Beautiful Beijing expands beyond Beijing. Kari Hiltunen Counselor, Science and Technology Director, Tekes Beijing

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1 Beautiful Beijing expands beyond Beijing Kari Hiltunen Counselor, Science and Technology Director, Tekes Beijing

2 Program Beautiful Beijing expands beyond Beijing Kari Hiltunen, Tekes Beijing Beautiful opportunities Eero Siitonen, Cleantech Finland for China, Finpro Beautiful Tianjin Tommy Jacobsen, Cleen Oy Future cleantech solutions for private customers Brainstorming How to get onboard Markku Lämsä, Tekes Reijo Kohonen, Kasvutehdas Oy Company stories Aavi Oy, Jyrki Mikkola LifaAir Oy, Vesa Mäkipää

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4 Airpocalypses Average AQI levels jump in the winter, when coal-fired power plants rev up to meet heating demands from the more than 20 million residents in Beijing. Hazardous days are becoming more commonplace, as are higher readings. In 2013, 5.3% of all hourly ratings were ranked as hazardous, up from 2.9% in Besides of breathing that, Beijing s residents breath another month of very unhealthy air, 5 additional weeks of unhealthy air and 8.4 weeks of unhealthy air for sensitive groups (looking at you, grandma and small children). The government is set to pass law changes that will give it more powers to shut polluting factories, punish officials and place protected regions off-limits to industrial development

5 Beautiful Beijing background China has launched ambitious program to improve air quality, target is to reduse emissions by 25% from 2012 level before 2017 in Beijing. Finland (Tekes) and China (Ministry of Environmental Protection) signed a MoU for cooperation on April 9th, Team Finland project The cooperation aims at conducting a Sino-Finnish joint study to gain common understanding of actions to be taken to improve the living conditions, especially the air quality in Beijing. This study will act as a platform for future cooperation focusing on implementation of identified actions.

6 -MIIT -BUPT -DIGILE Oy -FIMEC Oy Industry Beautiful Shanxi Nano Center Beijing FAO Transportation -NEA & CREIA -Beijing transportation commission -DIGILE Oy Beautiful Beijing Cooperation platforms ICT Alliance E-learning platform Cleantech SMEs MoU MoST & Local S&T Commssions CATARC & VTT FinLab, ilab Tsinghua + Fudan -MEP -EPB Air Quality -Sino-Nordic Cleantech Institute Tianjin - Kulmala Institute in Helsinki Investors VCs, Funds, CDB CEC -CRAES -CLEEN Oy Beautiful Tianjin World Bank Eco Working Group Cleantech Pilot Sci-Park MoFCOM Platform for R&D, Education & Demonstrations NIASCTI Smart City Alliance FinChi Beijing + Shanghai EMCA Building & Construction -MoHURD -CABR 2-3 pilot cities -RYM Oy VTT & CABR -DIGILE Oy Joint Lab initiative Building standards & norms EU Urbanization Initiative CLEEN & CABR MoU Demonstration Farm on Bioenergy Energy -NDRC NEA CREIA ERI

7 Why to expand? Pollution watchdog says 28-36% of hazardous airborne particles came from surrounding provinces like Hebei and Shanxi. Beijing EPB coordinates implementation of Clean Air Action Plan in Tianjin and Hebei. In National Environment Protection meeting in Beijing, Beautiful Beijing was mentioned as model of international co-operation. Shanxi province s EPB contacted Team Finland and proposed cooperation Shanxi s pollution sources are different than in Beijing, mainly heavy industry => provides new opportunities for Finnish companies.

8 Beautiful Beijing expands beyond Beijing Several ministries in Finland Several ministries in China MoU of Beautiful China Platform Beautiful Beijing Beautiful Shanxi Beautiful Tianjin Beautiful Jiangsu Beautiful? Ongoing project Focus on AQ and emission control 16 active companies 25 solutions proposals introduced 5 demonstration projects under negotiations Creative City Cluster BCEG MOHURD Joint Lab Initiated by Shanxi province EBP List of 78 concrete project Focus on industry sector Negotiations with local government CLEEN SHOK: Cleantech Innovation Center Existing collaboration with S&T department Negotiations with Suzhou Industrial Park Demonstration platform for energy efficient building solutions Sino-Finland Nano Innovation Center Potential new regions and cities Several contacts Utilizing existing platforms and projects 1. Existing technologies, solutions and innovations for short term implementation 2. Solutions and technologies that need further development 3. Areas and challenges that need scientific research DM

9 Future cleantech solutions for private customers Finland s cleantech business is mainly B to B B to C business grow much faster than B to B in China Price is not only purchasing criteria, foreign image E-commerce provides new opportunities to reach private customers Awearness of people is increasing Private people s bank savings 15,9 trillion USD (China Economic Review) Saving rate in China 35-40% Main reasons: poor basic health care system, children s education Survey by MRIC group: 47,3% of respondents in Beijing would like to relocate because of IQ concerns

10 Brainstorming What could Finnish cleantech companies offer for private Chinese customers?

11 Xie Xie!