Australia China Energy Transition Forum
Description
Thursday 29th October 2026
3rd Australia-China Energy Transition Forum
(& 19th ISETS Energy Transition Forum)
Decarbonising Supply Chains: Understanding the impact of China’s New Ecological Environment Code (2026) on Australia's trade with China.
中华人民共和国生态环境法典
29th October, Adelaide South Australia
In Association with Australia-China Cooperation on Sustainable Aviation
Focus:
In August 2026, China introduced its new Ecological & Environment Code, a breakthrough body of legislation enforcing green modernisation, industrial decarbonisation, circular economy, mandatory disclosures and product carbon footprint (PCF) reporting.
Key elements of the Code are being enforced across China’s National “Green Industrial Parks”, with the Code transforming compliance from a checkbox exercise to delivering real industrial ecological value creation, and with hard fiduciary penalties. (工业生态产品价值实现).
Shifting environmental management from ‘end-of-pipe’ annual reporting to being a core driver of new high-quality productive growth.
The Code requires enterprises to be legally accountable for their product carbon footprints which now requires detailed supply chain reporting, traceability mandates and exposes businesses to liability risks that not only impact Chinese domestic companies, but those ‘upstream’ in supply chains. Australia included.
Showcasing pioneering research and active industry case studies, ACETF#3 2026 will stimulate cross-border exchange on the opportunities from greater collaboration on the green energy transition and work towards tangible outcomes in trade and investment.
Host:
Adelaide University, School of Aviation
International Society for Energy Transition Studies (ISETS) Australia-China Energy Transition Forum
Organisers:
Australia-China Energy Transition Forum Program Committee
Adelaide University, Australia China Cooperation on Sustainable Aviation[ii]
Australia China Business Council (South Australia)
UTS Business School
Agenda Thu 29 Oct
- 8:50 am
Welcome
Anthony Coles, Chair Program Committee, Australia-China Energy Transition Forum Sean Keenihan, President, Australia China Business Council South Australia
- 9:15 am
Keynote - South Australia
South Australian Government representative
- 9:30 am
Keynote - China's Ecological Environment Code
Chinese Consulate South Australia, Ministry of Science & Technology representative Response/ Thankyou - Huw Slater, ClientEarth China (China-EU ETS Dialogue)
- 10:00 am
Keynote - China's Zero Carbon Industrial Parks
宋雨燕 Dr Yuyan (Maggie) Song. Secretary General, China Association of Green Industrial Parks (GPIPC). 25% of China's GDP compes from <1% of its land area due to the role of Industrial Parks in driving economic growth. Since 2016 GPIPC has been leading China's research and development of Green Industrial Parks, contributing to the science behind China's new Ecological Environment Code. China's 15th 5-Year Plan sets targets for 200 Green Industrial Parks and 1,000's of Green (Zero Carbon) Factories. Join us to understand how these standards are now becoming international investment and trade benchmarks.
- 10:20 am
Keynote - Building a 100% Renewable Energy Electricity Grid
ElectraNet is South Australia's transmission infrastructure company. The No.1 sub-National electricity grid in the world managing nearly 100% Renewable Energy.
- 10:40 am - 11:10 am
Break and Networking
- 11:10 am
Partner Briefing - Australia China Cooperation for Sustainable Aviation
How can we collaborate on Low Carbon Fuels. Professor Shane Zhang, Adelaide Universty, program lead Australia China Collaboration for Sustainable Aviation project. Day One event partner.
- 11:20 am
Partner Briefing - Case Study - Zero Carbon Industrial Park (Envision Energy)
Envision Energy Australia
- 11:40 am
Panel Discussion - Decarbonising Australia's Supply Chains
Facilitator - Anthony Coles. Panelists, Maggie Song, GPIPC), Spenser Gao, Envision Energy, Yasmin Liu, Cetacea Circular, Shane Zhang, Adelaide University
- 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Break and Networking
- 1:30 pm
Partner Briefing - Battery Supply Chains - Investing in Australia
Yasmin Liu, former CEO Tianqi Lithium Energy Australia. Chair, Cetacea Circular (China's Lithium-ion battery materials decarbonised recycled circular ecosystem).
- 1:50 pm
Partner Briefing - Electric Trucks
SinoTruk Australia, Shandong Heavy Equipment. Global trends in transport electrification.
- 2:10 pm
Academic Briefing - China's Carbon Markets
Prof. Keying Wang王珂英 Deputy Director, Collaborative Centre for Emission Trading Scheme. Hubei University of Economics. (online)
- 2:30 am
Break & Networking
- 3:30 pm
Partner Briefing - Funding the Transition. Who's Paying?
Nick Smith, Global Decarbonisation Infrastructure Fund (GDI) Representative, ACBC Corporate Partner, China Construction Bank
- 4:00 pm
Panel Session - Forum Wrap
What is "The Adelaide Consensus"? Summary of 3rd ACETF and Australia China Cooperation on Sustainable Aviation Forum (Day 1) https://accsa-saf.com/adelaide-forum-2026/
2nd ACETF 2025 - Highlights from HUST Wuhan, Hubei Province
https://isets.org/sino-australia-energy-transition-forum-2025-successfully-held-in-wuhan/
ISETS 2nd ACETF 2025 Wuhan, Hubei Province
ISETS 1st ACETF 2024 - Highlights from UTS Sydney, NSW
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