1997 commission given to me, after a competition, for The National Environmental Protection Agency of The Peoples Republic of China after the visit of Norway's Prime Minister Gro Harlem Brundtland 1996 as a gift to China. The inauguration was combined with a visit of the King and Queen of Norway and participation at a banquet at The Peoples Hall in the presence of the president Jiang Zemin.
I wanted my theme to point at China's great problem of water and constructed two large wooden arches that symbolize waves and yin-yang.
