Dear Industry Colleagues and Friends,

In the 21st century, the concept of sustainable development has had a profound impact around the world. Worldwide topics like environmental protection and low carbon emissions have become the focus of world attention. Indeed, green design concepts and technologies are now changing the world.

As a big country in terms of energy consumption, China's building energy consumption accounts for about 1/3 of total energy consumption worldwide, putting huge pressure on energy savings. At the same time, compared with climatic conditions similar to developed countries, China’s building standards of comfort is relatively low but its building energy consumption is several times more than in developed countries. Now China is in an important stage of industrialization, urbanization and new countryside construction. As is predicted, there will be 30 billion square meters of new building areas by the year of 2020, which also means that the building energy consumption will rise sharply.

In order to address climate change and energy shortages, it has become a national priority to promote green building as part of urbanization. During the period of the Twelfth Five-Year Plan, the development of the green building industry will accelerate, bringing Great Challenges and opportunities for urban planners and the construction industry. Aiming to build a bridge for communication and learning between policy makers, urban planning bureaus, real estate developers, building design institutes, construction materials and equipment suppliers and intelligent building systems solutions providers, Green Building China 2013 will be held from November 21st to 22nd in Shanghai. As Asia’s most influential event in the industry, the summit will act as an integrated service platform to showcase the latest technology in the world of green building and boost the Chinese green building industry. At the same time, the summit will issue awards to innovative industry leaders.

Under the theme of "Building a Green Chinese Dream", the summit will help you better gauge the pulse of China’s dynamic green building industry and further identify the strategic role of China in your global business plan. Join Green Building China 2013 to capitalize on the tremendous opportunity in one of the world’s largest markets for green construction!