2021-2022 China-Japan High-level Expert Symposium on Energy Transition
On June 30, 2022, the "2021-2022 China-Japan High-level Expert Symposium on Energy Transition" was jointly organized by the Foreign Experts Service Department of the Ministry of Science and Technology and the Cherry Blossom Science and Technology Program Promotion Headquarters of Japan Science and Technology Promotion Agency (JST), jointly organized by the Foreign Talent Research Center of the Ministry of Science and Technology and Zhejiang University, and co-organized by Zhejiang University of Technology. Academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering, Professor Gao Xiang, Dean of College of Energy Engineering of Zhejiang University, and Professor Keiichi Ishihara of Kyoto University were the conveners. More than 30 scientists and business representatives from China, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia and other countries participated in the event, with nearly 7,500 online participants at home and abroad.
Yan Jianhua, vice president of Zhejiang University, said in his speech that a large amount of greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuel combustion are the main factors leading to global warming. Therefore, energy transformation has become the common goal of the whole world, and this activity inherits the long tradition of China and Japan in solving the sustainable development of energy, which is of great significance.
Norihiro Tokitoh, then vice president of Kyoto University, said in his speech that energy has enriched our society, expanded the vision and interconnection of human beings. The transition to a carbon-neutral society requires a wide range of opinions from various fields. Therefore, it is essential for scientists from all over the world to participate in cooperation.
Academician Gao Xiang and Academician Zheng Jinyang of Zhejiang University School of Energy Engineering made a special invitation report at the meeting.
ICCWtE members Zhang Hao and Yan Mi participated in the roundtable forum of the conference, and shared the cutting-edge scientific issues of energy transformation under the background of global climate change and China's "double-carbon" strategy.
