50th Meeting of the APEC Energy Working Group, December 2015, Honolulu, Hawaii Report on APEC Sustainable Energy Center (APSEC) 1 Zhu Li President

50th Meeting of the APEC Energy Working Group, December 2015, Honolulu, Hawaii 2 Contents Part 1. Progress in the First Year Part 2. Asia-Pacific Urbanisation Partnership Part 3. Recruiting APEC Visiting Researchers

50th Meeting of the APEC Energy Working Group, December 2015, Honolulu, Hawaii 1. Completed its institution building 3 Research Divisions APSEC Expert Advisory Committee Steering Committee APEC Energy Working Group

50th Meeting of the APEC Energy Working Group, December 2015, Honolulu, Hawaii 4 APSEC General Manager Vice-President Marketing Liaison Administrative Affairs Technology InformationTraining Technology Transfer President Demonstration Projects Strategy and Planning Market and Risk Analysis Finance Talent CultivationTechnical TrainingIntelligence NetworkDatabasesTechnology Catalogue

50th Meeting of the APEC Energy Working Group, December 2015, Honolulu, Hawaii 2. Defined work contents for the first FIVE years Two Pillar Programs: Clean Coal Technology Transfer Sustainable City Development Two Platforms: APEC Sustainable Energy Knowledge Network APSEC Strategic Partnerships Associated Activities: Tours; Meeting events, like workshops, conferences & exhibit Training courses. 5

50th Meeting of the APEC Energy Working Group, December 2015, Honolulu, Hawaii 6 1st Anniversary Celebration of APSEC --Asia Pacific Sustainable Energy Development Forum 3. Reporting to the APEC

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50th Meeting of the APEC Energy Working Group, December 2015, Honolulu, Hawaii Part of Declarations 14. We recognize the progress made by the newly- established APEC Sustainable Energy Center (APSEC) in completing its institution building. ……We encourage APEC economies to support the work of this new institution th EMM, Cebu Declaration, Philippines 4h. We commend the initiative of creating a Task Force on Energy Resiliency, the initiative for enhancing the quality of electric power infrastructure in the Asia-Pacific region, and the establishment of the APEC Sustainable Energy Center rd APEC Leaders’ Declaration, Manila 9

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50th Meeting of the APEC Energy Working Group, December 2015, Honolulu, Hawaii 11 Firstly endorsed

50th Meeting of the APEC Energy Working Group, December 2015, Honolulu, Hawaii Work contents--Urbanization 26. Under the pillar of Urbanization, we seek to identify new drivers of economic growth by pursuing urbanization and sustainable city development. We support APEC partnership initiatives on urbanization and undertake to establish a cooperative network of sustainable cities in APEC economies. We will organize forums, hold policy dialogues, and utilize international sister-cities programs to promote cooperation and share experiences on urbanization and sustainable city development. 27. We will facilitate the use of existing resources for research and capacity building on urbanization. We encourage member economies to support urbanization cooperation and urbanization-related projects, including by making voluntary contributions to establish a sub-fund within the APEC framework. 28. We applaud progress made in the APEC Low Carbon Model Town Project and the promotion activities under it. We underscore the importance of eco-city and smart city cooperation programs, and undertake to explore pathways to green urbanization and sustainable city development. 12

50th Meeting of the APEC Energy Working Group, December 2015, Honolulu, Hawaii 13 New Sub-Fund Source:

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50th Meeting of the APEC Energy Working Group, December 2015, Honolulu, Hawaii 5b. We commend the efforts of member economies in implementing the APEC Cooperation Initiative for Jointly Establishing an Asia-Pacific Urbanization Partnership rd APEC Leaders’ Declaration, Manila 137. We welcome efforts in implementing the APEC Cooperation Initiative for Jointly Establishing an Asia- Pacific Urbanization Partnership th JMS, Manila Philippines 15 Highlighted in new Declarations

50th Meeting of the APEC Energy Working Group, December 2015, Honolulu, Hawaii For APSEC 14. We encourage APSEC to continue its work in expanding sustainable city development across the region, cutting-edge clean energy technologies and other programs on energy resiliency th EMM, Cebu Declaration, Philippines We instruct EWG to work with APSEC with the assistance of the LCMT-TF to undertake APEC Cooperation Initiative for Jointly Establishing an Asia-Pacific Urbanization Partnership endorsed by APEC Leaders in th EMM, Cebu Declaration, Philippines Instructions from Ministers 16

50th Meeting of the APEC Energy Working Group, December 2015, Honolulu, Hawaii 27 th JMS, Manila Philippines 137. We welcome efforts in implementing the APEC Cooperation Initiative for Jointly Establishing an Asia-Pacific Urbanization Partnership. We encourage relevant fora and sub-fora, including platforms like the Asia-Pacific Sustainable Energy Center (APSEC), to make contribution to the implementation process. 17

50th Meeting of the APEC Energy Working Group, December 2015, Honolulu, Hawaii Newly proposed APEC Project to respond “Strategic Plan to Implement APEC Cooperation Initiative for Jointly Establishing the Asia-Pacific Urbanization Partnership” Co-sponsors: Hong Kong China, Malaysia Fund Source & cost: IERG Sub-Fund, $150,000 APEC Forum: EGNRET & EGEEC OR directly to EWG? The strategic plan will act as a reference document and benefit all member economies to recognize the challenges and opportunities in urbanization, and provide opportunities for practical cooperation among APEC cities. 18

50th Meeting of the APEC Energy Working Group, December 2015, Honolulu, Hawaii Objectives To create an action plan of establishing the Cooperative Network for City Executives; To build capacity in cities sustainable development by providing series and systematic training courses to relevant stakeholders to improve the professional knowledge, decision-making, marketing, finance essay and technical quality; To increase knowledge in the technology, knowledge and products by setting up a technology, knowledge and products sharing platform for future widely popularizing and transferring this database among APEC economies through various ways; 19 We look forward to the cooperation, and your support will be greatly appreciated!

50th Meeting of the APEC Energy Working Group, December 2015, Honolulu, Hawaii 20 Recruiting APEC Visiting Researchers

50th Meeting of the APEC Energy Working Group, December 2015, Honolulu, Hawaii Thanks for your attention! “Joining Hands Toward Sustainable Energy Development in the Asia-Pacific Region.” 21