As the Secretariat of the EACAC Program, ICLEI East Asia has supported strengthening cooperation on air quality between Beijing and Seoul. On 31 March, ICLEI East Asia was invited to attend the Beijing-Seoul Joint Committee Environmental Group Meeting at Beijing Environmental Protection Bureau.

The meeting was hosted by Ruixian Wang, Deputy Director-General of Beijing Environmental Protection Bureau; the Beijing representatives were chaired by Tian Chen, Secretary of Party Leadership Group of Beijing EPB, while the Seoul delegation was led by Boyoun Hwang, Assistant Mayor of Seoul. The two cities discussed cooperation initiatives on air quality status, policies, and measures; and warmly invited each other to participate in their air quality events, which included the 2017 Northeast Asia Forum on Air Quality Improvement to be hosted on 1-2 June.

In strengthening the understanding and cooperation between Seoul and Chinese partners in the field of air quality, ICLEI East Asia also organized a joint strategic meeting with the Seoul delegation and Chinese partners of the East Asia Clean Air Cities (EACAC) program. EACAC activity updates were provided during the meeting, allowing partners to synergize their works on air quality with the program. Representatives from the Clean Air Alliance of China, Energy Foundation China, the Foreign Economic Cooperation Office of the Ministry of Environmental Protection of China, WWF China, the Seoul Metropolitan Government, and the Seoul Research Institute of Public Health and Environment all actively participated in the meeting.