On May 12,2025, 2025 Conference on Financing Green Technology (Shanxi), themed "Green Technological Innovation and Financial Support under the Leadership of Dual Carbon Goals," grandly opened in Taiyuan, Shanxi Province. As the highlight of the conference, the selected enterprises of the Bluetech Carbon Neutrality Pioneers Award conducted the display, docking and warehousing ceremony at the conference site, opening a chapter of the green transformation of Shanxi Province.
Dr. Ma Jun, Dean of the Institute of Finance and Sustainability (IFS) and Chair of the Advisory Committee for the Bluetech Carbon Neutrality Pioneers Award stated that since its inception in 2022, the Award has attracted nearly 300 green tech companies to participate in the selection process, fostering the development of outstanding green tech enterprises globally. It has already gathered a large number of leading tech companies across various segments of carbon neutrality. The Award provides multi-dimensional support to participating companies, including financial, IP strategy, and industry resources. 15inning companies have completed new financing, 15 companies have been selected for the UN's Green Technology Handbook, and 23 companies have received one-on-one IP strategic mentoring from the IP Management Clinic (IPMC) of WIPO. As an energy-rich province, Shanxi holds tremendous potential in its green transition. The Blue Carbon Neutrality Pioneer Award will introduce innovative green technology and concepts to Shanxi, accelerating the transition process.
The session for displaying outstanding enterprises in the Bluetech Carbon Neutrality Pioneers Award and the warehousing ceremony of key enterprises with financial support for green technology was hosted by Xie Hongxing, Chairman and Director of the Bluetech Clean Air Alliance (BCAA) and National Coordinator of the UN WIPO GREEN City Acceleration Program. Xie Hongxing introduced that the Bluetech Carbon Neutrality Pioneers Award, as an award that comprehensively covers the key tracks of carbon neutrality in China, we look forward to these outstanding enterprises injecting new green productivity into Shanxi's transition and development. To achieve this goal, we have jointly launched the "Shanxi Financial Support for Green Technology Enterprises Database" with the Institute of Finance and Sustainability (IFS) and the Shanxi Financial Holdings Group; and selected the first batch of enterprises to be warehoused in the Database from those participating in the Award.
At the warehousing session, Ma Jun, Dean of the Institute of Finance and Sustainability (IFS); Wang Zhenyu, Chair of Shanxi Financial Holdings Group; Qi Degui, Deputy Minister of the Economic and Technology Department of the All-China Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese; Wang Jinren, Chair of the Shanxi Provincial Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese; Zhang Yongsheng, Deputy Director of the Office of the Financial Committee of the CPC Shanxi Provincial Committee; Zhao Lijian, Head of the Greentech Financing Platform ; and Zhang Weihua, Deputy Branch Manager of Shanghai Pudong Development Bank Taiyuan Branch, presented certificates to 17 companies including Waves (Shanghai) Biology Science &Technology Co., Ltd., Beijing Heracles Novel Technology Co., Ltd., Chongqing Talent New Energy Co., Ltd., Shanxi Guorun Energy Storage Technology Co., LTD. and ZHONG-CHU-GUO-NENG(BEIJING)TECHNOLOGY CO.,LTD. Wang Zhenyu stated that as a major coal-producing province, Shanxi has numerous green and low-carbon transition scenarios, containing enormous investment opportunities. In the future, Shanxi Financial Holdings Group will continue to focus on areas such as enterprise carbon account construction, carbon footprint tracking for characteristic industries, green power and other carbon asset management, climate investment and financing pilots, and government investment fund management. It will prioritize the development of a community service platform based on Shanxi's "Dual Carbon" (carbon peaking and carbon neutrality) transition industry scenarios, with finance as the link, connecting both sides of the green technology supply and demand. Additionally, it will improve the local green technology and financial development ecosystem to provide support for Shanxi's all-round transformation.
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