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TIANJIN, China, July 25, 2023 /Xinhua-AsiaNet/--

China-Singapore Tianjin Eco-City in north China's Tianjin Municipality has

issued an action plan on carbon peaking and neutralization in the bilateral

project's latest move to boost green development, according to China-Singapore

Tianjin Eco-City Administrative Committee.

With a focus on four key areas of industry, construction, energy and

transportation, the action plan seeks to build a pioneering demonstration zone

for carbon neutralization, and create a batch of low-carbon and zero-carbon

demonstration carriers and carbon reduction landmark projects in a bid to set

up models for the whole country and even the world.

By 2025, the per capita carbon emissions in the eco-city will be significantly

lower than the average level of Tianjin. By 2030, carbon dioxide per unit of

regional GDP and carbon emissions per capita will be among the lowest in China,

according to the plan.

The science park in the eco-city's south, the information park in the middle

and the industrial park in the north will form major carriers for the region to

build a green and low-carbon industrial cluster featuring a focus respectively

on innovation, industrial transformation and manufacturing in different parts.

The southern part of China-Singapore cooperation zone and the Linhai New City

area focus on developing technology-based and service-oriented low-carbon

industries such as biomedicine, software and cultural tourism. The cooperation

zone's central area will highlight software and hardware integration to support

the transformation and application of scientific research outcomes.

The northern part of the cooperation zone and the northern part of the Binhai

Tourism Zone will develop solid low-carbon manufacturing industries like

intelligent manufacturing, medical devices and intelligent connected vehicles.

The central fishing port area will build a green industrial chain integrating

warehousing, processing, trade and finance.

As the first national green development demonstration zone, the eco-city

advocates ultra-low energy consumption, near-zero energy consumption and

zero-energy buildings, seeking to construct low-carbon residential buildings

and zero-carbon public buildings. The region will push for the implementation

of ultra-low energy consumption standards for all new residential buildings and

near-zero energy standards for new government-invested public buildings.

Besides, the eco-city will enhance the operation efficiency of the heating pipe

network, cut the heating energy consumption per unit area, integrate building

construction with photovoltaic development by supporting complete coverage of

installation of solar energy facilities in residential buildings.

"The eco-city will accelerate the development of renewable energy, increase its

integration with urban construction, explore the development and utilization of

diversified clean energy, and increase the proportion of green electricity use,

and make full use of the roofs of new buildings and existing buildings for

distributed photovoltaic installation," according to an official with the

eco-city ecological environment bureau.

The plan also formulates specific tasks on green intelligent travel system,

such as building a suitable and comfortable slow travel system, laying

high-quality pedestrian lanes, and advocating green and low-carbon development

through the whole process of transportation infrastructure planning,

construction, operation and maintenance.

The China-Singapore Tianjin Eco-City is a major cooperation project between the

two countries. It is the world's first eco-city jointly developed between

countries and seeks to address global climate change, strengthen environmental

protection, save resources and energy, and provide a model for sustainable

urban development. It began construction on September 28, 2008.

Source: China-Singapore Tianjin Eco-City Administrative Committee