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Malaysian Reserve
22-07-2025
- Business
- Malaysian Reserve
APEC 2025 Seminar on Promoting Green Jobs and Resilient Development by Enhancing the Capacity Building of Sustainable Entrepreneurs
Beijing, 16–17 July 2025 BEIJING, July 22, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — APEC seminar on 'Promoting Green Jobs and Resilient Development by Enhancing the Capacity Building of Sustainable Entrepreneurs' was held on 16 – 17 July 2025, at Tsinghua Science Park, Beijing, China. Organized jointly by National Entrepreneurship Research Center, School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University and Tus-Holdings Co., Ltd., the event convened government officials, scholars and industry experts from 14 APEC economies, including Australia, Canada, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mexico, Philippines, Singapore, Korea, Thailand, United States, and etc., to share best practices and explore the effective pathways for promoting sustainable entrepreneurship across the APEC region. Opening Remarks Mr. Jiang Wei, Deputy Director General of International Cooperation Department in Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security of China, stressed that green jobs and sustainable entrepreneurship are critical levers for high-quality employment and economy-wide green transition. He outlined China's three-pronged approach: (1) embedding 'dual-carbon' goals in national strategy and green-growth frameworks; (2) reskilling and redeploying workers in traditional sectors such as coal through retraining grants, severance top-ups and green-industry funds; and (3) integrating 134 green occupations into the national occupational classification—more than 8 % of the total—while scaling up green-skills training nationwide. Mr. KIM Minkyu, representative of 2025 APEC presidency of Korea，Labor Attaché Counsellor in Embassy of the Republic of Korea in China, highlighted sustainable entrepreneurship as essential for inclusive and resilient growth and the effort of Korea as 2025 presidency to deepen APEC collaboration on green-job creation amid geopolitical uncertainties. Mr. Wang Jiwu, Chairman of TusHoldings Co., Ltd. reiterated the company's commitment to leveraging Tsinghua Science Park as a global innovation hub and to sharing resources and experience with APEC members to accelerate technological upgrading worldwide. Prof. GAO Jian, Director of National Entrepreneurship Research Center, School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University, noted that this was the first APEC meeting dedicated to capacity building of sustainable entrepreneurs. He emphasized youth as the primary entrepreneurial force and called for continued improvement of inclusive, resilient entrepreneurial ecosystems. Keynote Speech Prof. Donna Kelley, Frederic C. Hamilton Chair of Free Enterprise in Babson College, and head of Global Entrepreneurship Monitor team in USA, demonstrated through cross-economies indices that GDP level does not automatically translate into superior social and environmental performance. GEM data reveal that more than three quarters of entrepreneurs in China and Thailand already take SDG-oriented actions. This figure stands in a contrast with several high-income economies, which reflects the difference of regional incentives mechanism and culture background. Mr. Chen Hongbo, Executive Senior Vice President of TusHoldings Co., Ltd., President of the International Association of Science Parks and Areas of Innovation (IASP), introduced Tus-Holdings''Four Step Theory' for building sustainable entrepreneurship ecosystems, which is resource gathering, integration and cooperation, prioritizing target areas, and generating innovative outcome. Mr. Mou Rui, on behalf of National Entrepreneurship Research Center, launched the report 'The Entrepreneurial Ecosystem and Capacity Building of Sustainable Entrepreneurship in APEC Economies'. Based on surveys and policy reviews across 16 APEC economies, four recommendations are proposed in the report as: (1) an APEC Sustainable Entrepreneurship Platform for policy learning and industry cooperation; (2) dedicated financing facilities; (3) an APEC Sustainable Entrepreneurship Academy for scaled-up, quality training; and (4) enhanced policy coordination, evaluation and data sharing. Panel discussions The Seminar includes four session with following topics:1. Creating More Green Jobs – Policies and Scaling Strategies for Green Tech Startups 2. Skills Upgrading for Entrepreneurship and Employment in the Context of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 3. Enhancing the Resilience of Startups through Digital and Green Transition 4. Challenges and Opportunities for Women, Youth, and Persons with Disabilities in the Digital and Green Transition Characterized by broad representation and a diverse range of participants, the seminar set up a multi-level, cross-sector platform for international cooperation and exchange. China's innovative practices in green entrepreneurship and green employment, together with Chinese entrepreneurs' proactive efforts to align with the UN Sustainable Development Goals, offered all APEC economies the valuable insights on how to turning sustainable development from vision into action.
South China Morning Post
21-04-2025
- Business
- South China Morning Post
Add oil: China eyes sweaty success as sports-economy boom brings big gains
In its race to attract visitors and fuel spending, China's gateway city of Shanghai welcomed a record-high 220,000 spectators for the rip-roaring Formula One Chinese Grand Prix last month. Advertisement Projected to have brought more than 5 billion yuan (US$685 million) in direct and indirect economic benefits to the city, according to the organiser, the prestigious motor race is among the more than 170 international and national sports events that are scheduled to take place in Shanghai this year. And Shanghai's fervour for holding large-scale sporting events is being shared elsewhere in China as local-level policymakers increasingly turn to the sports industry to stimulate consumption and drive growth amid a challenging economic landscape. While the central government has rolled out supportive measures for the industry amid growing public enthusiasm, local authorities are betting on the sunrise sector as traditional growth drivers such as real estate are not the economic engines they used to be. 'Despite an overall slowing economy, the sports industry has stood out in recent years and is becoming a focus for more local governments, particularly in terms of integrating it with other fields,' said Liu Dongfeng, a professor from the School of Economics and Management at Shanghai University of Sport. Advertisement
