Who would've thought Manchester and Wuhan would team up on green energy? 🤝 This week at the 2025 China–UK Clean Energy Cooperation Forum, these two industrial powerhouses are showcasing their carbon-cutting game plans.
Manchester on track for carbon neutrality
Known as the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution, Manchester is racing toward carbon neutrality by 2038—one of the UK’s most ambitious regional climate targets.
Wuhan’s clean-energy reinvention
Wuhan, long the industrial engine and transportation hub in central China, is reinventing itself with fast-growing hydrogen projects, new-type energy storage, and smart-manufacturing clusters. The goal? To become one of the Chinese mainland’s leading clean-energy cities.
To open the forum, Ambassador Zheng Zeguang sent a letter underlining the Chinese mainland’s climate commitment. In his message, he wrote, "Maintaining energy security and addressing climate change are common challenges faced by the entire world." He added, "China has built the largest and fastest growing renewable energy system in the world," and noted that setting an absolute emissions-reduction target for 2035 is a sign of "firm resolve and maximum effort."
For young leaders and innovators in South and Southeast Asia, the Wuhan-Manchester clean energy push offers a blueprint: with innovation and city-to-city partnership, even the oldest industrial giants can power up a greener future. Ready to join the race? 🚀✨
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