On the afternoon of November 22, the 2021 Shanghai Electric Science and Technology Month & Summit for Innovation and Zero Carbon Driven Development with the theme of “Intelligent Manufacturing Upgrade, Innovation Empowerment” was held in the Shanghai Science Hall.

Jiang Mianheng, President of ShanghaiTech University; Cao Yuanfeng, Deputy Secretary of the Organization Department of Shanghai Municipal CPC Committee; Leng Weiqing, Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of Shanghai Electric; Li Ruxin, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Secretary of the Party Committee and Vice President of ShanghaiTech University; Chu Junhao, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Researcher of Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics and President of the Institute of Optoelectronics of Fudan University; Wang Weiming, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee and Vice President of Shanghai Jiao Tong University; Qin Jian, Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of Shanghai Alliance Investment Co., Ltd.; He Qing, Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of Guotai Junan Securities Co., Ltd.; Wu Jianyong, Secretary of the Party Committee of University of Shanghai for Science and Technology; Liu Ping, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee and President of Shanghai Electric; Ding Xiaodong, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee and President of University of Shanghai for Science and Technology; Wei Juliang, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee and General Manager of the Shanghai Electric Power Co., Ltd., SPIC; Li Ping, Vice Chairman of Contemporary Amperex Technology Co.,Ltd.; Guo Yiyu, General Manager of Huawei Shanghai Representative Office, and other leaders and guests jointly announced the launch of the Science & Technology Month.

Li Ruxin and Wu Jianyong delivered speeches at the opening ceremony. Sun Yuhan, Distinguished Professor of ShanghaiTech University and Chief Scientist of Institute of 2060, ShanghaiTech University, was invited to give a keynote speech entitled A Low-carbon Development Path for Coal Power Coupled with Renewable Energy. During the event, Shanghai Electric signed a framework agreement on school-enterprise cooperation with the University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, and signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Shanghai Jiao Tong University on the construction of “One Port”.

Focusing on the two themes of “low-carbon development” and “ integration of digital technology and manufacturing”, this year’s Science and Technology Month will carry out a series of activities including an opening ceremony, two summit forums and five thematic activities. Under the guidance of innovation-driven high-quality development strategy, the Science and Technology Month aims to invite experts, universities, institutes, companies, investment banks and funds, and internationally advanced innovation enterprises to jointly launch an industry dialogue with internal-external interactions and upward-downward linkages, so as to broaden horizons and gather forces and talents to build an open platform for China and the world. During the Science and Technology Month, Shanghai Electric will hold a summit forum on “Digital and Manufacturing Integration Development”, a symposium for young scientific and technological talents, a salon on the theme of new technology development, a series of exchange activities entitled “Bringing in and Going out”, talent recruitment activities, and cultural activities to promote engineering culture and craftsmen’s spirit.

Leng Weiqing said in his welcome speech that, at present, Shanghai Electric is in a critical period of transformation and development. Its energy supply structure will be further adjusted, energy utilization will be changed, and energy technology and equipment will be upgraded rapidly. As the integration between the digital economy and the real economy is gaining speed and depth, Shanghai Electric will face unprecedented opportunities and pressure for change. We encourage the group’s science and technology workers to cherish the big stage of Shanghai Electric and the cause of science and technology innovation, focus on collaborative and open innovation with all parties, and seize the major opportunities brought by national goals such as carbon peaking and carbon neutrality to create greater value in the construction of the major national projects.

In the subsequent Summit Forum for Innovation and Zero Carbon Driven Development, three renowned experts in the industry delivered keynote speeches to analyze the policies related to carbon neutrality, carbon trading and carbon finance, and to outlook the future development of the industry. Industry experts and entrepreneurs from different fields held a summit dialogue on the development of new technologies, industries and fields under the national goals of carbon peaking and carbon neutrality.

The domestic and foreign partners who could not attend the forum due to the COVID-19 pandemic sent their congratulatory messages through videolink. The Talent Division and Corporate Cadre Division of the Organization Department of the Shanghai Municipal CPC Committee, the Shanghai Municipal State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission, the relevant leaders of the partner universities and enterprises, and the management, senior management and external directors of Shanghai Electric Group attended the forum.