MNCs plug into China's green synergy

Despite global headwinds, such as the delayed International Maritime Organization (IMO) Net-Zero Framework review, China's 15th Five-Year Plan offers rare, bankable policy certainty, he said.

The company's deep-rooted partnerships with local titans like CSSC and COSCO Shipping Lines continue to yield breakthroughs.

In June 2026, Everllence delivered a milestone methanol dual-fuel retrofit for the Seaspan Yangtze at Shanghai COSCO Heavy Industry. Completed in just three months to minimize shipowner downtime, the retrofit slashes the vessel's emissions index by 55 percent below international baselines.

Crucially, the hardware of the green transition is being supercharged by the software of the digital age. Artificial intelligence and frontier technologies are no longer theoretical concepts; they are actively reshaping China's industrial growth and productivity.

At Syensqo's Shanghai center, artificial intelligence is fully integrated into the R&D process. "AI is helping teams with analysis, testing, and product solution optimization," Chen explained. "It is not a replacement for researchers, but a tool that helps them solve more complex problems and identify new ideas faster."

As the second half of 2026 commences, foreign executives are closely monitoring the commercialization speed of these cutting-edge technologies, the delivery pace of green industry orders, and the evolution of domestic consumer confidence.

Industry experts believe China's green transition is cultivating a far more complete and globally integrated industrial ecosystem.

As high-standard opening-up accelerates, the nation is actively championing the participation of multinational companies in key fields ranging from advanced manufacturing to climate technology, said Lin Boqiang, director of the China Center for Energy Economics Research at Xiamen University.

"Multinational companies can bring advanced technologies to China, and also push China's innovation achievements in new energy and other fields to the global stage," said Liu Linna, deputy director-general and secretary-general of the Council for International Investment Promotion. "Through this reciprocal exchange, multinational companies will share in the abundant developmental dividends generated by new quality productive forces during China's green transition."

In an era defined by global economic fragmentation, China's steady macroeconomic expansion and unyielding commitment to carbon neutrality offer a vital anchor. For the global corporate vanguard, the Chinese market is no longer a peripheral strategy — it is the very heart of the global green industrial revolution.

zhengxin@chinadaily.com.cn