Information Exchange for Information Exchange for the Development of the Development of

Sustainable Wood Process Sustainable Wood Process IndustryIndustry

Luo xinjian Research Institute of Forestry Information and Policy, CAFluoxj@caf.ac.cn, 2007-04-27

Information Exchange for the Information Exchange for the Development of Sustainable Wood Development of Sustainable Wood Process IndustryProcess Industry

China’s Role in Sustainable Trade-What China’s Role in Sustainable Trade-What is being doneis being done

Project I am undertaking Project I am undertaking What I learn form the survey in the What I learn form the survey in the

wood based processing base in South wood based processing base in South ChinaChina

Information Sharing or exchange between Governor Information Sharing or exchange between Governor and researcher; government between industry; resource and researcher; government between industry; resource supplersuppler ，， producer and consumer have influenced the producer and consumer have influenced the development of sustainable wood process industry development of sustainable wood process industry substantially .substantially .

Information Exchange for the development of Sustainable Wood Process Industry

Characteristics of low efficiency information sharing

Information sharing between Policy maker Information sharing between Policy maker and related researcher is in low efficiency and related researcher is in low efficiency

Information exchange between Policy Information exchange between Policy maker and industry is insufficiencymaker and industry is insufficiency

Information between Process industry and Information between Process industry and resource suppler is isolated resource suppler is isolated

Information Exchange for the Development of

Sustainable Wood Process Industry Enhance communication between the policy maker and Enhance communication between the policy maker and

institute researcherinstitute researcher ，， improve the capacity of researcherimprove the capacity of researcher Under the support of governmentUnder the support of government ，， with the help of with the help of

instituteinstitute ，， improve the association’s function constructerimprove the association’s function constructer ，， make make information exchange high efficiencyinformation exchange high efficiency extensiveextensivelyly Assisting the policy implement in the industryAssisting the policy implement in the industry Educating Chinese firms to practice sustainable management Educating Chinese firms to practice sustainable management

in foreign countriesin foreign countries Promoting Promoting the producer the producer be be aware of the requirement ofaware of the requirement of the the

suppler especially in the sustainable forestry suppler especially in the sustainable forestry management areamanagement area

Helping communication between consumer and producer Helping communication between consumer and producer areaarea

Feedback the industry’s implement of the policy Feedback the industry’s implement of the policy Seeking the help for what the industry Need and make Seeking the help for what the industry Need and make

the institute meet the need especial in the technical the institute meet the need especial in the technical innovate.innovate.

China’s Role in Sustainable China’s Role in Sustainable Trade-What is being doneTrade-What is being done

Provided technical and financial Provided technical and financial assistance to Myanmar and Laos to Plant assistance to Myanmar and Laos to Plant Trees in Place of Drug PlantationTrees in Place of Drug Plantation From 1990’s until 2005From 1990’s until 2005 ， ， 500million 500million

RMB pour in itRMB pour in it over 41000ha are alternatively-planted over 41000ha are alternatively-planted Over 36000 ha are in Myanmar over 7600 ha are rubber plant are rubber plant

China’s Role in Sustainable Trade-What is being done

Provided Forest Sustainable Management training Provided Forest Sustainable Management training courses for the developing countriescourses for the developing countries From 2005From 2005 ， ， this training course have this training course have

trained forestry official coming form trained forestry official coming form Myanmar, Papua New Myanmar, Papua New GuineaGuinea ，， CongoCongo ，， Equatorial GuineaEquatorial Guinea ，， LiberiaLiberia

This year ‘s will soon begin in Beijing in middle This year ‘s will soon begin in Beijing in middle May May

China’s Role in Sustainable Trade-What China’s Role in Sustainable Trade-What is being doneis being done

Provided Tropical Forest Sustainable Provided Tropical Forest Sustainable Management training course for the tropical Management training course for the tropical countriescountries From 2003 until last yearFrom 2003 until last year ，， already 4 already 4 training course have successfully heldtraining course have successfully held

Participants coming from AsiaParticipants coming from Asia ，， Africa Africa around 20 countriesaround 20 countries

China’s Role in Sustainable Trade-What China’s Role in Sustainable Trade-What is being doneis being done

National leader commitment to international National leader commitment to international cooperation, participation in FLEG process.cooperation, participation in FLEG process.

Bilateral communications (Russia, Bilateral communications (Russia, Indonesia, Myanmar, etc.) on collaboration;Indonesia, Myanmar, etc.) on collaboration;

Chinese delegation to Indonesia to further Chinese delegation to Indonesia to further investigate forest use and trade process;investigate forest use and trade process;

Government initiated forest policy dialogue Government initiated forest policy dialogue to discuss international and domestic to discuss international and domestic strategy against illegal logging;strategy against illegal logging;

forestry sustainable management training forestry sustainable management training will be involved in the structure of China will be involved in the structure of China and Africa Frum, under the and Africa Frum, under the agricultureagriculture training programtraining program

Projects I am undertakingProjects I am undertaking

1.1. Survey of the processing industry and Survey of the processing industry and research so as to built the date baseresearch so as to built the date base

2.2. Chinese timber produce and demand Chinese timber produce and demand survey and researchsurvey and research

What I learn form the survey What I learn form the survey in the wood based processing in the wood based processing

base in South Chinabase in South China __ It’s the selection of globalization that It’s the selection of globalization that

make China the manufacture for the make China the manufacture for the world. Not any country ‘s decisionworld. Not any country ‘s decision 。。

This selection give the chance for This selection give the chance for every countries——supplier , every countries——supplier , producer and consumer to benefit producer and consumer to benefit from it.from it.

this selection improve the welfare of the this selection improve the welfare of the people in the developed consumer countries people in the developed consumer countries for the high quality wood products with for the high quality wood products with relatively low price.relatively low price.

this selection provide working opportunity for this selection provide working opportunity for Chinese rural labours, improve their income, Chinese rural labours, improve their income, and the industry’ technique and the industry’ technique upgrade.upgrade.

this selection provide resource suppling this selection provide resource suppling countries the chance to sustainable countries the chance to sustainable management their forest.management their forest.

What I learn form the survey in the wood based What I learn form the survey in the wood based processing base in South Chinaprocessing base in South China

Being the manufacture of the world, The smart Being the manufacture of the world, The smart and hard working labours in China and hard working labours in China contribute a contribute a lot to the global ‘s sustainable forest resource lot to the global ‘s sustainable forest resource industry indirectly.industry indirectly. They use wood in the way as if it was gold, try to They use wood in the way as if it was gold, try to

utilize it in a high rate.utilize it in a high rate. The existing of typical Chinese wood Indusdutry The existing of typical Chinese wood Indusdutry

group,help the utilization rate of wood goes to the top group,help the utilization rate of wood goes to the top level that none other countries can ever catch up withlevel that none other countries can ever catch up with

Large amount of small size firms around the big ones Large amount of small size firms around the big ones use the abandoned wood as their material to produce use the abandoned wood as their material to produce packing box, furniture fittings ,in our word——make the packing box, furniture fittings ,in our word——make the waste into treasurewaste into treasure ！！

What I learn form the survey in What I learn form the survey in the wood based processing base in South Chinathe wood based processing base in South China __

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