4 Amendments of Johan VAN HECKE related to 2008/2171(INI)
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Is concerned that the economic boom in China may be short-lived unless long-term security is provided and is concerned about the unstable nature of financial institutions in China which has led to many small investors losing their savings during the financial crisis of Autumn 2008; therefore encourages China to strengthen its financial regulatory framework in line with evolving international practice;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Deplores the lack of ecological and environmental planning in China which has led to huge problems in air, water and soil pollution which are a major threat to the sustainability of industrial and agricultural activity as well as a threat to the health of the population; calls on the Chinese authorities to meet stricter targets for CO2 emissions and to impose tight restrictake concrete steps towards the effective implementations on industrial and urban polluterf environmental laws; recalls the Joint Declaration on Climate Change of 2005 between China and the EU, which established a Partnership on Climate Change, and the need to speed up its implementationcombat the issue of climate change together within a global framework;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes Chinese investment in Africa and Latin America but calls on the Commission to monitor developments closely to ensure that such activities are not to the financial, environmental or social detriment of the local populations in the least developed countries, whereas imports of Chinese consumer goods have proved to undercut local production and cost African jobs; thereforeunderlines the importance of the transparent management of natural resources as they are key to development, and therefore calls on the EU to actively engage China and Chinese companies to support the EITI (Extractives Industry Transparency Initiative); calls on the Commission to initiate a dialogue in this regard through the EU-China-Africa trialogue swiftly;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Underlines the responsibilities of a global economic power and permanent member of the UN Security Council; therefore welcomes the role which China has played in several international peace- keeping efforts on the African continent, but remains concerned about Chinese arms supplies to developing countries destined for illicit or destabilising use;