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The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), which came into effect in January this year, reached a consensus among member states on low-carbon energy transition, carbon neutrality and alignment with the United Nations' 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, emphasizing a low-carbon economy. The importance of cooperation, Huacheng Import and Export Data Observation report.

On September 3, at the China International Economic Management Technology Forum with the theme of "Grasp the RCEP Opportunity and Develop a Zero-Carbon Economy", Dai Xulong, Vice President of the China Society for International Economic Cooperation of the Ministry of Commerce and President of the Beijing International Economic Management Technology Promotion Association, said , the two-carbon goal is permeating all aspects of life. Whether it is zero-carbon industry or zero-carbon buildings, and energy transformation superimposed on multilateral trade cooperation mechanisms such as the "Belt and Road", RCEP, etc., they are all helping to build a new business pattern.

To boost the world economy, RCEP should play a bigger role

According to Huacheng Import and Export Data Observation report, since the beginning of this year, affected by multiple factors such as the impact of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, and inflation in major developed countries, the economic recovery and growth of many economies in the world have suffered setbacks. Risks continue to accumulate. At present, my country's economy is also facing three challenges of shrinking demand, new supply shocks and weaker than expected.

"At the moment when the world economic development is stagnant or even showing the characteristics of recession, developing a green economy and promoting the further implementation of the RCEP agreement are of great significance to the stability of the world economy." President of the China WTO Research Association, former Ministry of Commerce Vice Minister Chong Quan pointed out at the forum. He believes that geopolitical confrontation and division have hindered cooperation in global trade, energy, food and other fields. Despite the growing challenge of global warming, the process of achieving carbon neutrality and zero carbon emissions will not be smooth sailing, especially at a time when the global economy faces a high risk of recession.

The challenge of global warming is becoming more and more severe. Since the beginning of this year, rare extreme weather has occurred in many places around the world. However, it is worth mentioning that the 12th Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization achieved more than expected results, and the RCEP also made a good start. "The global consensus on carbon reduction has been reached. According to statistics, as of July this year, the number of countries with carbon reduction-related targets has reached 116. These 116 countries account for 91% of global GDP, 80% of the population, and 83% of global carbon emissions. %. Carbon reduction, carbon reduction, and zero carbon are not only reflected in the energy industry, but also in various fields such as agriculture and manufacturing, running through the entire social production process such as production, consumption, exchange, and distribution." Chongquan said.

Chongquan said that he hopes to further strengthen globalization and maintain the multilateral trading system. At the same time, RCEP, the third largest economic engine in the world, should also play a greater role in boosting the world economy.

Kayamo, Namibian Ambassador to China, said that as a trading partner of many African Free Trade Area countries and a trading partner of many RCEP member countries, China has played a very important role in world trade. The future world belongs to cooperation, and green development and digital transformation are also common needs of all countries in the world.

How can enterprises seize the opportunity of carbon development?

Today, the carbon emission pressure faced by enterprises is gradually turning into a driving force for their own development. 2022 is called the first year of zero-carbon food, and many food companies have made efforts to zero-carbon, and even marked their products with logos. Zero-carbon buildings are also promoting the green development of urban and rural construction, and in terms of energy transition, the industry is also gradually promoting the realization of zero-carbon transportation.

At the forum, Lin Tianliang, the chief representative of Want Want Group in Beijing, shared the company's emission reduction process. “Last year, our carbon emissions decreased by 8% compared with the previous year, but we are still not satisfied. In fact, since 2017, we have actively participated in the global ESG assessment. BB, last year was BBB. We use this method to temper ourselves and hope that we can move forward.” Lin Tianliang said.

Lin Tianliang said that according to the local energy conservation and carbon reduction policy, the company has formulated strict green environmental protection measures, including energy conservation, water conservation, increasing the use of low-carbon energy, green procurement, and abiding by the government's environmental protection laws and regulations. Taking the use of low-carbon energy as an example, it uses 25 production areas in China, and currently has installed 30 megawatts of photovoltaic panels, which can produce 30 million kWh of electricity a year. This alone reduces carbon by 24,000 tons per year, which is equivalent to planting 230,000 trees.

