preface

In today's world, resource and environmental issues are common challenges facing mankind, and achieving green development has become a global common goal.

I know. The 2030 agenda for sustainable development and the Paris Agreement have laid a basic pattern for countries around the world to participate extensively in green development and provided valuable opportunities for global green transformation and development.

The Chinese government attaches great importance to green development and regards the construction of ecological civilization as the millennium plan for the sustainable development of the Chinese nation,

The "two mountains theory", "beautiful China" and the 3060 double carbon goal are all vivid practices of China's green development; At the same time, we will vigorously promote international cooperation in green development and actively work with relevant countries, international organizations and institutions to build a green community with a shared future. As a pioneer of green development and one of the first countries to advocate the development concept of "green economy", the UK leads the world in tackling climate change, circular economy, green technology, green finance and other aspects, and leads global green development.

In recent years, under the guidance of the Chinese and British governments, the international economic and technological cooperation center of the Ministry of industry and information technology, in conjunction with the British Federation of industry and commerce, the British Chinese trade association, Jaguar Land Rover and other institutions and enterprises, has promoted the construction of the "China UK modern industrial partnership", deepened practical cooperation between China and the UK in green manufacturing and other fields, and made positive progress. At the same time, the center, together with the British Department of international trade, the British China Trade Association, the University of Manchester, the University of Liverpool and the University of Exeter, jointly compiled the China UK Green manufacturing development report, which studied and combed the policy progress, industrial status quo and enterprise practice of China and the UK in the field of green manufacturing, analyzed the potential of industrial cooperation between the two countries, and put forward specific cooperation suggestions, which can serve the governments, industry associations Provide reference for cooperation between enterprises.

The center looks forward to further in-depth and pragmatic cooperation with the British business association, enterprises, research institutions, universities, etc., to promote exchanges and cooperation between China and the UK in green manufacturing policies, industries, technologies, standards and other fields, and to make its due contribution to building a beautiful "global village".

Zheng Hong