On July 15 and 16, 2011, Shanxi Lu' An Mining (Group) Co. Ltd. (Lu' An Group) visited SARI and the Low Carbon Energy Conversion Technology Center, which is jointly established by Lu' An Group and SARI.

On July 15, 2011, Mr. XIAO Yaning and Mr. HUANG Wei, Deputy General Managers of Lu' An Group, visited the Low Carbon Center, accompanied by Prof. SUN Yuhan, Vice President of SARI. Established in March 2010, the Low Carbon Energy Conversion Technology Center focuses on the low carbon conversion and utilization of carbon-containing resources, and aims to provide both technical supports and low carbon solution for the development of alternative energy and chemical industry. Researchers from both sides discussed the focus of follow-up work after the field investigation of the construction process of experimental platform of low carbon center.

On July 16, 2011, a symposium was held at the New Technology Base of CAS Pudong Science and Technology Park. Prof. SUN delivered the welcome speech and appreciated the long-term cooperation between the two parties. Mr. XIAO thanked SARI for its warm invitation and looked forwarded to future cooperation in coal resources utilization. Prof. HUANG Tao, Deputy Director of General Office, introduced the construction progress of SARI.

After Prof. SUN Yuhan's keynote speech about the development of Low Carbon Center, representatives from both parties conducted in-depth discussion about next-step development priorities.
Mr. GUAN Zhidao, Deputy Director of Shanxi Province Coal to Oil Leadership Office, Mr. WANG Dongfei, Deputy Director of Technology Center of Lu' An Group, etc. attended the symposium.