TCDC/EDCD IN CHINA

TCDC/EDCD IN CHINA

TCDC is a kind of technological and economic cooperation among developing countries organized and carried out by UNDP. The Chinese Government attaches great importance to TCDC, regarding it as the major measure for promoting international economic and technological exchanges and providing support for the economic development of the countries of the Third Worl. So far, with cooperation with UNDP, the Chinese Government has set up more than 20 regional centers to undertake the TCDC tasks in China. On this basis, the TCDC Network in China has been built in 1995, which including agriculture, industry, forestry, information industry, environmental protection, energy sources, trade and aquatic product as its technological scope. TCDC Network in China is under the leading of China International Center for Economic and Technicla Exchanges.
In this 21 st Century, along with acceleration of global economic integration, TCDC has shifted from its technological cooperation to an all-round technological, economic and trade cooperation.
I. Function of Network:
1. Management-being responsible for all kinds of activities of TCDC of China within the whole world.
2. Coordination -All the activities relating to TCDC/ECDC should be conducted through Network.
3. Representative-Network will contact institutions and departments concerned of developing countries for cooperation on TCDC/ECDC basis on behalf of more than twenty centers.
4. Promotion -Network will make great effort to do any work to promote the development of TCDC/ECDC within and outside China.
II. Main Tasks:
Network will provide following services for promoting TCDC development and transformation of TCDC into ECDC:
1. Technicla advice/Engineering services
2. Expert/Consultant service
3. Individual/Group training
4. Trade promotion
5. Equipment supply
6. Information Exchanges
7. Holding Seminar/Symposium/Workshop for other developing countries
8. Receiving study/observation tour from other countries

Office of TCDC/ECDC Network in China
Add: No. 18, Bei San Huan Zhonglu, Beijing, 100011, P.R. China
Tel: 0086-10-62013082
0086-10-62049988-7753,7756
Fax: 0086-10-62011328
Contact: Mr. Zhao Yongli Mr. Wang Zhen