13th Global Green Energy and PV Financial Summit

Date:  Thursday, 12 June 2025

Room: InterContinental Shanghai Hongqiao NECC, Function Room 9

Time:  13:30-18:30

 

Amid the officially implementation of Energy Law of the People's Republic of China in January 1, 2025, and coupled with an urgent need of green innovation of China's photovoltaic development, the 13th Global Green Energy and PV Financial Summit will implement the spirit of the Government's work report on fiscal, taxation, financial, investment and pricing policies and market-oriented mechanisms to support green development, promote green financial innovation and facilitate the development of green and low-carbon industries. The Summit is being held to focus on the challenges and opportunities faced by the field of photovoltaic and green finance, discuss strategies about how to build a green financial ecosystem, break through the industry's development bottlenecks, and promote the continued growth of the green energy industry. Themed by “green financial breakthrough and innovation, empowering green energy to move towards a new stage of steady and high-quality development”, the Financial Summit is committed to providing strong financial support for the new energy industry through innovative financial tools and policies, in the face of the industry's development of new situations and new forms of business.

 

As a brand meeting of SNEC for thirteen consecutive years, the Financial Summit will bring together senior experts, leading enterprises and stakeholders in green finance, PV and renewable energy industries to focus on the new topics of green energy + green finance in 2025, especially renewable energy becoming the main body of incremental energy consumption, the responsibility of green investment and the in-depth integration of financial science and technology with green finance, the construction of a green financial system to support carbon neutral, innovation and promotion of green financial products, as well as analyzing the application of ESG investment concepts in new energy projects. We will study how to play a digitally driven role in technology development, new energy power plant construction, operation, carbon trading, carbon footprint measurement and carbon asset development services to build a new energy system, so that a series of green financial tools can help promote the new energy industry to play a greater and more sustained role in the goal of carbon peaking and carbon neutrality. It will promote green and low-carbon development through financial means, helping to achieve the goals of carbon peaking and carbon neutrality, while promoting a comprehensive green transformation of the economy and society.

 

PROGRAM

Chairman: Mr. Burkhard Holder, General manager, VDE Renewables

Executive Director: Ms. Xinyuan Zhu, Deputy Secretary-General of SNEC Organizing Committee and Shanghai New Energy Industry Association; Member of Energy Investment Committee of China Investment Association Expert Committee; Member of Foreign Economic Cooperation Advisory Committee, China World Trade Organization Research Association

Time

Topic

Speakers

13:30-13:32

Welcome speech

 

Ms. Xinyuan Zhu

Deputy Secretary-General of SNEC Organizing Committee and Shanghai New Energy Industry Association; Member of Energy Investment Committee of China Investment Association Expert Committee; Member of Foreign Economic Cooperation Advisory Committee, China World Trade Organization Research Association

13:32-13:35

Opening speech:

 

 

Ms. Jun Wang

Executive Vice President of China Electric Power Construction Association; Secretary-general, Committee on Energy Transition and Development of International Finance Forum

13:35-13:40

Opening speech:

Mr. Burkhard Holder

General Manager of VDE Renewable

Theme 1: New Forms of China's New Energy Industry and the Development Trend of Green Finance Market

Moderator: Ms. Xinyuan Zhu, Deputy Secretary-General of SNEC Organizing Committee and Shanghai New Energy Industry Association; Member of Energy Investment Committee of China Investment Association Expert Committee; Member of Foreign Economic Cooperation Advisory Committee, China World Trade Organization Research Association

13:40-13:55

Presentation 1.1

Global Solar Market Outlook and Energy Transition Investment Trends

Mr. Youru Tan

Solar Analyst, BloombergNEF

13:55-14:10

Presentation 1.2

Global New Energy Industry Investment Overview, Opportunities and Suggestions

Ms. Linna Liu

Vice Chair & Secretary-General, Global Investment Council

14:10-14:25

Presentation 1.3

Supporting Measure and Potential Influence of Energy Law on New Energy and Green Finance 

Ms. Jingli Shi

Professor, Energy Research Institute of National Development & Reform Commission

14:25-14:40

Presentation 1.4

Status Quo and Prospect of Carbon Market under the Background of Carbon Neutrality and Carbon Tariffs

Mr. Dewen Mei

Vice Chairman, China Beijing Green Exchange; Secretary-general, Beijing Green Finance Association

14:40-14:55

Presentation 1.5

Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) and Sustainability Disclosure: Opportunities and Challenges for Chinese New Energy Enterprises Going Global

Ms. Lingshui Mo

Vice President, of Huzhou Green Finance Institute

14:55-15:10

Presentation 1.6

Viewing the New Business Forms of the Photovoltaic Industry and Green Finance Opportunities from the Practice of "Zero-Carnon China"

Mr. Jie Zhang

Vice President & Secretary-General, Energy Investment Professional Committee of the Investment Association of China

