XIE Zuoqiang, Vice President of 36Kr: Dual carbon is not only a stress test, but also a growth engine.

In the context of the accelerated global "dual carbon" strategy, a profound social transformation and unprecedented development opportunities are approaching. As the "mid - term exam" year for the "3060" goals in 2025, policies, industries, and capital are closely linked, forming a powerful synergy. To actively respond to the national call for dual carbon, fully stimulate the innovation vitality of energy conservation and carbon reduction, and deeply explore the social value of sustainable industrial development, 36Kr has once again joined hands with Orient Securities and its subsidiaries, Orient Securities Innovation and Orient Securities Capital, to launch the upgraded "Carbon Exploration Plan" of the "Dual Carbon Star Species". The aim is to penetrate the core of the industrial chain, discover and promote the emergence of new business opportunities.

This year's "Carbon Exploration Plan" focuses on three core scenarios: future transportation, future energy, and future technology. Through on - site inspections of key enterprises, organizing roadshows for emerging projects, and building a resource docking platform for industry, investment, and financing, it precisely integrates the resources of multiple parties such as the government, industrial parks, capital, and enterprises in the industrial chain to jointly explore new technologies, new ideas, and new models in the dual carbon field.

On December 23rd, the third stop of the "Dual Carbon Star Species · Carbon Exploration Plan" - "Future Technology" was successfully held in the Shanghai Artificial Intelligence Industry. On - site, Mr. Xie Zuoqiang, the vice - president of 36Kr, delivered a speech titled "Dual Carbon: A Stress Test and a Growth Engine".

The following is the transcript of the speech, edited and organized by 36Kr

I'm Xie Zuoqiang, the vice - president of 36Kr. Thank you all for coming to the event site of the fourth "Dual Carbon Star Species · Carbon Exploration Plan" Shanghai stop, jointly organized by 36Kr, Orient Securities, and its subsidiaries, Orient Securities Innovation and Orient Securities Capital. This project that we have been insisting on with Orient Securities for four years has a key change this year: we have moved from a competition to the depth of the industrial chain.

Why do we need to change? Because time waits for no one. There are less than five years left until carbon peak in 2030. This "green" competition related to the future has entered the substantial stress - testing stage, and only innovation can accelerate the process.

So, where is the real innovation? It's not in the PPTs of roadshows, but at the front line of the industry. Today, in Shanghai, a cutting - edge city that gathers the most advanced artificial intelligence technologies and business models, we face the core question: How can the competitiveness of China's artificial intelligence industry be reshaped in the next five years?

It's not only enterprises that are responding to the changes, but also 36Kr itself. Firmly believing in the concept of "letting some people see the future first", 36Kr has had a comprehensive upgrade this year:

In terms of content, we launched "36Kr Future Industries", focusing on tracks such as artificial intelligence, embodied intelligence, new energy, and new materials, to record the real dynamics of national strategic industries.

On the enterprise side, we collaborate with top - tier institutions like Orient Securities and leading enterprises in the chain to provide full - cycle empowerment for innovators, from financing to application scenarios, accompanying enterprises through different cycles.

On the industrial side, we join hands with local governments to jointly create benchmark industrial park brands. What we aim to do is to make this industrial park operation model take root across the country, attract leading enterprises, and grow together with the local economy.

This series of upgrades stem from a clear judgment: Dual carbon is a stress test and a growth engine. Artificial intelligence, new energy, and advanced manufacturing are the core driving forces of China's new economy. The mission of 36Kr is to be the connector and co - builder of this transformation. We not only record the future but also promote the transformation of technologies from laboratories to production lines and from concepts to standards.

The "Carbon Exploration Plan" is exactly the embodiment of this mission. It is not a series of isolated events but a continuously growing ecosystem. By collaborating with partners, we promote the resonance of industry, capital, and policies to jointly define the Chinese solution for green competitiveness.

Our goals go far beyond today. Looking forward to the future, 36Kr is willing to work with all partners with a more open mindset and more practical actions. Through in - depth collaboration and the construction of a sustainable innovation ecosystem, we will help China's industries gain the initiative in this green transformation.