China, Singapore Double Down On Green Cities At Tianjin Forum

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 23 (Bernama) -- Over 300 delegates from government, industry associations, academia, and business recently converged at the China-Singapore Green Development Forum to chart a path for greener, smarter urban futures.

Hosted in the China-Singapore Tianjin Eco-City—a flagship bilateral project—the forum emphasised deepening cooperation in sustainable city-building under the theme "China and Singapore build the cornerstone of green development, deepen cooperation on the construction of new cities".

The gathering this year marked a significant milestone. Following the State Council’s August 2024 approval of a long-term green development plan, the Eco-City is now set to become a national benchmark for low-carbon urbanisation through 2035.

In a statement, the Eco-City’s administrative committee director, Wang Guoliang said the region is committed to upgrading itself into an enhanced version of a national green development demonstration zone.

The region leverages six key pillars -- including green and low-carbon industrial development and green and low-carbon energy transition -- and 247 targeted implementation measures to drive the integrated leap forward of its "five core dimensions", namely industry, ecology, intelligence, openness, and vitality. 

The Eco-City is not only planning but also performing — recording a robust 11.2 per cent gross domestic product (GDP) growth in the first half of this year, a signal of green policies driving economic momentum.

Several significant cooperation outcomes were reached between China and Singapore during the forum. The Singapore-based international demonstration centre for green and low-carbon building was officially inaugurated.

Meanwhile, the international alliance for green and low-carbon building technology cooperation and the China-Singapore alliance for culture, tourism and education cooperation were launched in tandem.

-- BERNAMA