NIO and UNDP Renew Clean Parks Phase II Ecological Co-building Agreement

On November 13, NIO and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) completed a signing ceremony at the UN Compound in Beijing, extending their partnership under Phase II of the Clean and Bright National Parks Ecological Co-building Initiative. Li Sifan, UNDP Resident Representative in China, and Qin Lihong, NIO Co-founder and President, signed the agreement on behalf of both parties, with Li Bin, NIO Founder, Chairman and CEO, participating online. Under the Phase II agreement, the two parties will expand their collaboration to areas including species diversity conservation, low-carbon infrastructure development, and deployment of renewable energy scenarios. They will broaden the coverage of demonstration protected areas, develop unified standards for low-carbon energy and green transportation in protected areas, jointly carry out capacity building related to species diversity conservation, and support youth eco-innovation projects. To date, the initiative has been implemented in 19 protected areas globally, covering all five of China's national parks. Electric patrol support solutions have been deployed in Chongming Dongtan, the Yellow River Delta, and Qilian Mountain National Park, with the solar-storage-charging and electric patrol system at Chongming Dongtan reducing carbon emissions by at least 28.4 tonnes per year. The initiative has also released biodiversity-friendly supply chain management guidelines for electric vehicle manufacturing, and its various outreach and capacity-building activities have reached over 7,000 participants cumulatively.