2026 On January 20th of the year, the establishment of the Shenzhen Hong Kong Ecological Environment Green Development Alliance and the sharing and exchange of advanced innovation achievements were grandly held, marking the official unveiling and establishment of the Shenzhen Hong Kong Ecological Environment Green Development Alliance (hereinafter referred to as the "Alliance"). This event brings together representatives from government departments, research institutions, leading enterprises, and industry associations in Shenzhen and Hong Kong, with the theme of "Collaborative Innovation, Shared Win Win, Green Bay Area", to discuss cooperation plans for ecological environment protection, promote the transformation and application of advanced innovative achievements, and inject new momentum into the green and sustainable development of the Guangdong Hong Kong Macao Greater Bay Area.

Leaders from the Shenzhen Municipal People's Government and the head of the Environment and Ecology Bureau of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government attended the event and delivered speeches. The relevant leaders of Shenzhen city stated that Shenzhen and Hong Kong are connected by mountains and rivers, and are ecologically interdependent. For a long time, Shenzhen has carried out multi-level and multi-dimensional deep cooperation in wetland protection, air governance, water pollution prevention and control, and has formed many successful practices. The establishment of the alliance is a specific measure to implement the "Strengthening Ecological Environment Protection" requirements of the "Outline of the Development Plan for the Guangdong Hong Kong Macao Greater Bay Area". It will further break down regional barriers, promote the connection of rules, mechanisms, and resource integration in the field of ecological environment between the two places, and help build an internationally first-class green bay area. The head of the Environment and Ecology Bureau of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government pointed out that the coordinated development of the ecological environment between Shenzhen and Hong Kong is an important component of regional cooperation under the "One Country, Two Systems" framework. The alliance will establish an efficient platform for exchange and cooperation, promote environmental technology innovation and sharing of achievements between the two places, and jointly address global ecological challenges such as climate change and biodiversity conservation.

At the event, representatives from relevant departments, research institutions, and enterprises in Shenzhen and Hong Kong jointly signed an agreement to establish the alliance, clarifying the purpose and core tasks of the alliance. It is reported that the alliance is led by the Shenzhen Institute of Environmental Science and the Hong Kong Productivity Council, and is jointly formed by universities, environmental protection enterprises, industry associations and other forces in Shenzhen and Hong Kong. It will focus on three major directions: first, to build a collaborative governance mechanism, promote the connection of ecological environment supervision standards between the two places, improve the joint disposal mechanism for cross-border environmental emergencies, and deepen the collaborative protection of key areas such as Shenzhen Bay Wetland and Shenzhen River Bay; The second is to build an innovative achievement sharing platform, integrating advanced technologies and scientific research achievements in mangrove ecological restoration, blue carbon monitoring, low-carbon energy, pollution control and other fields between the two places, promoting the deep integration of industry, academia and research, and the transformation and application of achievements; The third is to strengthen public education and international exchanges, jointly carry out ecological and environmental protection science popularization, youth study and other activities, disseminate cross-border ecological protection experience between Shenzhen and Hong Kong, and enhance the international influence of green development in the Greater Bay Area.

In the advanced innovation achievement sharing and exchange session, a achievement exhibition area was set up at this exchange meeting, showcasing more than 60 outstanding innovative achievements in the field of ecological environment from Shenzhen and Hong Kong. Among them, a number of cutting-edge technologies and application cases such as the "Shenzhen Hong Kong Shenzhen Bay Wetland Integrated Stereoscopic Monitoring System", "Guangdong Hong Kong Macao Greater Bay Area Carbon Footprint Identification Collaborative System", and "High concentration Organic Wastewater Resource Utilization Treatment Technology" have attracted widespread attention. Experts and scholars from institutions such as the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen University, and the Greater Bay Area Mangrove Wetland Research and Development Center conducted thematic discussions on topics such as "Cross border Wetland Protection Strategies under Climate Change" and "Green Finance Empowering the Development of Ecological and Environmental Protection Industries", providing suggestions and recommendations for the coordinated development of ecological environments in the two regions. The event also held a signing ceremony for key cooperation projects, with companies from Shenzhen and Hong Kong reaching a cooperation intention on joint research and development of environmental protection technology, co construction of green industrial parks, and other projects, with a signing amount exceeding 100 million yuan.

As one of the initiating units of the alliance, the person in charge of Shenzhen Environmental Science Research Institute stated that the alliance will take this establishment as an opportunity to establish a regular communication and coordination mechanism, regularly hold innovation achievement exchange meetings, technical forums and other activities every year, and promote the free flow of environmental protection talents, technologies, funds and other elements between the two places. The relevant person in charge of the Hong Kong Productivity Council emphasized that they will fully leverage the platform's advantages to promote deep cooperation among alliance member units in areas such as clean production and circular economy, and help enterprises achieve green transformation and upgrading.

It is reported that in the next step, the Alliance will focus on the implementation of key projects such as the collaborative upgrading of Shenzhen Bay (Deep Bay) wetland conservation, the construction of wutong Mountain Honghualing Ecological Corridor, and the Hetao Shenzhen Hong Kong Science and Technology Innovation Cooperation Zone pilot near zero carbon emission zone. At the same time, the Alliance will launch the Shenzhen Hong Kong ecological and environmental protection talents joint training plan to provide intellectual support for the coordinated development of the ecological environment of the two places. Industry insiders believe that the establishment of the Shenzhen Hong Kong Ecological Environment Green Development Alliance will promote the transformation of ecological and environmental cooperation between the two places from "project collaboration" to "systematic collaboration", forming a new pattern of green development of "consultation, co construction, sharing, and co governance", and contributing the "strength of Shenzhen and Hong Kong" to the construction of the Beautiful China Pilot Zone.