Like “Made in Japan” a generation ago, the “Made in China” label has long been viewed by Americans as a low-cost, low quality knock-off of a costly original designed and manufactured in more advanced nations. But these days the meaning of that label is changing. China is transforming itself from the world’s factory into the world’s laboratory. That’s creating vast new opportunities for green innovation. But it’s also posing new challenges for nations like the United States where much of that innovation first began. Today on A World of Possibilities, “Better Together?” Two leading Chinese entrepreneurial innovators in renewable energy ask why the nation that pioneered many such technologies is now so slow to respond to the vast green opportunities emerging in the next economy.

Guests:
Huang Ming, founder and CEO, Himin Solar and Solar Valley, Dezhou, China
River Lu, China Country Director for Duke Energy

 Like “Made in Japan” a generation ago, the “Made in China” label has long been viewed by Americans as a low-cost, low quality knock-off of a costly original designed and manufactured in more advanced nations. But these days the meaning of that label is changing. China is transforming itself from the world’s factory into the world’s laboratory. That’s creating vast new opportunities for green innovation. But it’s also posing new challenges for nations like the United States where much of that innovation first began. Today on A World of Possibilities, “Better Together?” Two leading Chinese entrepreneurial innovators in renewable energy ask why the nation that pioneered many such technologies is now so slow to respond to the vast green opportunities emerging in the next economy.

Guests:
Huang Ming, founder and CEO, Himin Solar and Solar Valley, Dezhou, China
River Lu, China Country Director for Duke Energy