On March 13, the CEO Dialogue between the Sustainable Markets Initiative (SMI) China Council and the SMI Global Council was held in London, the United Kingdom. King Charles III of the United Kingdom attended the event and interacted with participants, speaking highly of the work carried out by the SMI China Council. Ren Hongbin, Chairman of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT), led a delegation to the event and engaged in in-depth discussions with representatives from various countries on deepening practical multilateral cooperation and advancing substantive global collaboration in the green sector.
Zheng Zeguang, Chinese Ambassador to the United Kingdom, Brian Moynihan, Chair of the SMI Global Council and Chairman of Bank of America, and Jennifer Jordan-Saifi, CEO of the SMI Global Council, also attended the event.
The Sustainable Markets Initiative (SMI) was launched by King Charles III of the United Kingdom at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in 2020, when he was the Prince of Wales. It is a multilateral business cooperation mechanism in the field of sustainable development, designed to mobilize the efforts of the business community to tackle climate change, protect biodiversity, and advance the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). With the joint support and endorsement of President Xi and King Charles III, the CCPIT established the SMI China Council in August 2022.
