This seminar, with the theme of "Connecting Academia and Industry: ESG Practices to Support Sustainable Value Creation," invited experts and scholars such as Dr. Duan Zhirong from the School of Economics and Management at Tsinghua University, Professor Sun Zhongjuan, the Vice Dean of the School of Business Administration at Capital University of Economics and Business, Professor Dai Jing from Ningbo University of Nottingham, and industry peers like Mr. Tang Huagu, the person in charge of ESG in the supply chain of友达光电, and Ms. Wang Su, the editor-in-chief of the ESG channel at Caixin Media. Together, they focused on innovative research in ESG and sustainable development, showcased global leading-edge practice cases and application results, and facilitated broader and deeper industry-academia-research cooperation.

At the meeting, Ms. Cui Jia'ei, the Director of Comprehensive Management of Qunxian Group, shared the practical experience of green transformation in high energy-consuming industries and the typical case of industry-academia-research cooperation in the European iron alloy industry. As a non-listed private enterprise, Qunxian Group insists on taking ESG sustainable development as its key strategy, and has achieved exploration results that create both environmental and economic benefits through specific measures such as energy transformation, circular economy, and green carbon reduction. This has been affirmed and praised by the experts, scholars, and industry partners in attendance.

On the road of ESG sustainable development, Qunxian Group will continue to have firm confidence, keep exploring, focus on practicing the company's own ESG sustainable development mission, and help achieve the promotion of high-quality development of the industry.

Organizer Introduction: The International Business School Suzhou at XJTLU (IBSS) was established in 2013. It is the largest international business school in China and one of the few business schools in the world that has received the prestigious tri-crown accreditations of AACSB, AMBA, and EQUIS.

As one of only 22 business schools in China to be part of the United Nations Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME) Global Network, the mission, vision and core values of IBSS consistently emphasize the effort to make a positive impact on society by committed to promoting ethical, responsible and sustainable development education in business education.