Chongqing - SEE Chongqing Project Center aims to gather the strength of local entrepreneurs in Chongqing to jointly promote the development of local environmental protection and public welfare undertakings. Chongqing is a very special city of mountains and rivers, and it is located in the hinterland of the Yangtze River. The current focus of SEE Chongqing Project Center is on the ecological protection of the middle and upper reaches of the Yangtze River.

In May, iChongqing visited SEE (Society of Entrepreneurs and Ecology) Conservation Chongqing Project Centre and interviewed with Ms. Liu Xin, the SEE Council Member and Chairman of Chongqing Project Center, is also an entrepreneur member of SEE.

 

According to all the initiators of SEE, “Why did we entrepreneurs from all over China come to the Alxa Desert? Why did we establish the SEE to engage in sandstorm management in China? It is because we still hold hopes and dreams in us. We hope the Chinese economy will grow stronger and Chinese people will be affluent. We hope people in China will become more friendly and kinder to each other. And we hope China will preserve the vigor and health of its environment. We hope people all over the world will live together in a beautiful and harmonious global village. We dream for a world where each and every one of us has the opportunity to realize our aspirations”, stated on its website.  

Since SEE’s establishment 16 years ago, it has carried out many influential environmental protection projects and has gradually developed into four major strategies today, namely desertification prevention, pollution prevention, ecological protection and nature education, and industry development.

SEE Chongqing Project Center will continue to base itself on Chongqing, and carry out aquatic ecological protection of the Yangtze River Basin around the key project of "send Yangtze sturgeon home". Provide multi-dimensional support for promoting the development of the public welfare ecosystem in Chongqing and Southwest China and creating NGO alliances.

About SEE

SEE Conservation was established on June 5, 2004 as the very first social organization in China that promotes entrepreneurs to engage in ecology conservation and their responsibilities toward the society.

SEE aims to build China’s most influential platform for entrepreneurs engagement in environmental protection and to promote Chinese entrepreneurs to undertake more ecological and social responsibilities.

Wu Jinglian is the 1st Chairman of Council, SEE Foundation from 2008 - 2016, he is the Preeminent economist Researcher at the Development Research Center of the State Council. Xu Xiaonian is the Current Chairman of Council, SEE Foundation, from 2016 - Present, he is Preeminent economist Professor of Economics and Finance at China Europe International Business School. Wang Shi, chairman of China Vanke, he was the former presidents of SEE. 

SEE has grown as the most responsible organization of entrepreneurs in China with over 900 member entrepreneurs. SEE has supported more than 550 environmental NGOs and individuals to implement environmental projects across China.