On July 15, the 2025 World Youth Development Forum opened in Suzhou, East China's Jiangsu Province, gathering representatives from more than 100 countries and 17 international organizations. Two projects run by State Grid Suzhou Power Supply Company, named "Shared Charging Robot: Promoting Green Travel" and "Building Zero-Carbon Beautiful Villages," were selected among 200 exemplary global sustainable development projects, and showcased during the Global Youth Development Project Week of the forum.

This year's forum, themed "Expanding Youth Potential and Boosting Global Development," aims to mobilize youth worldwide to take concrete actions in implementing the Global Development Initiative, the Global Security Initiative and the Global Civilization Initiative. For the first time, the forum hosted the Global Youth Development Project Week, during which representatives from 200 sustainable development projects presented their work and engaged in related activities.

In Project Cabin Two, the "Shared Charging Robot: Promoting Green Travel" project attracted a lot of attention. It addresses the uneven distribution of traditional charging stations by developing an intelligent dispatching platform and a mobile charging robot system to help solve electric vehicle charging challenges.

"We were inspired by rotating sushi, and have overcome key challenges such as separating vehicles from fixed charging piles and enabling mobile charging," said Huang Wandi, a member of the project team. Shared mobile charging robots have been deployed in more than 50 government agencies, commercial complexes and other scenarios, increasing the utilization rate of charging piles to 90 percent, Huang said.

In Project Cabin Three, another team focused on rural areas. The "Building Zero-Carbon Beautiful Villages" project tackles practical issues such as insufficient low-carbon development capabilities in traditional agriculture and diesel pollution. Taking Donglin village in Taicang, Suzhou as a pilot, the team carried out research on carbon emission calculations and future carbon neutrality paths.

"We have built a green partnership among government, enterprises and the village, and pioneered a fully electrified smart circular agricultural model in Donglin village," said Sun Jianshu, the project leader. "By carrying out rural carbon metering and developing a carbon monitoring platform, a fully electrified production line has been built." 

According to Sun, the team also introduced a model centered on the idea of "one kilowatt-hour of electricity," creating a circular agricultural system of "one field, one patch of grass, one sheep, and one bag of fertilizer." This model has achieved a 30 percent reduction in fertilizer use, a 25 percent reduction in pesticides, and 100 percent recycling of crop straw.