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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

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. PHOTO: ENVISION
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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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