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08:30, November 03, 2007 |
BEIJING, Nov. 2 (Xinhua) -- China's top political advisor Friday urged more international cooperation to develop energy-efficient and high value-added products made from bamboo and rattan.
Jia Qinglin, chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, made the call at the tenth anniversary of the International Center for Bamboo and Rattan (ICBR) held in Beijing.
Bamboo and rattan are important forest resources and play an important role in improving the ecological environment and the global climate, said Jia, who also called on bamboo and rattan manufacturers to improve their production mechanisms and innovate technology.
As the most profitable non-wood forestry products, international trade of bamboo and rattan stands at five billion U.S. dollars annually. The output value of China's bamboo industry last year reached 66 billion yuan (8.8 billion U.S. dollars).
"Prosperous bamboo industry and rich bamboo culture have become a means of attracting foreign investments and developing the local economy in some regions," Jia said.
The ICBR, headquartered in China, is a non-profit inter-governmental organization with 34 members and more than 130 international partners.
Source:Xinhua
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