The Foreign Environmental Cooperation Center (referred to as FECO) is a public institution affiliated to the Ministry of Ecology and Environment of China (MEE). In January 2019, it was established by integrating the Foreign Economic Cooperation Office of the Ministry of Environmental Protection (founded in 1989), and the China-ASEAN Environmental Cooperation Center (founded in 2009). FECO operates under multiple designations, including Technology Center for Environmental Convention Implementation, China-ASEAN Environmental Cooperation Center, China Center for Shanghai Cooperation Organization Environmental Cooperation, and Lancang-Mekong Environmental Cooperation Center.

International cooperation and exchange form an essential part of China’s environmental agenda. FECO, under the strong leadership of the Leading Party Members Group of MEE, follows the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era. Positioned as a national-level platform for international cooperation and a window for foreign exchange in the ecological and environmental sector, FECO has continued to deepen its engagement in critical areas such as global environmental policy research, implementation of international environmental conventions, high-level ecological and environmental cooperation, green and low-carbon technology exchange, and global outreach on ecological civilization. By extensively building an international ecological and environmental cooperation network of multi- layer and across multi-sectors, FECO actively contributes to the building of a beautiful China and a clean and beautiful world.