Schneider Electric Science and Technology Innovation Building unveiled in Foshan to promote green intelligent manufacturing and low-carbon sustainability in the Greater Bay Area

FOSHAN, China, October 29, 2021 – As one of the most open and economically dynamic regions in China, the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area has a strategic position in national development, and the demand for accelerating industrial transformation and upgrading, establishing a green production and living development model, and creating a new engine of economic growth is even stronger. Adhering to this development concept, Schneider Electric Science and Technology Innovation Building was officially unveiled in Country Garden Guangfoli Smart Slow City on October 29, and settled in Foshan, an important node city in the Greater Bay Area. Zhou Ke, member of the Party Committee of Lishui Town, Nanhai District, Foshan City, Liu Wei, Vice President of Fozhao Regional and General Manager of Fozhao Industrial City Company of Country Garden Group, He Zhaowei, Investment Director of Foshan Construction Investment real estate Co., Ltd., Wang Yue, Director of Country Garden Fozhao Regional Industrial City Guangfoli Wisdom Slow City, General Manager of Schneider Electric China Green Intelligent Manufacturing Consulting, Wei Kaiyan, General Manager of Schneider Electric South China Intelligent Technology (Guangdong) Co., Ltd., and Liu Yu, General Manager of Schneider Electric China Enterprise Cooperation and Digital Ecology, attended the unveiling ceremony.

The Outline Development Plan for the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area issued by the State Council clearly states the development requirements of "accelerating the transformation and upgrading of traditional industries, continuously enhancing the core competitiveness of emerging industries and manufacturing industries, and initially establishing a green, intelligent, energy-saving and low-carbon production lifestyle and urban construction operation model". The unveiling of the Schneider Electric Science and Technology Innovation Building reflects Schneider Electric's great attention to the transformation and upgrading practice of manufacturing enterprises in the Greater Bay Area. Schneider Electric Science and Technology Innovation Building is located in Guangfoli Smart Slow City, a digital science and technology innovation town, hoping to take this opportunity to make full use of the geographical advantages of Guangfoli Smart Slow City to communicate Foshan Lishui and Guangzhou Baiyun, further strengthen the "close" service to customers in the Greater Bay Area, and at the same time effectively dock and integrate industrial innovation resources in the Bay Area, better support for enterprises in the park, Guangzhou-Foshan area and even the Greater Bay Area to achieve green intelligent manufacturing and carbon neutrality, and create a high-end digital industry innovation agglomeration platform. In addition, the entry of Schneider Electric has also added digital capabilities to the guangfoli smart slow city industry aggregation platform, relying on its advantages in planning, resources, operation and other aspects to further help build an important digital economy base in Foshan.

Since the concept of "green intelligent manufacturing" was proposed in 2019, Schneider Electric has advocated the comprehensive use of information and communication technology, operation technology and energy technology to help enterprises improve the efficiency, resilience and sustainability of the industry, and the strong manufacturing foundation and excellent location environment of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area have made it a "fertile ground" for green intelligent manufacturing practices. In this regard, Wei Kaiyan said, "'From consulting to landing', through the top-level design to promote the planning and deployment of each subsystem, and then to achieve the effective landing from digitalization to software and hardware solutions, is the unique advantage of Schneider Electric's overall solution for green intelligent manufacturing." Schneider Electric has provided a series of advanced green intelligent manufacturing digital transformation consulting and landing solutions for enterprises in the equipment, electrical appliances, food and beverage industries in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. In the future, with the further construction of the cooperation ecosystem, it will help more enterprises in the Greater Bay Area to achieve the dual transformation of 'energy + digitalization'. ”

On the other hand, whether it is proposing a series of "double carbon" goals such as carbon neutrality at the company's operational level in 2025, or releasing five carbon neutrality and service achievements based on carbon neutrality strategy and top-level design consulting services at the 2021 service trade fair, it demonstrates Schneider Electric's commitment to promoting carbon neutrality through industrial collaboration and cooperative ecology. Liu Yu said: "As a practitioner and enabler of carbon neutrality and sustainable development, Schneider Electric will provide a series of solutions from carbon assessment, energy audit, green energy substitution, energy optimization, etc., to continue to help enterprises in the Greater Bay Area integrate the concept of carbon neutrality and sustainability with the process of transformation and upgrading to achieve high-quality development." In the future, Schneider Electric will continue and deepen its long-term cooperative relationship with Country Garden since 1996, carry out deeper cooperation around the zero-carbon and smart buildings of Guangfoli Smart Slow City, and look forward to building the park as a 'zero-carbon park' in the future, and work with Guangfoli Smart Slow City to build a green and low-carbon park advanced industrial cluster to serve more bay area enterprises. ”

As an important manufacturing base in China, Foshan home appliances, machinery and equipment, ceramics, biopharmaceuticals and other strong industries are committed to transforming the new track through green transformation, and the first "carbon neutrality leading action alliance" established in China continues to make efforts to help achieve China's "double carbon" goal. Based on Foshan and radiating the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, Schneider Electric will further exert its advantages in experience, technology and ecology through the unveiling of the Kechuang Building, stimulate the transformation and upgrading potential of various industries, and go to a green, intelligent, low-carbon and sustainable future industry.