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Practitioners and innovation teams explored trends in cross-border green science and technology cooperation centering on dual-carbon goals at the finals of the International Youth Green Innovation Competition held on Wednesday at the China-Singapore Tianjin Eco-City.<\/p>\n
“This is our largest competition to date. The new Resource Recycling Special Track draws over 40 targeted projects. We aim to build a two-way gateway: helping Singapore and ASEAN firms enter China through the Eco-City, while supporting domestic innovators to explore Southeast Asian markets,” said Zhang Wei, vice-president of Sino-Singapore Tianjin Eco-City Investment and Development Co Ltd (SSTEC).<\/p>\n
Marking its 15th anniversary, the 2026 “Eco-Innovation Green Action” International Young Talents Innovation Competition and Eco-City “Innovation Star” Competition received 183 domestic and overseas projects, a year-on-year increase of 17 percent.<\/p>\n
A major highlight is the Resource Recycling Special Track jointly launched by SSTEC and China Resources Recycling Group Green-Tech Research Institute Co Ltd. Winning projects can obtain tailored support including research collaboration, scientific and technological achievement commercialization and business incubation.<\/p>\n
“Most existing separation uses physical or chemical methods, with emerging high-end equipment plagued by high costs. We aim to partner with China Resources Recycling Group for tech commercialization and prioritize our spin-off in the Eco-City,” said Zhao Zhiyong, an engineer at the Institute of Coal Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences.<\/p>\n
During the awards ceremony, SSTEC inked two important memorandums. It signed the Eco-City International Market Access Programme with Langgu (Beijing) New Materials Technology Co Ltd, and the Eco-City International Company Accelerator Programme with Circrete Pte Ltd, supporting domestic enterprises to go global and attracting overseas enterprises to set up operations locally.<\/p>\n
Organizers also hosted the China-Singapore Green Innovation Exchange and unveiled a special exhibition for the competition”s 15-year achievements.<\/p>\n
Du Hongjian, co-founder of Circrete, observed that the Eco-City features policies, geological conditions and waste-composition patterns comparable to those in Singapore. He said the firm would make the Eco-City its preferred operational base should it scale up, and planned to pursue both local market development and exports of its European-standard building-material products.<\/p>\n
The first prize went to Langgu (Beijing) New Materials Technology Co Ltd for its aerogel composite noncombustible insulation board project, which solves the long-standing technical dilemma between building insulation and fire resistance. Since its launch in 2011, the competition has accumulated 1,831 innovative projects. Eight competition projects have been put into practice in the Eco-City over the past five years, bringing in nearly 80 million yuan ($12 million) of total revenue.<\/p>\n
Teo Eng-Cheong, CEO of SSTEC, said the 15-year milestone is of great significance. SSTEC will further act as a two-way hub for China-Singapore resource matching to contribute green innovation strength to building an Upgraded National Green Development Demonstration Zone.<\/p>\n