Exciting news from the “Shanghai International Carbon Neutrality Expo in Technologies, Products and Achievements”! The “Jones Lang LaSalle City ESG Study – Top 10 ESG Core Competencies for Nanjing Investment Environment” was released at the conference, highlighting Nanjing’s commitment to building a national ESG pioneer city benchmark and promoting a new pattern of ESG development in the Yangtze River Delta region.

Nanjing, as a strategic ESG node city in the Yangtze River Economic Belt, is leading the way in sustainable development. The city is focusing on green development in the fields of construction, industry, and energy, and is a member of Cities Climate Leadership Group （C40), aiming to build climate resilient cities and sponge cities.

With its social advantages, Nanjing is leveraging the strengths of its biomedical industry to build a world-class biomedical industry cluster. Additionally, the city is accelerating the gathering of high-level scientific and technological innovation talents to create a city benchmark for scientific and technological innovation.

In recent years, Nanjing has performed exceptionally at attracting green industries. Sinopec Carbon Industry Technology Co., Ltd., China’s first carbon-industry chain technology company, has successfully set up operations in the city. Ford Motor Research and Engineering (Nanjing) Co., Ltd. has also been upgraded to a Ford Product Development Center. A 100-billion-level emerging industry cluster led by LG Energy Solution has also been gradually built, with enterprises in the cluster already operating. China Huaneng Group is building the “China Energy Valley” in Nanjing, which is expected to gather over 100 leading energy companies, forming an industry cluster worth over RMB 100 billion and driving the energy transformation.