Mr. Xu Qinghua, Director General of the Department of International Cooperation of SEPA and Deputy Secretary General of CCICED, led the CCICED Secretariat delegation to Belgium and Italy during March 7-10, 2006. During the visit, he met with Mr. Karl, Director General of DG Environment of EU Commission and Director General Mr. Clini of the Department of International Cooperation of the Ministry of the Environment and Territory of Italy. Mr. Xu briefed relevant development of the Third Phase of CCICED and some considerations on the Four Phase of CCICED and exchanged views on how to carry out further cooperation under the framework of CCICED. Italy is a new donor of CCICED since its establishment.