"The 2009 China Markets Conference helped me understand the importance of forming coalition of international banks, governments, industry and NGOs in promoting sustainable forestry, as well as specific roles of international financial institutes, NGOs, governments, industry, etc., in forest carbon markets and forest certification.

"Forest certification is an effective tool to promote sustainable forestry and proof of legality, although speakers have various views regarding legal timber trade and different forest certification schemes. Markets and supply of certified timber raw materials remain major challenges to forest certification.

"The 2009 China Markets Conference increased our awareness of legality and sustainability issues associated with international forest products trade; also it increased our awareness of certified forest products and various forest certification schemes: FSC, PEFC and Chinese national standards.

"Through the China markets Conference 2009, I understood that that corporate social responsibility is increasingly linked to sustainable forestry as an emerging trend pursued by global business leaders and in China.