Theme 2: New Energy Project Financing Innovative Model Practice

Moderator: Ms. Xinyuan Zhu, Deputy Secretary-General of SNEC Organizing Committee and Shanghai New Energy Industry Association; Member of Energy Investment Committee of China Investment Association Expert Committee; Member of Foreign Economic Cooperation Advisory Committee, China World Trade Organization Research Association

15:10-15:25

Presentation 2.1

The Latest Policies and Influence of Power Tariff Reform on New Energy

Ms. Qionghui Li

Former director of New Energy Research Institute, State Grid Energy Research Institute

15:25-15:40

Presentation 2.2

Sustainable Financial Product and Service Innovations for New Energy Development

Ms. Hongfeng Xu

Researcher fellow, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences; Postdoctor

15:40-15:55

Presentation 2.3

Collaborative High-quality Development of Photovoltaic Industry and Green Certificate Market 

Mr. Ye Tao

Deputy Director, Center for Renewable Energy Development of Energy Research Institute (NDRC)

15:55-16:10

Presentation 2.4

How the long-term profitability of your PV Project Investments can be protected by Insurance

Ms. Sinney Leung

Director - Business Development, Munich Re [Green Tech Solutions]

16:10-16:25

Presentation 2.5

Industrial Finance Promotes the Development of the Photovoltaic Industry during the Cross-cycle

Mr. Haoran Wei

Director of Photovoltaic Finance Business Department, Huaneng Tiancheng Leasing Co., Ltd.

16:25-16:40

Presentation 2.6

Green Finance Helps Stabilize the Development of the Photovoltaic Industry

Mr. Tao Wang

Director of Green Finance Department, CITIC Bank's Key Account Department

16:40-16:55

Presentation 2.7

How to empower new lifecycle management of power plants

Mr. Zihong Jiang

General Manager of Clean Power Division, Jinyuan Huaxing

Theme 3: Digitally Driven Green Finance and ESG for Green Sustainability

Moderator: Ms. Xinyuan Zhu, Deputy Secretary-General of SNEC Organizing Committee and Shanghai New Energy Industry Association; Member of Energy Investment Committee of China Investment Association Expert Committee; Member of Foreign Economic Cooperation Advisory Committee, China World Trade Organization Research Association

16:55-17:10

Presentation 3.1

AI+ESG Empowers the Green and Sustainability of the Photovoltaic Industry

Ms. Judy Li

Leader of ESG & Sustainability, EY Greater China, Ernst & Young Hua Ming LLP

17:10-17:25

Presentation 3.2

Innovative Application of  Data Assets Graph Coding of Photovoltaic Power Elements

Mr. Yi Dai

Member of the New Energy Expert Group, Expert Committee of China Energy Society

 

17:25-17:40

Presentation 3.3

AI empowers carbon neutrality

Ms. Shiyang Shao

CEO of Henan Environmental Center;

Director of the Energy Investment Committee of the China Investment Association

Panel Discussion:

Moderator: Ms. Jingli Shi, Professor of Energy Research Institute, National Development & Reform Commission

17:40-18:30

Theme:

 

How do the green finance and photovoltaic industry that both required to enter the stage of high-quality development at the same time to integrate the development and digital intelligence drive?

 

Topics:

  1. What are the new situation and characteristics of green energy and photovoltaic industry in 2025? Under the new situation of photovoltaic industry development, how can green finance cooperate and promote?
  2. What are the new issues for green finance when the Energy Law comes into force in 2025? How to enter into high-quality development?

How to integrate with the financial technology; support carbon neutral targets; how to innovate and promote green financial products; and how financial institutions can achieve green transformation;

  1. How can green finance and the new energy industry strengthen cross-border cooperation, establish a sound mechanism, and promote coordination and cooperation among various sectors to jointly drive the development of green finance and the new energy industry?
  2. How ESG can facilitate financial institutions and new energy companies to enter into high-quality development
  3. How can financial institutions and new energy companies achieve the Digital Intelligence Management?
  4. how AI technology and data-driven can realize accurate carbon peak and intelligent carbon neutral?
  5. Impact of green finance on new energy development
  6. How can green finance support the premium value-added of PV green assets? How to effectively conduct green certificate trading, national carbon market regulations and policy system, and orderly promote the construction of CCER trading market?

Speakers(TBC):

 

Dr. Ye Tao

Deputy Director, Center for Renewable Energy Development, Energy Research Institute (NDRC)

 

Ms. Judy Li

Partner of Ernst&Young

 

Mr. Limin Zhai

Energy Industry Managing, Partner of PwC

 

Ms. Shiyang Shao

Chief Executive Officer, Henan Environmental Center; Director, Specialized Committee on Energy Investment, the Investment Association of China

 

Mr. Tao Wang

Director of Green Finance Department, CITIC Bank's Key Account Department

 

Enterprise Representatives

 

Trina Solar

Chint Group

GCL Group

 

Co-Host: 

Supporting Partners:

Ernst & Young Global Limited

Supporting Partners:

China International Economic Consultants Co., Ltd.