Siemens Energy AG’s President Dr. Christian Bruch- China is the key to global energy transition
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Theparallelsessionofthe7thHongqiaoInternationalEconomicForum(HQF)—PudongandtheWorld:High-StandardInstitutionalOpening-upForNewDevelopmentOpportunitiestookplaceattheNationalExhibitionandConventionCenter(Shanghai)onNovember6,2024.
DuringtheForum,PresidentandCEOofSiemensEnergyAGDr.ChristianBruchsharedhisperspectiveonthefuturedevelopmentofPudongandShanghai.
Thisyear,Shanghaiexperiencedanextremelyhotsummer.Therewere52dayswithtemperaturesover35°C,breakinglocalrecords.AccordingtotheChinaMeteorologicalAdministration,thisAugustwasthehottestinChinasince1961.
However,thisisnotuniquetoShanghaiandChina;itishappeningworldwide.RecentEuropeanstudiesshowthatthispastAugustwasalsooneofthehottestonrecordglobally.
Bruchpointedout,“climatechangeisgatheringpace,andwewillfacemoreclimatecrisesinthefuture.Thisiswhydrivingenergytransitionandensuringenergysecurityarecriticalchallengesforhumanitytoday.”
Howtopromoteenergytransition?Bruchsaid,asoneofthebiggestcountriesintheworld,Chinamustplayacrucialroleintheglobalenergytransition.“GlobalenergytransitionwillbetoughwithoutChina.Atthesametime,Iamconvincedthatweneedstronglocalcapabilitiesindifferentregionsoftheworld.”
Onthewaytoenergytransitionandgreendevelopment,Shanghaiisarolemodelofadvancinggreenandlow-carbonenergy.Thecityisspeedingupfutureenergydevelopment.Anditisbuildingamodern,safe,clean,efficient,andsustainableenergysystemtosupportitsgrowthasamegacity.
Bruchconsideredthisjourneywillbringnewdevelopmentopportunities.“ForShanghaitoachievehigh-qualitygrowth,itmustbuildanewenergysystemtosupportrapiddevelopmentandincubateinnovativetechnologies.NewtechnologiesSiemensEnergycanoffer.”
Bruchalsoemphasized,“SiemensEnergywillcontinueworkingwithpartnersinChinatoaccelerategreenandlow-carbonenergytechnologiesfromlabtomarket.WesupportbuildingShanghai’snewenergysystemandamodernindustrialsystemthroughtechnologicalinnovation.”