The main objectives of each project activity are:
1. Air Quality Monitoring Systems: The project consists in the establishment of an air monitoring system in the city of Suzhou, including all the equipment needed to provide data collection and analysis, and in the management of the system for one year after installation of the equipment. Furthermore, the project will support the municipal authorities in the policy making process to elaborate appropriate guidelines for establishing the AQMS, facilitating the eventual introduction of AQMS services to further Chinese cities.The scope of the project consists in the supply of an AQMS network, including nine fixed stations, equipment (analyzers for gases and particulate), twenty saturation stations, a data quality control centre, one conventional mobile unit and 6 advanced mobile units.The proposed monitoring network is characterized by a high degree of innovation, which has been extensively tested in Italy with positive results directed to pollution control and prevention.
2. Urban Sustainable Mobility: The program ¿sustainable mobility¿ has as main objective to provide an environmental performance of advanced Italian technologies for the public transportation system, especially on clean diesel technology in Shanghai.The common municipal policy of reducing transport sector pollution by shifting passengers from private to public modes of transportation makes the reduction of emissions from public transport fleets even more critical.The program is intended to promote the advantages in air quality pollution arising from the implementation of advanced technologies in the urban public transportation system.
3. Technology Transfer for the construction of low capacity boilers fed with diesel oil: The co-elaborated project supports the transfer of boiler technology. The project consists in the replacement of 30 low capacity boilers in Taiyuan to shift fuel use from coal to diesel oil, which is a relatively low-carbon fuel. The municipality of Taiyuan was selected for the implementation of the pilot project due to its environmental situation. Located in the Shanxi Province, one of the main areas for the coal mining, Taiyuan suffers of a low air quality due to the heavy use of coal as fuel.The program has supported the transfer of boiler technology.
4. Energy Plans for a Sustainable Development (ENP): ENP has been developed within China focusing on the fields of energy and environment. In particular, the main objective of the proposed Partnership was to identify and evaluate optimal solutions to save energy and to improve energy efficiency, thus improving the integrated environmental quality at local, regional and global level in the long run.
5. Strengthening Technology and Capacity of Sustainable Agriculture: The project is being developed in Inner Mongolia and Xinjiang Autonomous Regions, where the overexploitation of water and the high use of chemical pesticides in the agricultural sector are seriously threatening the environment. The main objective of the project is to improve the rural and/or regional ecological environment, and develop pollution-free agricultural products. 6. Control and phase out of POPs: In the framework of the Sino-Italian cooperation program, three projects are implemented, representing fundamental components of the umbrella project ¿Building the capacity of the People's Republic of China to implement the Stockholm Convention on POPs and develop a National Implementation Plan (NIP)¿. They are:
A. Strategy and Program on Reduction and Phase Out of Pesticides POPs in China;
B. Development of a PCB Inventory Methodology and A Draft Strategy on PCB Reduction and Disposal in China;
C. Strategies to Reduce Unintentional Production of POPs in China.

1. Air Quality Monitoring Systems: The proposed network is intended to demonstrate the potential applications of the suggested innovations and to demonstrate how they provide added value when compared to a more conventional approach. As a concrete outcome of the project, a Sino-Italian Joint venture was created during Year 2004. The tested technologies are being certified by Chinese authorities and proposed and/or disseminating in cities like Lanzhou and Shanghai.
2. Urban Sustainable Mobility: A pilot project will focus on the utilization of emulsified diesel fuel, designed to reduce emissions from heavy duty diesel engines, on buses of the city of Shanghai. The success of Shanghai project may provide a basis for dissemination of this type of technology in China.
3. Technology Transfer for the construction of low capacity boilers fed with diesel oil: The transfer of technology was realized through a Pilot Project involving the construction and installation of 30 advanced boilers fueled by diesel oil. The Pilot Project has also laid the foundation for an industrialized phase during which the market for such advanced boilers in China will be expanded. The above technological cooperation will also set out the principles for the establishment of a joint venture, which the Italian Company and the Chinese Company aim to set up for the fully commercialized production of the boilers in China.Through the implementation of the project, Taiyuan municipality will benefit of an improvement of air and environment quality, which will contribute to the sustainable development of the economy, society and environment.
4. Energy Plans for a Sustainable Development (ENP): Through the implementation of the ENP, the following activities have been elaborated: Changes in the energy production mixture ¿ especially increasing the provision of high quality energy; Promotion of clean-energy production and consumption technologies; Improvements in energy efficiency; Introduction of energy plans for a sustainable environment; Introduction of environmental regulations and economic instruments which facilitate the implementation of the energy plans for a sustainable environment; Strengthening of international co-operation and transfer of technology. The ENP effort were initially focused on Suzhou municipality and then extended to other municipalities (Taiyuan, Jinan), which represent widely different situations in China. The implementation of ENP has assisted the local governments in decision-making and policy formulating with the aim to implement the harmonious and sustainable development strategy of economy, energy and environment.
5. Strengthening Technology and Capacity of Sustainable Agriculture: The transfer of innovative technologies along with the carrying out of training activities are promoting: reduction and substitution of pesticides and chemical fertilizers; adoption of integrated management system for disease and pest control; introduction of water-saving irrigation system for enhancing the water utilization rate; reduction of pollution from agricultural wastes; introduction of the use of biodegradable mulching film; assessment of the economic and social feasibility of the introduced agricultural technologies.The training activities were focused in the organization of local and remote training courses and of regional workshops to publicize the sustainable agricultural technology and improve the awareness of local communities on environmental protection.
6. Control and phase out of POPs: The overall intent of these projects is to enhance China¿s capacity to address global environmental challenges including POPs and to assist China in complying with international environmental conventions (e.g. Stockholm Convention).

