On the morning of Nov. 30^th, the six-people delegation led by Mr. Carl Decaluwe, Governor of Province West-Vlaanderen, the sister province of Zhejiang province, and Mr. Michel Malherbe, Belgian Ambassador to China attended the Constructive Conference of Zhejiang & West-Vlaanderen Institute of Construction Circulation in the company of the group led by Mr. Jianxin Gu, Deputy Director of Department of Foreign and Overseas Chinese Affairs of Zhejiang Provincial People’s Government. Mr. Linkui Chai, Deputy Director of Zhejiang Provincial Construction Bureau, Mr. Zhongyun Qiu, Deputy Director of Office of Scientific and Technological Cooperation of Zhejiang Environmental Protection Bureau, professors from Zhejiang University of Technology and Zhejiang University of Scientific and Technology, representatives from enterprises such as Xingyuan Environment Technology Co., Ltd. and Prof. Jian Ge, Vice Dean of our College and Prof. Liangtong Zhan also attended the conference hosted by Associate Prof. Tao Meng.

Constructive Conference of Zhejiang & West-Vlaanderen Institute of Construction Circulation

At the meeting, Prof. Luc Boehme from Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium proposed suggestions for building Zhejiang & West-Vlaanderen Institute of Construction Circulation (ProR²-2016) after summarizing the sources, the composition and the action plan of the construction waste in Vlaanderen and Zhejiang Provinces, and pointing out the opportunities and challenges brought by the waste problem. Mr. Carl Decaluwe, Governor of Province West-Vlaanderen stressed the importance of recycling of construction waste and proposed listing it as a major cooperation project between Zhejiang Province and Province West-Vlaanderen in 2017. Prof. Jian Ge, Vice Dean of the School proposed that the research and cooperation of construction waste recycling should be multi-channel. Mr. Jianxin Gu, Deputy Director of Department of Foreign and Overseas Chinese Affairs of Zhejiang Provincial People’s Government made the concluding speech, hoping that the constructive team of Zhejiang & West-Vlaanderen Institute of Construction Circulation (ProR²-2016) can further optimize the organizational structure and staffing arrangements under the directives of the provincial governors' meeting, and deepen the related research work. At the same time, it is also necessary to strengthen cooperation between relevant departments at provincial level.

   Mr. Carl Decaluwe, Governor of Province West-Vlaanderen      Mr.  Michel Malherbe, Belgian Ambassador to China      

Representatives take the group photo