Tsinghua "Carbon Neutral Economy" Forum proposed to open up the "double carbon" road of petrochemical with technological innovation

At the 2022 Tsinghua University "Carbon Neutral Economy" Forum held in Beijing on August 27, a number of participating experts proposed to use technological innovation breakthroughs to open up the road of green and low-carbon transformation of

Li Yizhong, former minister of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and president of the China Federation of Industrial Economics, pointed out that to implement the "double carbon" strategy, it is necessary to adjust and optimize the energy structure, coordinate policy measures, and strengthen scientific and technological research

"There will be a number of enterprises 'dying under carbon', and there will be a group of enterprises 'living on carbon', and the fundamental difference between the two is to see whether enterprises can find technologies, processes and products for the utilization of carbon dioxide resources

Li Shousheng stressed that the chemical industry has a unique ability to change the nature of matter from the molecular structure, has the technical advantages of carbon dioxide resource utilization, and its "double carbon" work is fully capable and qualified to walk in the forefront

Zhao Dong, general manager of Sinopec Group Co.

According to reports, in recent years, Sinopec has insisted on empowering green and low-carbon development with technological innovation, making every effort to tackle green and low-carbon technologies, and investment in research and development in related fields has continued to grow steadily, and it is expected to invest more than 400 million yuan

As for how to open up the path of carbon neutrality, Bai Haotian, president and CEO of Air Liquide China Investment Co.

The forum was co-sponsored by Tsinghua University and Sinopec Group, and the theme of the forum was "Innovation-driven Development, Technology Leads the Future"