A delegation from Sinopec Group, led by President FU Chengyu, visited Shanghai Advanced Research Institute (SARI), Chinese Academy of Sciences on August 24, under the accompany of Prof. JIANG Mianheng and Prof. SHI Erwei, Vice Presidents of CAS.
After a visit to the CAS Pudong Science and Technology Park, a meeting was held between the Sinopec delegation and the CAS team. Prof. ZHU Zhiyuan, Executive Vice President of CAS Shanghai Branch and Prof. FENG Songlin, President of SARI introduced CAS Shanghai Branch and the preparatory progress and development plan of SARI. Then, Prof. XU Hongjie from Center for thorium-based nuclear energy of Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, CAS made a report on the latest thorium-based nuclear energy development, followed by the report about coal chemical energy hybrid from Prof. SUN Yuhan, Vice President of SARI, Carbon fiber research and development from Dr. CAI Rong,  Secretary of the Party Committee of Institute of Coal Chemistry, CAS and resin matrix fiber-reinforced composite from Prof. HE Tianbai, Director of Ningbo Technology Research Institute, CAS.

On behalf of CAS, Prof. JIANG extended a warm welcome to the delegation. He pointed out that: “As a state-owned research institute, CAS is dedicated to national economic and social development, advancing technology and responding to strategic demands by developing fundamental, strategic and frontier research work. Sinopec and CAS should take a road of independent innovation, in which the enterprises shall take the lead to provide new products and service.”
Mr. FU thought highly of CAS’s work on technology innovation. He said: “As a state-owned company, Sinopec shares the responsibility to enhance national competitiveness and technology plays a significant role in the change of economic growth mode, the establishment of novel industries to meet the challenges of climate change, and the solution to energy shortage and environment deterioration . Sinopec’s close partnership with CAS has been and will continue to contribute to national energy security and sustainable development.”

Those attended include leaders and experts from Sinopec Development Planning Department, Economic Development Research Institute, CAS Bureau of Hi-Tech Research and Development, CAS Shanghai Branch, etc.