2026 CIIC Successfully Held, Carbon Newture Launches Green Trade Public Service Platform
On the May 28, under the guidance of China’s Ministry of Commerce and with the special support of Singapore’s Ministry of Trade and Industry, the 2026 Conference on International Industrial Cooperation (CIIC), jointly hosted by the China Chamber of Commerce for Import and Export of Machinery and Electronic Products (CCCME) and the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce & Industry (SCCCI), was successfully held at the Sands Expo and Convention Centre in Singapore.
Zhang Li, Assistant Minister of Commerce of China, delivered a video address. Low Yen Ling, Senior Minister of State for Culture, Community and Youth and for Trade and Industry of Singapore, and Cao Zhongming, Chinese Ambassador to Singapore, attended the conference and delivered remarks. Kho Choon Keng, President of SCCCI; Liu Chun, President of CCCME; Deng Zhaojing, General Manager of China National Chemical Engineering Group Corporation Ltd.; and Elaine Lam, Head of Global Commercial Banking at OCBC Bank, also delivered speeches. The opening ceremony was moderated by Zheng Chao, Executive Vice President of CCCME and Chairman of its Expert Committee.
At the opening ceremony, with the support of CCCME, Carbon Newture officially launched the Green Trade Public Service Platform for the international market, promoting the development of a green trade service system and international collaboration in the machinery and electronics industry.
Centered on the new positioning of the China-Singapore all-round high-quality future-oriented partnership, this year’s conference comprehensively served international cooperation across industrial and supply chains, promoted the integration of trade and investment, and advanced regional cooperation integration.
In his video address, Zhang Li, Assistant Minister of Commerce of China, stated that the China-Singapore all-round high-quality future-oriented partnership has continued to deepen, while bilateral economic and trade cooperation has grown steadily. China has always been a firm supporter of and important contributor to APEC. China is willing to work with Singapore and all other parties to promote the integrated development of regional industrial and supply chains, and to make greater contributions to building an open world economy.
In her remarks, Low Yen Ling, Senior Minister of State for Culture, Community and Youth and for Trade and Industry of Singapore, stated that as a regional hub and open gateway, Singapore will focus on areas such as green development to promote international cooperation among enterprises. The CIIC has established a practical platform for economic and trade cooperation, playing an important role in advancing high-quality regional economic development. Singapore looks forward to working with countries around the world to explore global markets and promote the upgrading and steady advancement of regional economic cooperation.
In his remarks, Cao Zhongming, Chinese Ambassador to Singapore, stated that in the face of a complex and turbulent international landscape, China has consistently demonstrated its responsibility as a major country by promoting improvements to the global governance system and supporting the stable recovery of the world economy. The CIIC has built an important platform for exchanges and cooperation among enterprises from China, Singapore and regional countries. China is willing to work with Singapore and ASEAN countries to advance international cooperation into a new stage of industrial chain and production capacity coordination, injecting new momentum into high-quality development.
Kho Choon Keng, President of SCCCI, and Liu Chun, President of CCCME, expressed a warm welcome to guests from all sectors on behalf of the organizers, and extended sincere thanks to the government departments and relevant parties of both countries for their strong support over the past four years in enabling the continued success of the conference. Going forward, both sides will continue to deepen cooperation and make greater contributions to regional cooperation integration and international cooperation across industrial and supply chains.
Deng Zhaojing, General Manager of China National Chemical Engineering Group Corporation Ltd., and Elaine Lam, Head of Global Commercial Banking at OCBC Bank, respectively shared the practical experience and fruitful outcomes of leading enterprises and financial institutions from the two countries in participating in China-Singapore economic and trade cooperation. They stated that, with the CIIC serving as a bridge and platform, they will continue to strengthen collaboration and jointly build a new ecosystem for high-quality development.
In line with the new trends of green and regional development, this year’s conference delivered a series of practical outcomes witnessed by the attending guests. As one of the key outcomes of the conference, the Green Trade Public Service Platform was officially launched for the international market.
Led by the People’s Government of Baoshan District, Shanghai, with technical and implementation support provided by Carbon Newture, the platform focuses on the green overseas expansion needs of foreign trade enterprises. It aims to build a public service platform integrating carbon data services, green certification, policy compliance and international cooperation. To date, the platform has disclosed carbon footprint data for more than 500 products, served over 40 key enterprises, accumulated more than 80 million tonnes of product carbon emissions data, and completed the management and disclosure of organizational carbon emissions data on a scale of 3 million tonnes.
Positioned to “be rooted in Shanghai, serve the Yangtze River Delta, radiate across China and connect with the world”, the platform focuses on core scenarios such as product carbon footprint, organizational carbon management, supply chain collaboration and green trade compliance. It provides export enterprises with services including interpretation of domestic and international carbon policies, carbon compliance consulting, carbon footprint accounting, carbon data management, report disclosure and green certification coordination. These services help enterprises reduce the compliance costs of international green trade and enhance the credibility and competitiveness of their products in global markets.
This launch marks a further transition of the green trade service system from a regional platform to an international cooperation platform. Looking ahead, leveraging Singapore’s advantages as a global trade and supply chain hub, the platform will focus on advancing the development of China-Singapore green trade cooperation mechanisms. In areas such as product carbon footprint, green certification and digital product passports, it will explore cross-border carbon data standard coordination, as well as mutual recognition mechanisms for accounting results and green certifications, helping enterprises transform their green compliance capabilities into international trade access capabilities.