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China's Renaissance man has a vaccine - for climate change

Zhang Lei, whose firm works with PSA and Keppel, says he wants to lead the 'fifth industrial revolution' through green manufacturing

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Envision chief executive Zhang Lei says that as a role model for smart city development, the island is a huge laboratory for the firm to innovate in artificial intelligence and Internet of Things.

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Talk to Envision Group's Zhang Lei and you get the feeling he believes that where there is a wind, there is a way.
A few weeks ago, when I made contact with this globally recognised environment genius after a two-month pursuit, he was in Shanghai and preparing for a trip to Inner Mongolia, where he is building a massive zero-carbon industrial park.
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