China Daily 05/29/2008
TDK: Innovation breeds sustainability
By Raymond Leung
Sustainable development, according to the World Commission on Environment and Development, is "development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs".
In other words, development that can continue into the future is regarded as sustainable.
Globalization is a process in which all people of the world are unified into a single society and function together.
No nation can grow without affecting and being affected by others.
The three key parameters determining growth - the environment, society and the economy - must interact and play in a balanced manner.
Fine-tuning for balanced interplay can only be achieved with a substantial amount of innovation.
The environment refers to our surroundings - resources, pollution and land use. Society is about the social behavior of human beings, a nation's cultural fabric including religious aspects. And the economy relates to a system of practical human activities - production, distribution, exchange rates and consumption of goods and services of a country.
China is now creating a miracle of economy transformation. It has doubled its GDP in 8 years to $3.43 trillion. However, it also is facing threats of weakening global growth, possible domestic overheating, rising prices of natural resources and pollution - not to mention an increasing trade imbalance.
To cope with these pressures, China has introduced a series of five-year plans. The current five-year plan plans to maintain relatively high economic growth by targeting a per capita GDP of $2,500 by 2010. In order to conserve resources and be environmentally friendly, China plans to use 20 percent less energy and 30 percent less water. In addition, it aims to enhance technological innovation in renewable energy, transportation and controlled urbanization of remote regions.
China's innovation policy framework has four categories - financial policy, legislative actions and innovation support structure, and human resources policy, - introduced to sustain the growth of innovation. As of 2002, China had built 425 science and technology exhibition halls and nearly 600 tech incubation centers. Each year, 7,000 to 8,000 science education publications are published.
In the next 20 years, China will contribute to innovation in all aspects of business and will shift from incremental to fundamental improvement. The consumption-led economy in China - as well as India and other emerging economies - will help sustain global economic growth.
Raymond Leung is the chairman and CEO of TDK China.
(China Daily 05/29/2008 page22)
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TDK非常荣幸被邀参加ASIA SOCIETY组织的商业盛会，第18届ASIA SOCIETY合作峰会：“环球经济新纪元：中国与世界的可持续发展”。本次会议将于2008年5月28至30日在天津，这一新兴枢纽、中央政府新一轮经济发展的焦点城市举行。
本年度的合作会议将汇集全世界顶级商界人物及政界领袖：
- 中华人民共和国国务院总理温家宝
- 美国世代投资管理公司主席阿尔.戈尔(Al Gore)
- 美国财政部长亨利.保尔森(Henry Paulson)
- 中国外交部部长杨洁篪
- 中国科技部部长万钢
- 印度科技部部长贾比尔.西巴尔(Kapil Sibal)
- 印度塔塔咨询服务有限公司首席执行官拉马多里(S. Ramadorai)
- 越南社会主义共和国政府副总理黄忠海(Hoang Trung Hai)
- 上海证券交易所理事长耿亮
- 欧盟委员会贸易总司总司长大卫欧沙律文(David O'Sullivan)
- 纽约-泛欧交易所集团总裁兼联席运营官凯瑟琳.金尼(Catherine R.Kinney)
- 空中客车中国公司总裁劳伦斯.巴伦(Laurence Barron)
- 中国人民银行行长周小川
- 百度董事长李彦宏
- 联想董事局主席杨元庆
- TDK中国主席兼首席执行官，TDK集团资深副总裁梁少康
在中国经济高速增长的情况下，谁来开启亚洲经济未来，以检验可持续发展的战略模式？中国与其他亚洲国家如何在全球市场环境中坚持可持续发展？亚洲投资急速增长对支撑世界金融市场大局将造成何等影响？亚洲各国应该如何合作去探求绿色解决方案以提高TDK2015方针意识，使之深入人心？
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