On June 23rd, the opening ceremony of the China-US Youth Future Climate Leadership Exchange Program in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA) was held at Guangdong University of Technology. Thirty-six young students from China and the US gathered in Guangzhou for a seven-day study and exchange program focusing on climate governance and green, low-carbon development.

The Chinese and American youth will visit China Southern Airlines' Guangzhou Aircraft Maintenance Engineering Limited to get a firsthand look at green maintenance practices and energy-saving and carbon-reduction technologies in civil aviation. The itinerary also features a diverse range of low-carbon facilities, including new energy intelligent manufacturing, smart grids, wastewater recycling, solid waste resource recovery, and wetland ecological restoration, providing a multi-dimensional understanding of the practical effectiveness of climate governance in the GBA. In addition, the youth will visit the Zhuhai Aerospace Land and Yongqingfang, a cultural landmark of the Lingnan region, and participate in unique interactive activities such as Cantonese cuisine cultural exchanges and friendly table tennis matches, enhancing friendship through cross-cultural communication.

Jun Wang, Assistant Chancellor of the University of California, Riverside, stated that Guangdong, China, and California, USA, share highly compatible environmental values on many levels. He expressed hope that, by building on the traditional friendship between the province and the state, and through multi-level exchanges among students, the scientific community, and scholars in the humanities, both people-to-people and official cooperation can be deepened over the long term. Student representatives from both countries also emphasized that climate change and ecological protection are global issues that transcend academic disciplines and national borders, and that young people are not only explorers of climate issues but also influencers and a driving force.

美国青年组团来大湾区开启气候研修

6月23日，中美青少年未来气候领袖粤港澳大湾区研修交流活动开营仪式在广东工业大学举行。来自中美两国的36名青少年学生齐聚广州，围绕气候治理、绿色低碳发展等主题开启为期7天的研修交流。

中美青年将走进南航集团广州飞机维修工程有限公司，实地了解民航绿色运维与节能减碳技术；同时行程还覆盖新能源智造、智慧电网、污水循环处理、固废资源化利用、湿地生态修复等多个低碳场景，多维度把握湾区气候治理的落地成效。除此之外，两国青年还将探访珠海太空中心、永庆坊岭南文化地标，参与粤菜文化交流、乒乓球友谊赛等特色互动，在跨文化沟通中增进友谊。

加州大学河滨分校助理校长王俊表示，中国广东与美国加州的生态环保理念再多个层面都高度契合，希望借助省州之间的传统友谊，通过学生、科学界、人文界的多层交流，将民间与官方的合作长远深化下去。两国学生代表也认为，气候变化生态保护是不分学科专业、不分国界的全球议题，青年不仅是气候议题的探索者，更是影响者和主力军。

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译｜黄健新
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