(Imo the twelfth lunar month 18), January 20, 2003, China's first issue of "Environmental Protection Award for International Cooperation.

2003 1 20, for the first time awarded "Environmental Protection Award for International Cooperation, the International Department of the Italian Ministry of Environment and territory Corrado Clini Ozone Layer Protection Working Group and the World Bank Chen Hing years the award. Environmental Protection Award for International Cooperation was set up in 2002, selected once every two years to recognize the environment environmental work in China has made an outstanding contribution to international friends. (History. Cn)