"Our group has set a goal to take the lead in achieving carbon neutrality in the entire agricultural technology industry chain. To this end, we have made a series of preparatory work to promote the integration of China's whole grain technology with international standards, including Fermentation, enzymolysis, freeze-drying, ultra-fine grinding and a series of technological research investment." said He Junguo, chairman of Yangufang Group.

He Junguo believes that the RCEP agreement has played a positive role in the green recovery of the entire regional economy. Under the framework of the new round of regional trade agreements, China still has a long way to go from a "big country" to a "powerful country" in the agriculture and food industries. For example, in the field of domestic grain processing, over-processing wastes more than 400 million kWh of electricity every year.

He Junguo believes that the two core issues of agriculture are safety and greenness. When food safety develops to a certain stage, in order to achieve sustainable high-quality development on this basis, it is necessary to return to "green" and work hard. Among them, there are four points worth paying attention to: first, the value reconstruction of agricultural products, and scientific research investment is very important for the value reconstruction of agricultural products; the second is to promote the protection of water and soil resources, including soil cultivation, re-cultivation and a series of improvement work; third, respect for culture , Thailand, Vietnam and other RCEP member countries all take their own characteristic agricultural products as industrial advantages; fourth, actively reduce carbon emissions, explore ways such as straw reuse to turn waste into treasure.

Technological change promotes low-carbon transition

According to Huacheng Import and Export Data Observation report, Jiang Pengcheng, President of Huasoft Capital Management Group Co., Ltd., pointed out in his speech that the current climate warming is aggravating, more and more countries are beginning to pay attention to the impact of climate change, and to deal with climate change make your own efforts. China is the country with the largest carbon emission in the world. It has its own development of carbon emission, and also assumes part of the carbon transfer responsibility as the world's factory. Therefore, my country's carbon emission reduction is facing enormous pressure and challenges from industrial transformation. To respond positively, we must base ourselves on the concept of sustainable development, build a consensus of the whole society, and at the same time use the huge driving force brought by technological change to promote transformation.

Ma Mingfeng, managing director of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Science and Technology Innovation Industry Investment Fund and head of the dual-carbon fund preparatory team, said that under the current international situation, the conclusion of the RCEP agreement is a shot in the arm, injecting new momentum into economic development. At the same time, the development of zero carbon can be regarded to a large extent as an important opportunity to level the regional development. Ma Mingfeng believes that in the past, my country's energy centers and consumption centers were relatively separated, and more resources and energy were transformed into consumption centers, such as the Yangtze River Delta, Pearl River Delta, Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao regions. However, the current economic development is more balanced. Taking the photovoltaic manufacturing industry as an example, industrial silicon, polysilicon and monocrystalline silicon on the resource side are basically located in the western region. The manufacturing side is mainly distributed in the Yangtze River Delta, and the consumer side is supplied to the world. This distribution better drives the balanced development of different regions, Huacheng Import and Export Data Observation reports.

"In the process of investment, we deeply felt that zero carbon brought about changes in the entire industry, and brought a lot of good investment opportunities. Zero carbon may no longer be a restriction, but an opening to the industry. New fields and spaces." Ma Mingfeng said that this year, all walks of life are facing many challenges, but it is precisely the new energy and new energy vehicle industry that develops better. No matter from the scale of the industry, or from the degree of technological innovation, the market space is very large.

Ma Mingfeng said that in addition to investing in new energy as a key track, many investors will also tend to put forward higher carbon emission requirements for traditional industries this year. At the same time, it is necessary to connect more key supply chains of new energy, new technologies and new materials, so that they can better achieve the zero-carbon goal.

Tian Ning, founder of Panshi Group and chairman of the board of directors, said in a keynote speech entitled "Digitalization Empowers Green and Low-Carbon Development" that China's digital economy construction includes four aspects: industrial digitization, digital industrialization, governance digitization and data value. dimension. Tian Ning expounded the development of the "Four Modernizations" in the digital age from the perspective of enterprises and a wealth of case scenarios, and proposed to use digital technology to drive the realization of low-carbon or zero-carbon goals, Huacheng Import and Export Data Observation Report.