“2019 Earth Hour” Light-out Campaign in Home Field Beijing Completed Successfully

On the evening of March 30, the "Connect to Earth" 2019 "Earth Hour" Light-out Campaign, jointly sponsored by Beijing NGO Network for International Exchanges and the World Wide Fund for Nature, was held successfully in Beijing Olympic Tower. 

Famous calligrapher Hu Bin wrote the theme for the activity

　　More than 2,000 landmark buildings such as Beijing Drum Tower, Beihai White Pagoda, Jingshan and Qianmen Street extinguished their landscape light on time. Through the "Earth Hour" campaign, the public was called upon to protect the environment in which we live, and it was a preheat to the UN Biodiversity Conference hosted by China in 2020. 

Distinguished guests Jean-Paul Paddack, Wang Han, Guo Geng talked about their understanding of biodiversity

　　More than 50 celebrities from all walks of life joined the star volunteer team of theWWF and called on everyone to support the "EarthHour" on the Internet. 

　　Ten cultural and sports stars, including Tsing Fong Wu and Wu Minxia, shared their environmental protection actions such as reusing hotel soap, not using plastic bags and not ordering takeout meals, and jointly vowed to practice environmental protection. 
　　Zhao wenzhi, President of Beijing NGO, attended the light-out campaign, spoke highly of the environmental protection action and, together with Xie Zhenhua, China's special representative on climate change, presented thank-you letters to the star volunteers. Jean-Paul Paddack, Director of the Network Development of WWF International Secretariat, said that any environmental protection measures in China would play a decisive role in the world. 

President Zhao Wenzhi had a cordial conversation with Director Xie Zhenhua

　　Zhang Qian, Executive Vice President of Beijing NGO, said that Beijing NGO is willing to work with the relevant international agencies and organizations to achieve the goal of "Connect to Earth". 

Executive Vice President of Beijing NGO Zhang Qian Made a Speech

　　Launched by WWF, the "Earth Hour" is the world's largest public welfare activity on environmental protection, covering more than 180 countries and regions and more than 7,000 cities. It has attracted hundreds of millions of supporters to inspire people's sense of responsibility to protect the earth, think about the environmental issues such as climate change, and express their support with concrete actions. 

Student Choir sang The Song of the Earth

　　The activity has received strong support and assistance from the units like Foreign Affairs Office of the People's Government of Beijing Municipality,Beijing Municipal Commission of City Management, Beijing Municipal Ecological Environment Bureau, the Government of Chaoyang Districtand so on.