The program will be coordinated in the framework of the Sino-Italian Cooperation Program for Environmental Protection (SICP). SEPA and Italian Ministry for the Environment and Territory (IMET), have established a Joint Program Management Office, based in Beijing, staffed by an innovative working team of Sino-Italian experts and headed by a Chinese and an Italian Program Manager to carry out the overall program management. The political guidance is reserved to a Steering Committee, which consists of both SEPA and IMET and is extended to Italian Trade Commission in Beijing and the Italian Embassy in China.The scientific and industrial partners involved will provide the management of each pilot project. The intergovernmental organizations invited as implementing/executing agencies, will be involved in the decision making process.

The projects will also be implemented in collaboration with the Chinese Municipalities (Environmental Protection Bureau) depending on the area where the project will be developed.
SEPA, IMET, SICP, Italian and Chinese private and public bodies and other interested organizations, will jointly implement this Partnership. The Sino ¿ Italian Partners will provide six monthly progress reports on each specific project, which will be also reported to the Steering Committee of the SICP.

Amount in US$: 21251344.64

Source(s): Government
The total funding provided for this partnership initiative is 16.4 million Euro. In particular this amount is allocated as follows:
1. Air Quality Monitoring Systems: The estimated cost of the project, covering the two phases, is 5.9 million Euros. The total cost of the project for the first phase is 3.616 million Euros. In the first Phase, IMET funded the Italian supply of equipment and services, with co financing from CNR in collaboration with the two Italian companies. The total value of the supply of equipment and services from the Italian side for the first phase is estimated as 3.242 million Euros. CNR acted as the implementing agency for the Italian contribution.The municipality of Suzhou is the beneficiary of the Italian contribution. The municipality will also contribute equipment and services totaling up to a maximum of 0.347 million Euros for the first phase (0.458 million Euros for the two phases).
2. Sustainable Mobility: The Italian Ministry for Environment co-financed the project with 0.90 million Euros and the Shanghai Municipality will provide up to 0.1 million Euro as counter fund. The follow up of the project will be submitted to International Financing Institutions for financing.
3. Technology Transfer for the construction of low capacity boilers fed with diesel oil: Total investment costs for the Pilot Project were 2.4 million Euro. The investment was financed with a grant from the Italian Ministry of the Environment and Territory (IMET) for an amount up to 2.2 million Euro and contribution from the Municipality of Taiyuan for an amount up to 0.2 million Euro.
4. Urban Energy Plans: Italian Ministry of Environment and Territory contributed 1,1 million Euro as a grant.
5. Strengthening Technology and Capacity of Sustainable Agriculture: Italian Ministry of Environment and Territory contributed 1,5 million Euro as a grant. SEPA cofinanced the project implementation with 211.900 Euro.
6.Control and phase out of POPs:
Project A: The Government of Italy totally financed this project with a grant of Euro 1,798,500.
Project B: The Government of Italy totally financed this project with a grant of Euro 1,500,000.
Project C: The project has been co-financed by the Government of Italy (1,000,000 Euro) and by GEF 319,926 USD.
PCB Demo Project: The project, closely to be endorsed by GEF, will be co-financed by the Government of Italy (1,250,000 Euro), by the Government of China (10,767,080 USD), by Japan (453,930 USD), and by GEF (18,909,900 USD). Numbers have to be confirmed after GEF endorsement of the project in the 1st quarter of 2005. Therefore the cost of this project has not been considered for the calculation of the total funding of this partnership.