On August 18, the Secretariat hosted the Brainstorming Meeting with relevant Ministries. A total of 21 representatives from NDRC, Ministry of Land Resources, Ministry of Construction, Ministry of Communications, Ministry of Water Resources, and other Ministries attended the meeting. Mr. Xu Qinghua, Director General of the International Cooperation Department of SEPA and Deputy Secretary General of CCICED chaired the meeting. The Secretariat briefed on the Council's working scheme for the next five years, and listened to the suggestions and policy study demands of the Council's work from those Ministries.