China News Service, Yangjiang, October 17 (Sun Qiuxia, Luo Chaoyi) The 2026 Greater Bay Area Science Forum Green Energy Industry Science and Technology Innovation Sub-forum and the Greater Bay Area Green Energy Conference were held in Yangjiang from the 16th to the 17th. This event brought together domestic and foreign experts and scholars such as Nobel Prize winners in Chemistry and academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences to discuss green energy industry science and technology innovation and international development paths, injecting new momentum into the green and low-carbon development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and even the world.
At the opening ceremony, experts such as Nobel Prize winner Benjamin Lister, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences Wang Weihua, Royal Society of Chemistry Centenary Prize winner Federico Rossi and other experts gave keynote reports focusing on their respective cutting-edge research results.
In addition, the opening ceremony announced the establishment of the Green Energy City Construction Expert Committee, and held a signing ceremony for major scientific and technological cooperation projects and the release of results. On-site contracts were signed on a new flexible submarine cable protection device achievement transformation project, a high-strength grouting material achievement transformation project, and a hydrogen energy storage and transportation comprehensive system cooperation project for offshore platforms. At the same time, the country launched the first ecological design digital identification system for new energy products, and released cross-border green technology financial innovation products for green energy demonstration industrial parks. The Baowu (Yangjiang) new modular low-pressure hydrogen equipment pilot project was completed and launched.
The picture shows Nobel Prize winner Benjamin List giving a keynote speech. Photo provided by the organizer
Lu Yixian, Secretary of the Yangjiang Municipal Party Committee and Director of the Standing Committee of the Municipal People's Congress, said in his speech that Yangjiang has made every effort to build an international cooperation and exchange platform that links global green energy wisdom, promotes the joint construction of rules and ecology, and leads industrial innovation and development. It has achieved a leap from "following" to "leading", from "technological breakthrough" to "integration of science and industry", and from "green power supply" to the construction of "green energy ecology".
Wang Yueqin, director of the Guangdong Provincial Department of Science and Technology, said that Guangdong is working with Hong Kong and Macao to accelerate the construction of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area International Science and Technology Innovation Center. The Provincial Department of Science and Technology has always placed technological innovation in the field of new energy in an important position, focusing on key directions such as marine energy equipment, new energy storage, green hydrogen energy, green new materials, low-carbon carbon reduction technology, computing and electricity collaboration, and strives to open up the innovation chain from basic research and technical research to pilot maturity and industrial application.
Chen Peichang, President of the Hong Kong Quality Assurance Agency, said that in recent years, the Hong Kong Quality Assurance Agency has actively expanded green energy-related services and looks forward to cooperating with Yangjiang to promote carbon footprint management, independent third-party review, professional talent training and green finance. It will connect Hong Kong’s rules, review mechanisms and capital market channels with Yangjiang’s industrial scene in a pragmatic manner, and help Yangjiang’s green energy practice become an international model for green and high-quality development in the Greater Bay Area.
