AMINA BENKHADRA

Minister of Energy, Mining, Water and the Environment

"Sustainable development is not limited to rational resource management and environmental preservation, which are certainly essential pillars. It is, instead, a comprehensive and integrated concept (...) that views the individual as the actor and purpose for all development."

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FU YING

Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, People's Republic of China

"In a developing country like China, nothing is more important and more relevant than to improve the living and working conditions of its 1.3 billion people. We are still lagging behind the people's needs. To understand China, one should not lose sight of such reality."

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