** The first Western International Carbon Neutralization Technology Achievements Expo and Entrepreneur Summit Forum was held in Chongqing **

On April 14, the first three-day Western International Carbon Neutralization Technology Achievements Expo and Entrepreneur Summit Forum ended successfully in Chongqing.

This Carbon Expo is guided by the People's Government of Chongqing City, jointly supported by relevant units of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, relevant departments of Chongqing City and Sichuan Province, and hosted by the Chongqing City Ecological and Environment Bureau. With the theme of "Jointly Building Green Ecology and Seeking Common Green Development", it focuses on key areas such as green and low-carbon, energy conservation and carbon reduction, ecological environmental protection, and energy transformation. From April 12 to 14, five themed exhibition areas, five high-end forums and multiple trade negotiations and investment promotion activities were set up.

** Carbon Expo empowers and increases efficiency of "double carbon" goals **

• At the Entrepreneur Summit Forum "Focusing on the 'Double Carbon' Goals and Seeking Common Green Development", the Green and Low-Carbon New Technology and New Product Development Forum, the Carbon Trading Market Development and Outlook Forum, the Green Finance and Climate Investment and Financing Forum and the Western "Carbon Bank" Development Forum, more than 30 well-known experts, scholars and entrepreneur representatives in the green and low-carbon field, including Jiang Jianchun and Gao Xiang, academicians of the China Academy of Engineering, attended the conference and delivered keynote speeches, bringing wonderful views, enlightening ideas, and stimulating innovation inspiration. Attract more than 2000 professional visitors.
• In the five theme exhibition areas of urban green development, energy conservation and low-carbon products, energy transformation, low-carbon transportation, and low-carbon services, new green and low-carbon technologies and new products have been unveiled in a concentrated manner, which is refreshing, with more than 50000 visitors in the exhibition area.
• During the exhibition, a number of trade negotiations and investment promotion activities were also held, resulting in the signing of multiple projects. A large number of enterprises and units joined hands to jointly develop related industries and trade and stimulate new economic growth points. For example, Chongqing Public Transport has signed contracts with more than 10 groups of representative projects such as Ningde Times, Chongqing Stock Exchange and Huabao Securities, with a signed amount of approximately 2 billion yuan, and the expected output value in the later period will exceed 6 billion yuan; China Merchants Bank has signed contracts with 7 groups of banks and enterprises including Zhongfunan Thermal Power, and financial institutions will provide nearly 8 billion yuan in financial support to enterprises.
• "This Carbon Expo has established a communication platform for promoting the development and exploration of green and low-carbon technology industries, allowing everyone to inspire and learn from each other in the collision of ideas. In future practice, we will work together and continue to use technology, market, financial and other means to empower and increase efficiency to promote the realization of the 'double carbon' goal as scheduled." The relevant person in charge of the organizer said.

** Sichuan-Chongqing Carbon Neutralization Joint Service Platform officially launched **

• During the exhibition, the Sichuan-Chongqing Carbon Neutralization Joint Service Platform was officially launched. According to reports, in order to thoroughly implement the Party Central Committee's strategic deployment on the construction of the Chengdu-Chongqing twin-city economic circle, in accordance with the relevant requirements of the Chongqing Municipal Party Committee's "No. 1 Project" and the Sichuan Provincial Party Committee's "General Work Traction", the ecological and environment departments of Sichuan and Chongqing will jointly guide, Chongqing United Equity Exchange Group (Chongqing Carbon Emissions Trading Center) and Sichuan United Environment Exchange attach great importance to cooperation matters between the two parties, quickly reached a consensus, and signed a strategic cooperation agreement in February 2023.
• According to the agreement, the two parties plan to follow the principle of gradual progress and promote all-round strategic cooperation in stages around "carrying out cross-institutional cooperation in CCER (Certified Voluntary Emissions of Greenhouse Gas Emissions), promoting voluntary emission reductions for carbon neutrality, promoting carbon market capacity building in the western region, and deepening climate investment and financing pilot cooperation., and jointly building a national carbon market western service base".
• In order to promote the deepening and implementation of cooperation projects as soon as possible, the two parties launched the Sichuan-Chongqing Carbon Neutralization Joint Service Platform at this Western Carbon Expo, as a common service carrier integrating voluntary emission reduction cooperation, carbon neutrality services, green mechanism research, and carbon market capabilities. Construction and other functions are integrated.
• Pang Guobiao, general manager of Chongqing United Equity Exchange Group, said that in 2023, Chongqing United Equity Exchange Group and Sichuan United Environment Exchange will promote the use of national or regional voluntary emission reductions for institutional carbon neutrality through the platform, and explore the development of CCER (Greenhouse Gas Certification of voluntary emission reductions), payment of compliance, offset, and cross-institutional cooperation to jointly take the first step in cooperation in the environmental rights trading markets of Sichuan and Chongqing.

