On August 27, 2022, the 2022 Tsinghua University "Carbon Neutral Economy" forum was held in Beijing. Mr. Nicolas Poirot, AICM Chairman (President & CEO, Air Liquide Greater China) was invited to deliver a keynote speech as the influential business leader from the chemical industry.

In his speech, Nicolas introduced AICM to the guests. As the representative of nearly 70 multinational chemical companies in China, AICM proactively responded to China's "carbon peak" and "carbon neutrality" goals. Most AICM members have formulated various paths and strategies for the purpose of carbon emission reduction, ranging from energy management improvement and energy structure optimization, production process improvement, carbon emissions accounting and carbon trading market participation, value chain management, to investment in other emission reduction measures
Meanwhile, AICM has actively conducted dialogue with Chinese governments at all levels and collaborated with chemical industry parks in China to promote “Responsible Care” - the global chemical industry’s voluntary initiative, driving continuous improvement in safe chemicals management and achieving excellence in environment, health, safety and security performance. To further live out “Responsible Care” commitment in China AICM members are dedicated to contributing to sustainability through the innovative technologies and solutions development.
In addition, Nicolas also emphasized the importance of the community’s awareness of carbon neutrality, which is one of the major goals of AICM. To realize this goal, AICM has organized the annual event of Open-to-Public (OTP) Day campaign for fourteen consecutive years. This signature event helped the local governments, the associations, and other stakeholders to better understand the positive role that the Chemistry is playing in support of the country’s sustainable growth. In recent years, the OTP campaign put more focus on advocating the sustainability subjects to engage more people in the actions for addressing climate change.
The 2022 Tsinghua University "Carbon Neutral Economy" forum this year focused on three topics, namely "Carbon Neutrality and Energy Reform", "Carbon Neutrality and Technological Innovation", and "Carbon Neutrality and New Economy". The forum was moderated by Bai Zhong’en, Dean of the School of Economics and Management of Tsinghua University. The opening remarks were delivered by Mr. Wang Xiqin, Chancellor of Tsinghua University and Mr. Li Yizhong President of China Federation of Industrial Economics. The invited guests included government officials, Nobel Prize winners in economics, academicians of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, CEOs of sizable state-owned enterprises and multinational enterprises, presidents of various industry associations, and directors of think tanks and media.