SJ hosts 2024 China-Singapore International Forum on Sustainable Development
Shanghai, August 6, 2024 – Amid the global wave of exploring solutions for sustainable development, the “2024 China-Singapore International Forum on Sustainable Development” concluded successfully in Shanghai. The forum was hosted by SJ China and attracted political and business leaders from China and Singapore to discuss green and sustainable ways of developing industrial parks and urban areas.
This forum is honored to invite Mr. Chua Teng Hoe, Consul General of Singapore in Shanghai; Mr. Cui Minghua, President of Shanghai Green Building Council; and Mr. Cao Jiaming, Vice President of Architectural Society of China, to deliver speeches on behalf for both sides. Mr. Sean Chiao, SJ’s Group CEO and Board Member, delivered an opening speech with the theme ‘Integrating Carbon Strategies with Global Sustainability Trends’. He proposed the core role of the ‘dual carbon’ strategy in promoting sustainable development, and spoke about its implementation methods.
Witnessed by all Sino-Singapore leaders, SJ China released the ‘White Paper on Sustainable Development Practice of Industrial Parks’. Elaborating on the paper, Mr. Eric Zhang, Chief Executive of SJ China, proposed five major application scenarios, and the typical requirements for each scenario, serving as a reference going forward. These five scenarios include green development; industry development; community empowerment; green assets; and smart operations. The white paper attempts to construct a competitive ESG (environmental, social and governance) system for industrial parks based on drawing conclusive insights from its current and future developmental trends.
Mr. Tan Boon Khai, CEO of JTC Corporation; Mr. Liu Jie, General Manager of Shanghai Environment and Energy Exchange; Mr. Michael Leong, SJ’s Senior Executive Director, Architecture and Design, Global Lead, Buildings + Cities; and Mr. Ding Jie, General Manager of Sungent Urban Development Co., Ltd, respectively gave a keynote speech and shared the achievements, experiences and innovative practices of Singapore and China in green development. Subsequently, in the panel discussion hosted by Mr. Eric Zhang, experts from both sides – Mr. Ng Chia Yong, Head of Corporate Services & Executive Director, Investment (Data Centre) CapitaLand Investment (China); Mr. Michael Leong, SJ’s Senior Executive Director, Architecture and Design, Global Lead, Buildings + Cities; Mr. Jing Xudong, the Party Chief and Minister of Industry Promotion Department, Jinan Start-up Area for Growth Drivers Transformation; and Mr. Lin Xuyang, General Manager and Deputy Party Secretary of China National Nuclear Cooperation Capital Holdings Co., Ltd. – jointly discussed the sustainable development trends of cities and industrial parks, with the aim of laying a foundation for their high-quality development of cities. They provided insights from multiple perspectives and explored the potential for future cooperation in this field.
As a global urban, infrastructure and managed services consulting company, SJ has long been committed to promoting the concept of sustainable development. Suzhou Industrial Park is SJ’s first project in China, kickstarting the concept of “industry-city integration” in industrial park planning. Currently, SJ, Keppel Limited, and Sungent Holdings Group are gathering successful experiences from the green zero-carbon practice of the China-Singapore Green Cyberport project, and jointly compiling a green net-zero carbon indicator system, laying a solid foundation for a scalable green development path for both countries.
Committed to its purpose statement, Real impact, made together, SJ signed strategic cooperation agreements with a number of companies to deepen cooperation in the field of green and sustainable development. The cooperation between SJ and ARCPLUS will focus on researching core issues in green ecology, exploring innovative solutions for the low-carbon transformation of buildings, and jointly creating ‘dual carbon’ demonstration projects. SJ’s cooperation with the Jinan Start-up Area for Growth Drivers Transformation will focus particularly on the green and digital development of Taiping Industrial Park and Cuizhai Area. In addition, the cooperation between SJ and Shenzhen General Institute of Architectural Design and Research Co. Ltd. will be fully launched, covering multiple fields such as project investment, architectural design, urban (park) planning, green low-carbon, clean energy, and landscape design. SJ has also reached cooperation with Sungent Holdings Group and Keppel Limited to jointly study the implementation path of zero-carbon buildings and zero-carbon parks using the Sino-Singapore Green Cyberport as a platform. SJ looks forward to working with all parties to jointly explore and implement innovative sustainable development solutions, contributing to building a greener and more sustainable future.
Mr Sean Chiao shared that: “Chinese organisations are moving boldly towards sustainability, with many companies adopting Science-Based Targets. We believe that through cross-disciplinary cooperation and innovation, we can contribute to building a more harmonious and sustainable world. Our cooperation with our partners is not only the realisation of our commitment to sustainable development, but also our responsibility for the future. Let’s work together to create a new chapter of sustainable development through wisdom and digitalisation!”
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