‘Waste-to-Value, Industry Upgrade, and GBA Co-Creation’ Technology Forum Brings Together Top Experts, Driving Green Industry Advancement Through Frontier Technologies

HONG KONG, Aug 4, 2025-(ACN Newswire)- The”Waste-to-Value, Industry Upgrade, and GBA Co-Creation”Technology Forum(the “Forum”), collectively arranged by the GBA Economic and Trade Association, GBA Institute, All-China Environment Federation, and “The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology(HKUST)– Absolute Pure EnviroSci Limited( APEL)Joint Laboratory on Health and Environmental Innovation” under APEL, was effectively assembled on 29 July 2025 in Hong Kong. The Forum collected almost a hundred development and innovation professionals, market leaders, and service specialists to check out positive subjects such as strong waste management and innovative products application, clever production for market upgrade, low-carbon structure products, policy coordination throughout Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao, and leading-edge advances in clever water quality tracking and filtration. By utilizing technological development, the Forum looks for to rejuvenate the circular economy and inject brand-new momentum into the sustainable advancement of the Greater Bay Area (GBA).

The occasion was beautified by a remarkable lineup of speakers and honored visitors, consisting of Miss Diane Wong, JP, Under Secretary for Environment and Ecology Bureau, the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR); Mr. Liu Kun, Deputy General Manager, Hunan Construction Investment Group; Dr. David Chung, Chairman of APEL; Prof. Daniel Cheng, BBS, MH, JP, Honorary President and GBA Honorary Fellow, GBA Economic and Trade Association; Mr. Chan Wing Fai, Deputy Director, All-China Environment Federation; Prof. Yeung King Lun, Professor, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering and Division of Environment and Sustainability, HKUST. These identified visitors offered tactical and multi-faceted insights into policy, market, green development, and cross-regional partnership, providing positive suggestions to support the top quality advancement of the Greater Bay Area.

Miss Diane Wong, JP, Under Secretary for Environment and Ecology Bureau, the Government of HKSAR, stated, “To drive the low-carbon shift and take the financial chances provided by green advancement, Hong Kong has actually developed a robust collective structure with Mainland cities in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, actively checking out a local co-operation design for a ‘Zero-Waste City.’ By utilizing their complementary local strengths, the Mainland and Hong Kong boost the healing and recycling of products in the Greater Bay Area, therefore advancing the circular economy. Through development, collaboration, and encouraging policies, we can change ecological obstacles into brand-new chances. I hope today’s conversation will trigger ingenious concepts and develop more chances for cooperation, enabling us to work hand in hand towards a greener future.”

Mr. Liu Kun, Deputy General Manager, Hunan Construction Investment Group, highlighted, “The future of innovation comes from bold leaders. By unifying the knowledge of ‘Transforming Waste into Value,’ the spirit of ‘Industry Upgrade,’ and the vision of ‘GBA co-creation,’ we will harness the multi-sectoral benefits of financial investment and facilities and make long lasting contributions to Hong Kong’s top quality and sustainable advancement.”

Dr. David Chung, Chairman of APEL, specified, “Technology is the driving force behind financial change and greater competitiveness in the brand-new period. By utilizing the power of innovation, we look for to ‘Transform Waste into Value’, promote market upgrades, and speed up green advancement. Hong Kong is distinctively placed– through its entrepreneurial spirit, ingenious innovations, robust facilities, and international connection– to support a first-rate commercial community. It is important that federal government, market, academic community, research study, and financial investment sectors team up carefully to advance clever production, green innovation, and high-end production, while deepening synergies with other cities in the GBA. APEL will continue to line up with federal government policies, foster technological combination and ecological development, placing Hong Kong as a design for brand-new industrialization, driving sustainable advancement in your area and internationally.”

Prof. Daniel Cheng, BBS, MH, JP, Honorary President and GBA Honorary Fellow, GBA Economic and Trade Association, stressed “We think that technological development is the foundation for top quality local financial development. Today’s online forum marks an essential action towards a greener, smarter, and more sustainable future. By using smart strong waste processing and resource regrowth innovations, we can substantially decrease ecological concern of waste and change it into high-value brand-new products, extending the worth chain for green markets and adding to nationwide objectives of carbon peaking and neutrality.”

Fly Ash Recycling Technology Emerges as Key Engine for Circular Economy Development in Greater Bay Area

The subsequent “Waste-to-Value, Industry Upgrade, and GBA Co-Creation” innovation online forum combined professionals and market leaders from different fields for extensive conversations on 3 significant styles, injecting fresh insights into green innovation and local commercial updating. China’s Solid Waste Pollution Prevention and Control Law mandates the safe disposal and resource usage of fly ash to reduce ecological contamination. Ms. Huang Jing, Deputy Manager, Overseas Division, Hunan Construction Investment Group, examined the benefits and case research studies of multi-source strong waste (consisting of fly ash and sludge) treatment and combination with brand-new products.

Dr. Chen Weiguang, Director of the Digital Low-Carbon Research Institute, Institute of Innovation and Development of Sciences and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, highlighted that because 2030, China has actually been gradually lowering land fill disposal of fly ash, motivating areas with the essential conditions to accomplish no garbage dump for incineration residues. Standard chelation and garbage dump approaches for fly ash– which consists of chlorides, heavy metals, and dioxins– are being changed by ingenious two-step processing innovation. This method makes it possible for high-value resource healing, developing a total commercial worth chain and providing a scalable, replicable option for near-zero strong waste land fill worldwide.

