Reanda International’s ESG and Sustainability Panel and the Green Partnership of Industrial Parks in China Hosted an Online Exchange Session

On April 23, 2025, Reanda International’s ESG and Sustainability Panel, in collaboration with the Green Partnership of Industrial Parks in China (GPIPC), hosted an online exchange session. This event followed the signing of a strategic cooperation MoU on April 12, 2025, and attracted Reanda International’s global partners from various regions, including China, Hong Kong, Azerbaijan, Macau, Nepal, Netherlands, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, and Zimbabwe.

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The session began with an introduction by Mr. Franklin Lau, CEO of Reanda International. Mr. Lau provided a comprehensive overview of the partnership's background and outlined the new service areas that will emerge from this collaboration, leveraging Reanda International's extensive global network and GPIPC’s expertise in carbon neutrality. Key focus areas included:

• International cooperation and standards exports;
• Carbon market and green finance innovation; 
• Digital and intelligent solutions;
• Climate policy, governance, and just transition;
• Climate education and workforce transition.

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Moreover, Mr. Lau highlighted three key areas of collaboration between Reanda International and GPIPC:

• Exporting Chinese experience and standards to green development projects in overseas parks 
• Carbon trading requirements and derivative services 
• ESG fund and capital operations.

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Following Mr. Lau's remarks, Ms. Song Yuyan, Director of the GPIPC Secretariat, delivered an informative presentation on GPIPC and the Global Alliance of Special Economic Zones (GASEZ). She elaborated on the characteristics and developments of China’s National Economic & Technological Development Zones (NETDZs), their economic contributions, relevant policies, and successful case studies in constructing green industrial parks.

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Additionally, the session featured an interactive Q&A segment, facilitating exchanges between the global network firms of Reanda International and Ms. Song Yuyan, Director of the GPIPC Secretariat, to explore further potential collaborations.

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In the closing remarks, Mr. Lau reaffirmed Reanda International's commitment to the strategic partnership with GPIPC, emphasizing the new opportunities that will accelerate Reanda’s journey in ESG and sustainability.

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About Green Partnership of Industrial Parks in China (GPIPC)

In August 2016, the Green Partnership of Industrial Parks in China (GPIPC), a national-level economic and technological development zone, under the guidance of the Foreign Investment Department of the Ministry of Commerce, was jointly initiated by 36 national-level economic and technological development zones with green development achievements, including Tianjin, Beijing, Suzhou, and Guangzhou. In May 2022, the Global Alliance of Special Economic Zones (GASEZ), jointly sponsored by eight special economic zone organizations from around the world, including the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), was officially established. GPIPC is the only Chinese sponsor of GASEZ and the GASEZ China Liaison Office.

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GPIPC aims to promote the economic and ecological benefits of national economic and technological development zones, accelerate the construction of a green technology innovation system, accelerate the optimization and adjustment of the industrial structure, continuously deepen opening up and international cooperation, and achieve high-quality development. GPIPC is committed to promoting the sustainable development of the park through five capabilities: Green development information service platform, Green operation mechanism research platform, Green innovation international cooperation platform, Green industry investment and financing service platform, Green technology innovation promotion platform. 

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The Secretariat of GPIPC is Tianjin TEDA Eco Center—a public service platform for regional green development established in March 2010, with the support of Tianjin Economic-Technological Area Administrative Committee. Up to now, 10 branches have been set up in Beijing, Jiangxi, Guangdong, Henan, Jiangsu, Shandong, Anhui, Xinjiang, Sichuan and Liaoning.

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