China Low Carbon Economy Forum

Opening Ceremony and Keynote Speech
Speakers: Leader of Ministry of Science and Technology（MOST） Wang Yuqing, Deputy Director of Committee of Population, Resources and Environment of NPPCC and President of Chinese Society for Environmental Sciences Wei Jianguo, Secretary-General of China Center for International Economic Exchanges & Former Vice Minister of Commerce Zhao Jiarong, Deputy Secretary General, National Development and Reform Commission Dr. Victor K. Der, Acting Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy, Department of Energy, USA Paul Clements-Hunt, Head of Unit, UNEP Finance Initiative Wang Jinnan, Vice President, Environment Planning Institute, Ministry of Environmental Protection Zhang Kunmin, Vice President of Chinese Society for Sustainable Development & Former Deputy Director General of National Environmental Protection Bureau David Sweet, Executive Director, World Alliance for Decentralized Energy Foundation
Parallel Sessions
★ Part Ⅰ Low Carbon Cities and Economy Transition ★
Session 1 Low Carbon Transition and City Leapfrog Development: Discussion on Low Carbon City Construction
NDRClaunched experimental work in State Low Carbon Provinces and Low Carbon Cities on August 18, 2010, and principals from experimental provinces and cities, like Guangdong, Liaoning, Hubei, Shaanxi, Yunnan, Tianjin, Chongqing, Shenzheng, Xiamen, Hangzhou, Nanchang, Guiyang and Baoding, promised to research and make low carbon development plan, build the industrial system characterized with low emission of carbon faster and actively advocate low carbon green life style and consuming mode so as to contribute to fighting against global climate change. Low carbon city has been a new standard of urban planning, city operation and brand. Therefore, what is the key point in building the system, making strategy and applying? This session will be the panel to discuss the way to consumer lifestyle in the development of low carbon cities and all opportunities appeared in constructing modernized, residential, low carbon and high quality cities.
Guests: Tong Xiaoping, Vice Mayor, Chongqing City Li Miaojuan, Director, Development and Reform Commission of Guangdong Province Xie Zhanhai, Deputy Director, Hebei Development and Reform Commission Jiang Zuoyong, Director, Liaoning Provincial Development and Reform Commission Xu Kezhen, Director, Hubei Development and Reform Commission Zhu Zuoli, Director, Shanxi Provincial Development and Reform Commission Mi Dongsheng, Deputy Director, Yunnan Development and Reform Commission Pan Jiahua, Director, Institute for Urban and Environmental Studies Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Other participants from Shenzhen, Xiamen, Hangzhou, Nanchang, Guiyang and Baoding
Session 2 Practice and Development Prospect of Low Carbon Zones and Eco-Towns
－Low carbon economic zones: experimental field for Chinese economic transition －Basis, condition and plan of developing low carbon economic zones. －How to expand the scale and improve the quality of industrial cluster with low carbon advantages and keeping with the trend of green growth? －How to deal the relationship among economic benefit, social benefit and ecological benefit? －Opportunities and challenges in leading traditional resources industry into low carbon economy era －Basis, condition and way of developing low carbon economy zone －Develop low carbon eco-zones and build a low carbon eco-towns －Exceeding carbon trade: policies and strategies for zones to develop low carbon economy －How to coordinate the relationship between increase-maintaining and energy-saving & emission-reducing? －New energy and development of low carbon city: comments for developing alternative energy sources and financial support －Low carbon industry convergence and industrial cluster development
Guests: Yang Zhiping, Director, Suzhou Industrial Park Administrative Committee Xu Jingang, Director, Banan Industrial Park Administrative Committee, Chongqing Sun Jinbo, Director, Administrative Committee of Baoding High-tech Industrial Development Zone Zhang Shiqiu, Director, Institute for Environment and Economy Research of Beijing University Li Hejun, President, Hanergy Holdings Group Miao Liansheng, Founder & Chairman, Yingli Green Energy
★ Part Ⅱ Technologies of New Energy and Energy-Saving, Emission & Carbon Reduction Promoting Green Development★
Session 3 Development Plan And New Development Opportunity of New Energy Industry
Enterprises are participants and beneficiaries of low carbon economy development. Saving energy and fighting against climate change will encourage enterprise to develop innovative technology, promote efficient allocation of resource among industries, and improve the whole resources utilization rates and the market competitiveness of company products and services so as to bring direct and indirect benefits to enterprises. News energy and Renewable Energy Sources is a new emerging industry, gestating unlimited business opportunities. How to fully analysis and handle the opportunities and challenges of this industry? －Developing trend and prospect of global new energy industry －Tendency of Chinese new energy market and relevant influence on investment －Preferential policy given by government: Analysis and prospect of development strategy and fiscal policy of new energy and renewable energy sources. －How to fully analysis and handle the opportunities and challenges of the industry of new energy and renewable energy sources? －Opportunities and challenges of the industry of new energy and renewable energy sources.
