From 18^th to 20^th, September 2012, the 4^th Seminar on Environmental Auditing and the 3^rd Working Meeting of ASOSAI WGEA was held in Panang, Malaysia. A total of 52 delegates from 22 countries attended the meeting, including the representative from the Chair of the INTOSAI WGEA.

Since the establishment of ASOSAI WGEA in 2000, the CNAO, as the Chair of ASOSAI WGEA, has conducted 3 seminars and 2 working meetings successively in China. It is the first time for the ASOSAI WGEA to hold its activities in other member SAIs, and with the great support from the National Audit Department of Malaysia.

On behalf of Mr. Liu Jiayi, the Chairman of ASOSAI WGEA and Auditor General of China, Dr. Dong Dasheng, the Deputy Auditor General of CNAO, presided over the seminar and meeting. At the opening ceremony, Dr. Dong Dasheng, the Deputy Auditor General of China, the Honourable Tan Sri Dato' Setia Ambrin Buang, Auditor General of Malaysia, and the representative of the Chair of INTOSAI WGEA, have made opening remarks, welcome speech, and congratulation remarks respectively. Afterwards, Dr. Dong delivered the Chair's Progress Report to the meeting, followed by an introduction INTOSAI WGEA with the specific intention to the topic of climate change.

A total of 18 papers were presented in the following seminar around 3 themes: “Audit on Water”, “Audit on Climate Change” and “Cooperation on Environmental Auditing”. The seminar has achieved fruitful results upon active participation by warm discussions and experiences exchange among the representatives. All the delegates also visited the Orang Utan Island, Bukit Merah Lake and planted Mangrove Tree in Matang Mangrove Forest Reserve, Perek.

At the working meeting, the participants disucssed and adopted the Procedural Rules of ASOSAI WGEA. The next seminar and working meeting will be hosted by SAI Viet Nam in August 2014.