Surbana Jurong Group holds 2024 China-Singapore International Forum on Sustainable Development
2024-08-08
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In the global wave of exploring sustainable development solutions, the "2024 China-Singapore International Forum on Sustainable Development" came to a successful conclusion in Shanghai on August 6. The forum was hosted by Surbana Jurong China and attracted political and business leaders from China and Singapore to discuss the green and sustainable development of industrial parks and cities.
The forum invited Singapore Consul General in Shanghai Cai Lianghe, Shanghai Green Building Association President Cui Minghua, and China Architecture Society Vice President Cao Jiaming to deliver speeches on behalf of both China and Singapore. Qiao Quansheng, CEO and Board Member of Surbana Jurong Group, extended a warm welcome to the guests and delivered an opening speech, officially kicking off the forum. With the theme of "Intertwined and Shared: Global Sustainable Wave and 'Dual Carbon' Strategy", Qiao Quansheng made a profound interpretation of the global trend of sustainable development and proposed the core role and implementation path of the "dual carbon" strategy in promoting sustainable development.
At the forum, Shengyu Group China released the "White Paper on Sustainable Development Practices in Industrial Parks". Zhang Qi, President of China, analyzed it, proposed five major practice scenarios, and listed the relevant typical needs for each scenario, providing clear guidance and reference for the sustainable development of industrial parks. These five scenarios specifically include green development, industry cultivation, community empowerment, green assets and smart operations. Based on the summary of the development practices and trends of industrial parks, the white paper attempts to build an ESG (environment, society and governance) sustainable competitiveness system for industrial parks.
Jurong Group CEO Chen Wenkai, Shanghai Environment and Energy Exchange General Manager Liu Jie, Shengyu Group (Architecture + City) Senior Executive Director and Global Chief Design Director of Architecture Liang Yingjie, and Xinjianyuan Urban Development Co., Ltd. General Manager Ding Jie gave keynote speeches respectively, sharing the achievements, experiences and innovative practices of Singapore and China in green development. Later, in a roundtable discussion hosted by Zhang Qi, experts from China and Singapore, including Huang Jiayong, Head of Corporate Services and Executive General Manager of Investment (Data Center) of CapitaLand Investment (China), Shengyu Group (Architecture + City) Senior Executive Director and Global Chief Design Director of Architecture Liang Yingjie, Deputy Director of the Office of the Special Working Group for Cooperation with New Zealand in Jinan and Director of the Industry Promotion Department of the Management Committee of the New and Old Kinetic Energy Conversion Start-up Zone of Jinan Jing Xudong, and General Manager and Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of China National Nuclear Corporation Capital Holdings Co., Ltd. Lin Xuyang jointly discussed the sustainable development trends of cities and parks, provided multi-angle insights for the high-quality development of cities and parks, and explored the potential for future cooperation in this field.
As a global consulting company for urban, infrastructure and management services, SJ Group has long been committed to promoting the concept of sustainable development. Suzhou Industrial Park is SJ Group's first project in China, which opened up the park planning concept of "industry-city integration" and laid the foundation for its development in China. At present, SJ Group, Keppel Limited and Xinjianyuan Holdings Group are summarizing the successful experience based on the green zero-carbon practice of the Sino-Singapore Green Cyberport project and jointly compiling a green net zero-carbon smart indicator system, laying a solid foundation for both China and Singapore to explore a replicable and popularizable green development path.
Adhering to the vision of "cooperation and advancement", Surbana Jurong Group signed strategic cooperation agreements with many companies at the forum to deepen cooperation in the field of green and sustainable development. Lu Yuan, Deputy Secretary of the Party Working Committee and Deputy Director of the Management Committee of Suzhou Industrial Park, Jing Xudong, Deputy Director of the Office of the Special Working Group for Cooperation with New Enterprises in Jinan and Director of the Industry Promotion Department of the Management Committee of Jinan New and Old Kinetic Energy Conversion Start-up Zone, Long Ge, Vice President of Huajian Group, Liao Kai, Chairman of Shenzhen General Institute of Building, Yu Shenghong, Executive Vice President of Keppel Urban Development and Head of Sustainable Urban Renewal Operations (China), Zhang Liang, President of Xinjianyuan Holdings Group, and Qiao Quansheng, CEO and Board Member of Surbana Jurong Group, witnessed these important moments. The cooperation between Surbana Jurong Group and Huajian Group will focus on the research of core areas of green ecology, explore innovative paths for low-carbon transformation of buildings, and jointly create "dual carbon" demonstration projects. The cooperation between Surbana Jurong Group and Jinan New and Old Kinetic Energy Conversion Start-up Zone will focus on the green and digital development of Taiping Industrial Park and Cuizhai District in the start-up zone. In addition, the cooperation between Surbana Jurong Group and Shenzhen General Institute of Architecture will be fully launched, covering multiple business areas such as project investment, architectural design, urban (park) planning, green and low-carbon, clean energy, landscape design, etc. Surbana Jurong Group has also reached cooperation with Xinjianyuan Holdings Group and Keppel Limited to jointly study the realization path of zero-carbon buildings and zero-carbon parks based on the Sino-Singapore Green Cyberport. Through these collaborations, Surbana Jurong Group looks forward to working with all parties to jointly explore and implement innovative sustainable development solutions and contribute to building a greener and more sustainable future.
"Facing the grand blueprint of global sustainable development, Surbana Jurong Group has the vision of 'working together for a better future' and is committed to working with partners to promote these international concepts into practical actions." Qiao Quansheng, Global CEO and Board Member of Surbana Jurong Group, said: "Chinese companies are moving towards sustainable development with unprecedented determination and attitude, and many companies have begun to establish full life cycle emission reduction targets. We believe that through cross-sector cooperation and innovation, we can contribute to building a more harmonious and sustainable world. Today, our cooperation with partners is not only a practice of our commitment to green development, but also a responsibility for the future. Let us work together to open a new chapter of sustainable development through intelligence and digitalization."
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