Since its launch in 2021, the Harvard China Innovation & Investment Conference (CIIC) has become an important annual bridge between China and the global innovation and investment communities. CIIC 2025 opened in Shanghai on 9 August for two days under the theme "Venturing Beyond the Unknowns", exploring the future of global high-tech industries and capital markets to help meet challenges and seize opportunities. 
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As a core force of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, artificial intelligence has become a central engine of sustainable development and a key to systemic change. In the roundtable session, Ms. Remoca Shi, Founder and Executive President of WeCarbon and Deputy Secretary-General of the Shanghai Climate Week Executive Committee Secretariat, moderated an in-depth discussion on "AI for Sustainability" with four speakers: Mr. William Wang, Chief Representative for Asia Pacific, Shanghai Climate Week, and Chief Representative for Middle East & Africa, Sino-International Entrepreneurs Federation (SIEF); Mr. Zhang Junyi, Chief Financial Officer of SenseAuto; Ms. Ravenna Chen, Executive President of Intrinsic SEA; and Mr. Zheng Pudong, Founder of Jipu Technology and Executive Director of Baichuan New Energy.Ms. Remoca Shi moderating the roundtable
The roundtable focused on the latest applications of AI in sustainable development and how AI can enable systemic change and help build an efficient, low-carbon and inclusive future. AI is not only a key tool for optimising energy management, improving transport efficiency and transforming manufacturing and agriculture; it is also a breakthrough for catalysing the green transition and delivering both business value and environmental benefits. By transforming industries and reshaping operating models and resource allocation, AI lays the foundations for a sustainable future. As a powerful connector, it also speeds up progress towards global climate goals, promotes international collaboration and connectivity, and unlocks the innovation potential of emerging markets.The roundtable
The forum offered a new perspective on how we can use AI together to address ecological challenges, opening a new path towards harmony between people and nature.