TEDA strives for energy efficiency with international help

TIANJIN - It seems to be a contradiction for a manufacturing powerhouse to lead the campaign on energy conservation and environmental protection, but Tianjin Economic-Technological Development Area (TEDA) is working hard to achieve this.

TEDA, a high-end manufacturing industrial powerhouse, recently won the opportunity to start a four-year industrial symbiosis program, which is one of major projects involving international cooperation on enhancing energy efficiency and strengthening environmental protection.

The program, called the EU Switch-Asia TBNA Industrial Symbiosis Project, will be financed by the European Union and United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO). It is the first time for TEDA to be granted such an environmentally friendly project by international bodies, said He Shushan, director of TEDA Administrative Committee.