Recently, the Second China-UK Steel Decarbonization Project Practice Seminar, hosted by the British Embassy in China and organized by CTC, was successfully held in Beijing. The seminar aimed to promote China-UK cooperation on low-carbon transformation in the steel industry under the framework of the China-UK Modern Industrial Partnership. Harriet Hall, Head of Climate Change and Environmental Policy at the British Embassy in China, and Li Yunyu, Researcher of the Department of Energy Conservation and Comprehensive Utilization of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of China, attended the seminar and delivered speeches. Chen Lu, Deputy Party Committee Secretary and General Manager of CTC, chaired the meeting.

In her welcome remarks, Harriet Hall said she was pleased to see industry and academia cooperating in the important field of steel decarbonization. She noted that governments play a key role in creating an appropriate policy and business environment, and that the market competitiveness of low-carbon products also depends heavily on the implementation of supporting policies and the investment environment.

The seminar featured keynote speeches and open discussions on China-UK steel industry policies, standards systems, and patent development. CTC shared the research results of "Practicing the China-UK Steel Decarbonization Path through Carbon Footprint Standard Proposals and the Development of an MRV Framework Mechanism." Representatives spoke frankly and discussed enthusiastically, presenting views and expressing expectations for the development of the China-UK steel industry from the perspectives of enterprises, industry, government, and non-governmental organizations.

This seminar is an important outcome of promoting practical cooperation in the China-UK modern industry partnership. Follow-up activities will be successively released, including pilot project solicitation and multi-level exchange mechanisms, to continuously advance international cooperation in industrial decarbonization. More than 50 Chinese and foreign representatives from units including the British Embassy in China, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Tianjin Ecological Environment Bureau, the China-Britain Business Council, ERM, the China Iron and Steel Association, and HBIS Group attended the meeting.