The APEC Energy Forum 2022 co-hosted by Renmin University of China and The Hong Kong Polytechnic University was successfully held on 12 November 2022. Over 100 professionals, academics, business leaders and youth in different disciplines from the APEC member economies attended the Forum in hybrid mode. In addition, more than 300,000 people watched it through Ifeng a day after the Forum.
The President of PolyU, Prof. Jin-guang TENG, one of the Forum’s conveners, delivered his welcoming remarks and concluding remarks at the opening ceremony and the closing session respectively.
At the sub-forum on “Energy Transition and Energy Access Initiative” hosted by PolyU, the six invited speakers, Mr PANG Yiu Hung, JP, Director of Electrical and Mechanical Services Department of the Government of the HKSAR, Dr Stephen WONG, Senior Vice President & Executive Director of Public Policy Institute of Our Hong Kong Foundation, Mr Peter WONG Wai-yee, Managing Director of The Hong Kong and China Gas Company Limited, Mr Jim TAYLOR, Senior Director of Planning & Development of CLP Power Hong Kong Limited, and two Chair Professors of PolyU including Prof. POON Chi-sun, Chair Professor of Sustainable Construction Materials and Head of Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and Prof. WANG Shengwei, Chair Professor of Building Energy and Automation of Department of Building Environment and Energy Engineering, delivered their speeches and shared their insights on the theme.
Policy Research Centre for Innovation and Technology (PReCIT) of PolyU joined and supported the Forum as one of the co-organizers. This Forum successfully acted as a platform for APEC member economies to share views on and discuss about various topics of energy that matter in the world today, aiming to further promote the idea of energy development, accelerate the implementation of the Energy Access Initiative in the APEC Region, and support the United Nations in achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
Online coverage:
Ta Kung Pao - https://polyu.me/3g76X3j
Wen Wei Po - https://polyu.me/3TvQHXw
