Iam looking forward to new cooperation， economic contacts and entrepreneur activities between China and Austria as a result of Austrian showcase. Therefore， I invite you to convince yourself personally of Austria's environmental technology innovations for citiesand regions of the future.\" Nikolaus Berlakovich， Austria's Federal Minister for Agriculture， Fores-try， Environment and Water Manage-ment said in his speech at the China-Austria Environmental Protec-tion Industry Business Conference， which was sponsored by CCPIT and Vienna Economic Chamber and held in Beijing on May 4. More than 120 entrepreneurs from China and Austria attended the conference and had one-to-one business talk.

Minister Berlakovich introduced Austria's achievement in environmental related industries. In the field of environmental technology and ecolog-ical innovation，\" Made in Austria\" has won recognition internationally. With proceeds of 4 percent of GDP yielded from the booming environmental technology industry， Austriaranks second in the EU. He said that in order to support this trend in the environmental technology sector， which is characterized by above-average sales and employment and growthfigures， the Federal-Ministry of Agriculture， Forestry， Environment and Water Management and the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber launched the joint Environmental Technologies Export Initiative. The visiting Austrian companies this time also brought many new technologies， expecting to find opportunities and partners in China.

Zhang Wei， Vice President ofCCPIT addressed the conference. He said that with the rapid development of trade relations between China and Austria， more and more Austrian companies， especially the SMEs began to turntheir eye on China's market. CCPIT would build more such platforms for the enterprises in the two countries to facilitate the mutual understanding and cooperation.