Tianjin: 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 emphasized 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”.

According to BERNAMA News Agency, 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 urbanization 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 percent 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 center 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.