Fifth Eco Expo Asia to take place in November

'Business Solutions to Climate Change' will be the theme of Eco Expo Asia 2010, which will take place 3-6 November at AsiaWorld-Expo, Hong Kong. With a spotlight on green building and electric vehicles, exhibitors will focus on air quality, energy efficiency and energy, waste management and recycling, and eco-friendly products. The Eco Asia Conference will once again be held alongside the fair.

The environmental fair is jointly organised by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council and Messe Frankfurt (HK), and co-organised by the Environment Bureau of the Government of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. Last year's fair attracted some 10,000 trade visitors from 105 countries and regions, including more than 140 officials from the Chinese mainland.

A C40 Workshop - 'Low-Carbon Cities for High-Quality Living' - will be held concurrently with the expo. The C40 Climate Leadership Group encompasses some of the world’s leading cities committed to tackling climate change.

The two events will bring together government officials and environmental experts from Hong Kong, the Chinese mainland and around the world to share their insights on low carbon living. These insights should bring with them business opportunities - particularly on the Chinese mainland - and also solutions to environmental issues.

For further information on the events, please click www.ecoexpoasia.com or email ecoexpo@hongkong.messefrankfurt.com or exhibitions@hktdc.org.

At a luncheon hosted by expo organisers, the keynote speaker, Secretary for the Environment Edward Yau, introduced the latest developments in Hong Kong-Guangdong cooperation in the area of environmental protection and the opportunities they presented to the business sector. Earlier this month in Beijing, Chief Executive Donald Tsang and Guangdong Governor Huang Huahua signed the Framework Agreement on Hong Kong/Guangdong Cooperation. That agreement includes a number of important measures meant to implement a regional ecology and environmental protection regime, to create a high-quality living area in the Greater Pearl River Delta region.

“The business sector has a key role to play in the region’s pursuit of a green agenda as a solution provider. Eco Expo Asia provides an ideal platform for business-to-business and business-to-government dialogue on how their partnerships could be strengthened to tackle the challenges posed by climate change and, at the same time, harness the opportunities,” said Yau.