On May 30th 2011, a delegation from TOTAL General Management, led by Gilles COCHEVELOU, visited Shanghai Advanced Research Institute (SARI). Prof. FENG Songlin, President of SARI, Prof. JIANG Biao and Prof. SUN Yuhan, Vice Presidents of SARI, received the visitors and held a meeting with the delegation.

Prof. JIANG Biao kicked off the meeting with a welcome speech, hoping that the two sides would further advance the cooperation in the field of energy and environment through communication and discussion. Prof. FENG Songlin introduced SARI’s current situation and strategic plan as well as the status quo and development trend of China’s scientific research. Prof. SUN Yuhan made a detailed presentation on SARI’s RD&D activities in Energy and Environment area, and its cooperation with research institutes and companies from home and abroad.

On behalf of TOTAL, Mr. Gilles COCHEVELOU, Vice President Learning, Education, University of TOTAL and head of the delegation, thanked SARI for the warm reception and hoped to further the cooperation with SARI in the field of energy and environment. Mr. Vincent SCHACHTER, Vice President Research & Development of TOTAL, introduced TOTAL’s R&D focus and business worldwide. He pointed out that TOTAL and SARI had common interests in the R&D of energy resources and looked forward to strategic cooperation in related projects.

Researchers of Energy and Environment Department in SARI attended the meeting. Two parties had in-depth discussion about topics of common interest.