News I iCET attends US-China Clean Energy Forum in Washington DC

On January 18,19 of 2001, iCET team members Dr. Feng An, Dr. Yufu Cheng and Lucia Green-Weiskel traveled to Washington DC to attend the US-China Strategic Forum on Clean Energy Cooperation hosted by the Brookings Institution, the China Institute for Innovation and Development Strategy and the Department of Energy. iCET also attended signing ceremonies for the US-China Clean Energy Research Center (CERC) jointly launched by the Department of Energy, China's National Energy Administration and Ministry of Science and Technology. The CERC will facilitate joint research and development on clean energy. Priority topics include building efficiency, clean coal, carbon capture and storage, and clean vehicles. iCET will play a role in the clean vehicles area under the CERC framework.

During the Washington visit, iCET met many leaders from US and Chinese state-own energy corporations, as well as leading energy scholars and experts from US and China. Dr. Feng An also traveled to Michigan to attend the inaugural workshop of US-China CERC-Clean Vehicle.

iCET's President Dr. An was with US Energy Secretary Steven Chu and the Deputy Director-General of China NDRC and Director-General of National Energy Administration Guobao Zhang in Washington.