BEIJING: Tulip-shaped wind turbines quietly pirouetting in the ocean breeze, new-energy vehicles shuttling between venues glazed with solar reflective roofs, lush green gardens juxtaposed with photovoltaic power stations—these scenes belong not to some fictional city set far into the future, but a zero-carbon demonstration zone that is under construction in Boao, a seaside resort in China’s southern island province of Hainan. With 16 projects already completed and other projects underway, the zone offers a sneak peek of what the future may look like.
“The quest for sustainability at once constitutes part of the uncertainties and confusions we are now facing and anchors us in a sense of purpose,” Danilo Türk, former President of Slovenia and President of Club de Madrid, a nonprofit forum for former heads of state, said at a panel discussion themed New Energy, New Infrastructure, New Industry during this year’s Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) annual conference, which took place in Boao from March 28 to 31 to offer the world an Asian vision for shared prosperity. Amid great conflicts in a world that is in constant flux, the commitment to building a sustainable future provides a thin thread of hope.
–The Daily Mail-Beijing Review news exchange item
