Mr. Zhou Shengxian, Minister of Ministry of Environmental Protection of the People's Republic of China accompanying visiting President Hu Jintao met with Japanese Environment Minister Kamoshita Ichiro in Tokyo on May 6. They signed the MOU between the Ministry of Environmental Protection of the People's Republic of China and Ministry of Environment of Japan on Joint Implementation of the Demonstration Project on Scattered Sewage Treatment Facilities in Small Cities and Towns.
　　
Environmental cooperation between China and Japan has a long history with striking achievements and actively promotes environmental protection in the two countries. At the same time, it has made positive contribution to regional environment. The new cooperation document signed by environment ministers of the two countries is another specific achievement of environmental cooperation between China and Japan. It is expected that with this cooperation China and Japan will strengthen the cooperation and exchanges in the field of the prevention and control of water pollution, facilitate sewage treatment in small cities and towns, improve environmental quality of China and promote the implementation of the "11^th Five-Year Plan of China for National Environmental Protection".