The 2012 Eco-Forum Global will be held at the Guiyang International Eco-Forum Center, July 26 to 28. The theme of this year’s meeting is “A green transformation and inclusive growth in the face of global challenges”. The past three years witnessed the meeting’s themes go from “It’s our responsibility to develop a green economy”, “We’re on the way to green” to “A green transformation means both opportunities and challenges”. There have been about 50 sub-forums where in-depth and heated discussions were held among the 3,000 participants.

This year’s annual meeting has two main topics, green transformation and inclusive growth, with four sub-topics, green transformation and green employment, green agriculture and food security, ecological city and inclusive growth, and ecological culture and public participation.

During the three-day meeting, interactive discussions will be held at 30 sub-forum sessions. This year’s meeting will invite state leaders, foreign dignitaries, government officials, representatives of international organizations, university presidents, business leaders, experts and scholars, media and other elites to take part.