. FECO has developed the supporting system of the whole process covering prospective study, negotiation, signing, implementation, and assessment. The performance has been highly praised domestic and abroad, and won numerous awards and recognition from the international society. In bilateral and multilateral cooperation, FECO has carried out cooperation with the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank, United Nations agencies, and other international organizations, as well as Italy, European Union, Germany, Sweden, United States, and more than a dozen countries and regions. A number of research results have been adopted and taken reference by the CPC Central Committee and the State Council. In international consultancy and services, FECO developed a series of CDM projects, with total GHGs emission reduction accounting for over 15% of the total in the world, and 25% of the total in China, making outstanding contributions to tackling climate change.