Honorable Minister Zhang Guobao, Director Liang Zhipeng, Party Secretary Hui Jianlin, Party Secretary Pan Zaoyun, Mr. Martin Green and Mr. Shi Zhengrong
Distinguished guests and dear friends：
Good morning!
It is such a pleasure to join you all with us in this lovely season in Yangzhong, a beautiful garden city in the center of Yangtze River, for the International Green Energy Development Conference. On behalf of the organizers and China Economic Information Service (CEIS) of Xinhua, I wish to extend a warm welcome to all of you.
The development of clean energy is critical to the improvement of China’s energy structure, the safeguarding of energy security and the building of an ecological civilization. China has listed wind energy, solar PV and other green energy among its strategic emerging industries.
Today, responding to calls from China’s top leader, we gather in Yangzhong, to share the concept of green development and green life, display our latest technologies and products in the field of new energy as well as introduce the achievements in building demonstration cities with high proportion of new energy application in order to promote green energy industry development and green energy application in China.
To serve national strategy and economic and social development is the important responsibility and mission of CEIS.
During this conference, CEIS will release the Annual Report on Global Green Energy Application and Development (2016-2017), which focuses on the hot issues in the development of global green energy industry, analyzes the new features, trends and opportunities in the development and application of green energy worldwide with frontline information useful to decision-makers, industry participants and investors in green energy for reference.
CEIS provides the conference with a full range of information and think tank services complete with a professional team. The Green Energy Development Forum is now being broadcast live on Xinhua Silk Road website in both English and Chinese to release authoritative information of this conference.
As the main market entity of economic information business of Xinhua News Agency, CEIS has been paying close attention to green energy development and has formed a professional energy information team. It has joined hands with the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), National Energy Administration, large energy companies, domestic and foreign research institutions and universities to build an energy research academy and provide professional energy information and consulting services for domestic and foreign energy companies and institutions.
While providing professional and authoritative energy industry information, CEIS also actively participates in construction of China’s clean energy market. Under the guiding of the NDRC and in cooperation with three Chinese oil and natural gas giants - CNPC, Sinopec and CNOOC, as well as several other groups in upstream and downstream gas industry, CEIS has established a national petroleum and natural gas trading bourse, the Shanghai Petroleum and Natural Gas Exchange (SHPGX).
In 2016, the total volume of natural gas trading (bilateral) exceeded 30 billion cubic meters, and the online transaction volume accounted for 8 percent of China’s national natural gas consumption. The trading center also provides a system of energy products with data as the core and a valuation index system as well. It is the "engine" of Chinese energy companies going into the international market and "gateway" for foreign energy companies to participate in Chinese market.
The world has reached the consensus to develop green energy. Promoting application of new energy in countries along the Belt and Road is a key approach in putting the Belt and Road Initiative in place. Currently, China’s enterprises in new energy industry are proactively exploring overseas market, and foreign green energy companies are hoping to seize a place in the fast growing Chinese market, where Xinhua Silk Road can provide relative services.
Initiated by Xinhua News Agency President Cai Mingzhao, Xinhua Silk Road is established as a national Belt and Road information and service platform to provide comprehensive one-stop services of all dimensions, full workflow and all channels, in a bid to help Chinese companies “go out” and overseas companies “come in.” Xinhua Silk Road can provide premium services for domestic energy companies investing in overseas market and foreign energy companies investing in China and provide consulting service for governments and enterprises who are seeking cooperation to build a bridge of communication.
We stand firm in supporting Yangzhong for the permanent home to the International Green Energy Development Conference and let’s look forward to meeting here again next year.
It is my strong belief that with the concerted efforts of people from all walks of life, green energy will see better and faster application and development in China and the world. CEIS is willing to work with all of you to popularize green energy, guard green forests and mountains and share the green planet.
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