Diplomats from some 20 countries to China paid a visit to northwest China's Qinghai Province from October 9 to 12 to learn about green energy development and ecological protection there.
In Gonghe County of Qinghai's Hainan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, foreign envoys saw a solar park with the largest installed capacity in the world built in a once barren land raged with sandstorms.
"This is a great achievement for the people of China, people of Qinghai, to amplify solar energy to this stage. (This achievement) is very much in line with sustainable goals of the United Nations. It can serve as a good practice for many nations that are aspiring to use clean energy in (the) new era," said Ambassador of Armenia Vahe Gevorgyan.
"(China's) modern development is not development on its own. It is development with taking care of the environment and also the species. This is one thing I think every country should look at," said Majintha Jayesinghe, Sri Lankan ambassador to China.
On the shores of Qinghai Lake, the largest lake in China, the envoys learned about the province's birds and fish protection efforts. They also learned about China's policy measures and achievements in ecological protection at the Przewalski's gazelle conservation base by the lake.
"What I've seen today, I think, gives us a great lesson about ecological, environmental protection. Qinghai is more concentrated in protection - ecological protection and environmental protection, providing the best for the people here, as well the entire China," said Isabel Domingos, Sao Tome and Principe's ambassador to China.
A strategic pivot for Belt and Road development, Qinghai has been actively engaging in cooperation and exchanges with Belt and Road participating countries regarding green development and environmental conservation.
"I think this is one of the ways China is genuine about assisting developing countries like Grenada, where I am from, and using the technologies, using the strategies and the policies that they have used to get villages like this one out of poverty and into self-sufficiency, inclusive of clean energy and renewable forms of energy," said Grenadian Ambassador Ian Marshall.
Foreign diplomats to China visit Qinghai