** Will further accelerate the promotion of green and low-carbon development **

• In the next step, Chongqing will actively serve and integrate into the construction of a new development pattern, mainly accelerating Chongqing's efforts to make new contributions, achieve new development, and demonstrate a new atmosphere in the "double carbon" field from four aspects.
• ** In terms of deepening and upgrading the "three major projects"**, we will coordinate and promote green co-construction projects. Fully integrate "double carbon" into the "double circle" construction, take green and low-carbon as the guide, accelerate the promotion of iterative upgrades, volume and energy jump, and advantage reconstruction in urban renewal, industrial transformation, environmental improvement, and quality improvement, highlighting the "double carbon" effectiveness,"double carbon" characteristics, and "double carbon" demonstration of the regional twin-city economic circle. Green empowerment projects will be further promoted. Build the Guangyang Island zero-carbon demonstration zone, deepen pilot demonstrations of low-carbon cities and climate-resilient cities, launch the creation of near-zero carbon parks, and explore new paths for green development. Green finance projects will be actively promoted. Accelerate the construction of green finance reform and innovation pilot zones, strengthen investment and financing support for green industries, green technologies, and green projects, deepen and implement reform matters such as green bond issuance, climate investment and financing pilots, and the construction of the "Carbon Benefit" platform, and improve the organization A green financial system with diversity, rich products, strong policies, and efficient operation.
• ** In terms of focusing on the "three major goals" of anchoring the "double carbon" strategy, deepening the battle against pollution, and synergistic efficiency of pollution reduction and carbon reduction **, by 2025, the city's carbon emission intensity will drop by 19.5% compared with 2020., the proportion of non-fossil energy will reach 25%, laying a solid foundation for achieving carbon peak. By 2027, the number of days with good air quality in the city will be stable at around 338 days, the water quality in the main stream of the Yangtze River will be stable at Class II, and the proportion of good water quality in nationally controlled sections will be stable at more than 97.3%. The construction of "waste-free cities" in the whole region will lead the country. By 2025, the coordinated promotion of pollution reduction and carbon reduction will basically take shape, green and low-carbon development will achieve remarkable results, and the coordinated capabilities of pollution reduction and carbon reduction in key areas and key areas will be effectively improved.
• ** In terms of optimizing and cultivating the "three major industries"**, we will upgrade traditional industries, vigorously implement actions to improve traditional technology industries, and accelerate the construction of two trillion-level industrial clusters: intelligent connected new energy vehicles and electronic manufacturing. Promote energy efficiency improvements in thermal power, steel, building materials, nonferrous metals and other industries. We will develop low-carbon industries, accelerate the construction of Chengdu-Chongqing "Hydrogen Corridor", highlight the location characteristics of the "Three Gorges Reservoir Area", expand ecological and environmental protection industrial clusters, create a green and low-carbon innovation-driven platform, and develop advanced green and low-carbon technologies. Will strengthen the digital industry