In the world of brand-new industrialization and clever production, Ir. Raymond Shan, General Manager, New Industrialisation Division, Hong Kong Productivity Council (HKPC), and Dr. Alex Choi, Biomedical Specialist, New Industrialisation Division, HKPC shared insights on how automation, digitalization, and AI-driven services are advancing upgrade of markets. Ir. Raymond Shan, General Manager of the New Industrialisation Division of HKPC, specified: “Hong Kong is going into a ‘New Quality Era’. The HKSAR Government has actually released the ‘New Industrialisation Funding Scheme (NIFS)’ and ‘New Industrialisation Acceleration Scheme (NIAS)’, which intend to subsidise business participated in wise and green production to develop brand-new clever assembly line in Hong Kong. HKPC is likewise cultivating future engineers through a series of future abilities training programs, while promoting advancement in emerging fields such as brand-new energy, bio-health, advanced production, brand-new products and expert system, to combine Hong Kong’s position as a global development center.”

Dr. Alex Choi, Biomedical Specialist of the New Industrialisation Division of HKPC, specified: “In HKPC’s efforts and jobs to advertise R&D accomplishments in Hong Kong’s life & & health and brand-new energy markets, we have actually worked together with a regional business to promote the advancement of the hydrogen energy sector. The strategy consists of structure Hong Kong’s very first green hydrogen production center that will use natural biogas from land fills to produce hydrogen. The hydrogen produced at this center abides by the GB/T 37244-2018 quality requirement with pureness ≥ 99.97%, and appropriates not just for transport usage however likewise for numerous downstream applications.”

On ingenious wise water management, Prof. Han Wei, Research Associate Professor, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering and Division of Environment and Sustainability, HKUST, together with Mr. Billy Luk, Chief Application Scientist at the HKUST– APEL Joint Laboratory, provided the current developments in wise water quality tracking and effective filtration innovations. Mr. Billy Luk stated, “Water is a necessary resource for sustaining human life and eco-friendly health. Wisepura Aquapura, established by APEL, makes use of world’s very first trademarked permeable silica pill innovation, which wisely launches active components upon contact with water. This successfully targets over 30 kinds of over 30 kinds of germs, fungis, and infections in water system, cooling, and sewer system while likewise fulfilling varied application requirements. Presently, this ingenious innovation is commonly used throughout Hong Kong’s public facilities. The silica pill can be recycled numerous times and securely disposed of at the end of its lifecycle, thus decreasing ecological effect.”

About All-China Environment Federation
All-China Environment Federation (ACEF) is an across the country non-profitable civil society company (CSO) in the field of the environment, and is supported by the federal government. It is made up of CSOs and people who are passionate about and assistance environmental management and want to work for it. The goal of ACEF is to function as a bridge in between the federal government and the general public in carrying out the sustainable advancement method, attaining nationwide goals on environment and advancement, and securing the ecological rights of the general public. By totally using its organizational benefit, ACEF intends to promote environmental management and sustainable advancement in China and the world at big.

About GBA Economic and Trade Association
The GBA Economic and Trade Association is a financial, trade and funding matching platform started and developed by magnate and social elites. Its vision and objective is to work together with nationwide policies, help the financial advancement of the Greater Bay Area, and supply varied policy research study, analysis and suggestions, use the various benefits and resources of various areas in the area, reinforce financial and trade cooperation, open 4 streams: skill circulation, items circulation, capital circulation and details circulation, and speed up the advancement of the Bay Area into a world-leading economy.

About GBA Institute
The GBA Institute, established by the GBA Economic and Trade Association, intends to support the nationwide method for the Greater Bay Area’s advancement. Its objective is to cultivate worldwide company leaders and promote Hong Kong’s position as a prominent worldwide monetary. The institute partners with prominent international universities to provide top-level training programs and acknowledges impressive factors from politics, company, and academic community who have actually made considerable contributions to society and the advancement of the Greater Bay Area.

About Absolute Pure EnviroSci Limited
Outright Pure EnviroSci Limited (“APEL”), is an indirect non-wholly owned subsidiary of Yee Hop Holdings Limited, a business noted on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (stock code: 1662. HK). With an objective to enhance the lifestyle and living environments, APEL is primarily participated in the research study and advancement and commercialization of health and ecological developments. Leveraging its Multilevel Antimicrobial Polymer (MAP-1) innovation, APEL has actually established specialized application solutions in 4 essential locations: air filtration in airplane, water filtration, animals health, and environment-friendly structure products, all developed to attend to pushing international obstacles. On 10 January 2024, APEL collectively developed the “HKUST-APEL Joint Laboratory on Health and Environmental Innovation” with the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) to establish and equate unique discoveries into groundbreaking health and ecological developments. APEL eagerly anticipates dealing with scientists and market partners worldwide to drive more health and ecological developments. To take advantage of the worldwide health and ecological health market, APEL is presently holding an ingenious interactive exhibit at The Lab. in Osaka to display its 3 flagship items– Wisepura water and air filtration systems, GERMAGIC ™ antimicrobial finishing, and GERMAGIC ™ PET healthcare options for family pets– taking development chances in Asia’s health innovation market.

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