On February 18th, Prof. JIANG Mianheng, Vice President of Chinese Academy of Sciences, received Mr. Iain Conn, Chief Executive, Refining and Marketing, and Executive member of the BP board of directors, in CAS Shanghai Pudong Science and Technology Park. Mr. CHEN Liming, President of BP (China) Holdings Limited, Prof. ZHU Zhiyuan, Executive Vice President of CAS Shanghai Branch, Prof. FENG Songlin, President of Shanghai Advanced Research Institute of Chinese Academy of Sciences (SARI) and Prof. SUN Yuhan, Vice President of SARI, also attended the meeting.
JIANG Mianheng extended his warm welcome to Iain Conn and introduced SARI's activities and ideas on energy innovation, its mission and positioning as well as the technology layout of energy resources. Iain Conn expressed his thanks to JIANG Mianheng for his long-term support for the cooperation between the two parties and appreciated SARI's establishment and rapid development. The two parties conducted in-depth discussion about the development of the jointly established CECC, and reached initial intent for the set-up of a joint lab.