Mr. Li Yuan, CEO of China Merchants New Energy to Attend the "2016 Social Good Summit" by the United Nations
Time:2016-09-18

(September 18, 2016 - Beijing) Jointly organized by the United Nations Development Programme, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Peking University, the "2016 Social Good Summit" was held in the afternoon of September 18 in Beijing. Mr. Li Yuan, CEO of China Merchants New Energy Group was invited to share thoughts on how to address the most challenging global problem, together with people who are dedicated to public good around the world, opinion leaders and industry elites. By stimulating innovation and encouraging public participation, the Summit aims to create a better world.

 

Concurrently held in more than 100 countries around the world, Global Social Good Summit is one of the most influential public forum in the world. The theme of the Summit is "positive action and a change of the future", which is designed by a real sense of global dialogue to attract industry elites around the world and people who are dedicated to social good for dissemination of sustainable development goals. They discuss how to use technology and new media to enhance cooperation in various fields between the countries and solve existing problems of social development, so that everyone can actively participate in global public good and achieve the common goal of sustainable development worldwide in the next 15 years.

During the summit, Mr. Li Yuan and Mr. Li Junfeng, Director of the National Center for Climate Change Strategy and International Cooperation, spoke for goals of sustainable development proposed by the UN - "Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all". In September 2015, 193 UN member states leaders gathered in Sustainable Development Summit held in New York, the headquarter of the United Nations and formally adopted the "2030 Sustainable Development Agenda". It contained 17 sustainable development goals which were committed to poverty eradication, cheap and clean energy, climate change and other by 2030.

China Program and Ms. Wu Kongju, Vice Director of Animal Management of Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding attended the theme discussion session of "Champion of the Earth". Mr. Li Yuan noted that among 17 United Nations sustainable development goals, the most urgent one is to take action on climate change and its impacts. This requires countries to strengthen cooperation and push "Paris Agreement" which address climate change to entry into force as soon as possible. After signing the "Paris Agreement," the transition to a low-carbon and green development have become a global trend.

Mr. Li Yuan introduced that, in order to gather greater power from more entities and promote application and development of green energy around the world, China Merchants New Energy Group and UNDP recently entered into a strategic cooperation agreement to jointly launch “Plan of Panda Power Station to promote sustainable development of youth participation and innovation”. As the initiator of "Panda Power Station", China Merchants New Energy Group will work with the United Nations aiming to promote the objectives of the "Paris Agreement". With panda as the ambassador of peace and climate, CMNE and UN will launch "Panda Power Station" across the globe as soon as possible, so that the whole world, wherever is rich or poor can have access to clean energy and really introduce clean energy to millions of families in the world.

In addition, Lao Lang, the singer of the Panda Song "Go home with you," and Mr. Yuan Shanshan, the UNDP Panda celebrity announced the names of UN’s animal ambassadors for the first time. Two cute panda ambassadors were officially named "QiQi" and "DianDian" on their 1st birthday. “Qi Dian (starting point)” represents the starting point for 2030 sustainable development agenda, and also after the commencement of the new path of global development, "Paris Agreement 2016"; "QiQi" stands for inspiration, which means we need to inspire innovative thinking to address the challenges of global problems; while " DianDian " stands for lighting, which means to light up the future and always hold the desire to create a better world.