The 4th Trilateral Director General Level Meeting
among the People’s Republic of China, Republic of Korea and Japan
on Forestry Cooperation
The 4th meeting was held in Xining, China and co-chaired by each head delegate: Ms. Zhang Hongyan, Director General, Department of International Cooperation, State Forestry Administration of China; Mr. KIM Yongkwan, Director General, International Affairs Bureau, Korea Forest Service; and Mr. HONGO Koji, Director General of National Forest Division, Forestry Agency of Japan. The Trilateral Cooperation Secretariat headed by Dr. UMEZAWA Akima, Deputy Secretary-General, made supportive participation as well.
Especially after one full rotation of hosting by all the three countries, the 4th meeting created one more momentum to enhance the forest partnership among the neighboring countries.
As back-to-back meetings, CKJ sub-regional timber legality identification expert meeting and CKJ forestry lexicon expert meeting, which extensively added a renewed chapter to the trilateral forest cooperation, were held respectively.