Guests: Cai Guoxiong, Assistant Chief Engineer of China Electronic Power Research Institute and Vice Chairman of Beijing Committee of NPPCC. Shi Dinghuan, the Counselor of the State Council, President of Chinese Renewable Energy Society and Former Secretary General of Ministry of Science and Technology Hu Chunli, Former Director, Topology Research Institute, NDRC Shen Yiyang, Leader of Senior Energy Experts Group, Asian Development Bank David Sweet, Executive Director, World Alliance for Decentralized Energy Foundation
Session 4 New Achievements and Investment Opportunities of Saving Energy and Reducing Emission & Carbon
－Full use of coal bed gas and coal liquefaction －About Smart Grid invested with money over trillions －Cyclic utilization can promote green petrochemical. －Hybrid vehicle—model of saving energy and reducing emission －Popularize green architecture and promote energy-saving and emission-reduction －New path to save energy and reduce emission for steel industry; －LED industry—new forces of saving energy and reducing emission
Guests: Wang Qinghai, President, China Shougang Corp Jack Wen, Global Vice President, GE Energy Group Al Byrant, Vice President, Boeing Research & Technology China, The Boeing Company Olivier Piccolin, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Philips Lighting Asia Philippe Joubert, President, Alstom's Power Division Hashizume Tomoyuki, Vice President of Innovation Division, Mitsubishi Corporation
★ Part Ⅲ Carbon Trade and Finance ★
Session 5 Current Developing Situation of the Global Carbon Trade and Prospect of Chinese Market
The progresses the world had made in climate change promote the innovations in low carbon technology worldwide. There will be a great demand in low carbon technology; what’s more, low carbon technology will sure be the cutting edge issue and vital field in the development of the world technology. Once obtain low carbon technology, you’ll possess the strong technology competitive force. －What challenges and costs will Chinese Entrepreneurs face in the low carbon economy development? －The development trend of the international carbon business and the prior cooperation fields and steps that the Carbon Exchanges both at home and abroad will take －Prospective and analyzes on investing China CDM market from International Carbon Funds, what will China CDM confront while being exploited and the approaches we should take
Guests: Edwin Aalders, General Manager，International Emissions Trading Association Jeff Huang, Global Vice President, Chicago Climate Change Zhang Shigang, Representative in China, United Nations Environment Programs （UNEP） Yang Fuqiang, Director, World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Global Climate Change Programme Peter Cook, Senior Investment Officer of Carbon Finance Unit, IFC
Session 6 The Development of Low Carbon Economy and Green Finance Innovations
－What role does finance play in development of low carbon finance and green industry? －Will commercial banks, especial brand commercial banks dare to take low carbon projects as key support? Whether the current situation of high index in risk assessment appears in low carbon economy companies (especially those private companies) can be changed or not? －The investing prospective of China Green Technology in 2011 －The development and listing of clean technology companies, what can venture capital, green industry and VC/PE do to help? －Predetermination for carbon funds’ investment on hot points business and analyze of the successful cases.
Guests: Wang Xiaoya, Deputy Secretary, Research Bureau of People's Bank of China, Wei Guoxiong, Chief Risk Officer, ICBC Chen Huan, Deputy Director, Management Office of China Clean Development Mechanism Fund, MOF Wei Guoxiong, Chief Risk Officer, ICBC Paul Clements-Hunt, Head of Unit, UNEP Finance Initiative Li Yuefeng, President, Foshan Sailing Building Materials Co., Ltd. Dr Sabine Miltner, Deputy Chairman of the Environmental Steering Committee, Deutsche Bank
★ Part Ⅳ Low Carbon Strategy of Transnational Enterprises ★
Session 7 The Low Carbon Strategy of Transnational Enterprises- Building Green Low Carbon Companies and Initialing Low Carbon Life
Most of the transnational enterprises have considered the sustainable development, as for developing countries, it is an opportunity to take low carbon investment from transnational enterprises and this should attach importance to the development of the transnational enterprises in developing countries. Transnational enterprises not only are the discharger of greenhouse gases but also the investor of Low-Carbon Economy and research and development of technology, so it is important to pay full attention to the transnational enterprises so as to build global cooperative relationships. It is inevitable for nations to bring in transnational enterprises’ low-carbon investment and encourage Low-Carbon Economy. －The green responsibilities of companies and companies’ green brand strategy after financial crisis. －Low Carbon Economy and Company Transition and Development. －Innovation and Respond of Chinese Firms under Policy of Economic Structural Adjustment. －Green wave-the best practical and successful cases of international companies’ green transition. －The prospective of China environment and economy policy trend and the effects it should bring for transnational enterprises. －Discover and foster green elements-the sustainable development and grow path for the company.
Guests: Bjorn Stigson，President, World Business Council for Sustainable Development Chen Jinya, President, Alcoa Asia Pacific Guan zhihua, President, BASF China Claudio Facchin, Chairman of ABB North Asia and CEO ABB China Kho Choon Keng, Chairman, Lianhuat Group
Closing Ceremony The Prospective of the Twelfth Five-Year Plan—the Trend of Low-Carbon Economy Future Development
－The prospective of the twelfth Five-year Plan: where is the driving force for China economy development? －The twelfth Five-year Plan will face a severer challenge than the eleventh Five-year Plan in energy conservation and environment protection. How would China do to speed up the space in Low-Carbon Economy transition, energy saving and emission reduction? －Seeking inclusive, sustainable and balanceable economy growth, greeting economy green revive. －Supporting the low carbon industry will attract great investment, most of all, it can help starting nongovernmental investment and drive economy growth effectively. Any new investment chances for the nongovernmental investment?
Guests: Niu Wenyuan, State Department counselor, Research Group Leader of Sustainable Development Strategy of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chief Scientist Han Wenke, Director, Energy Research Institute NDRC Xia Guang, Director, Policy Research Centre for Environment and Economy, Chinese Ministry of Environmental Protection He Jiankun, Deputy Director of National Panel on Climate Change and Director of Laboratory of Low Carbon Energy, Tsinghua University
Special Activities
－Project Docking Fair between low carbon technology and low carbon capital －Initial rites between low carbon companies
Awards Ceremony China Low Carbon Pioneers Roll
Low Carbon Pioneer Cities and Parks Low Carbon Pioneer Companies(energy saving and emission reduction technology, new energy, environment protection technology and green companies) Low Carbon pioneers(governors, leaders of the associations and parks, heads of the financial organizations, entrepreneurs and individuals) Low Carbon Pioneer banks and investment organizations(green investments and green banks)