Sinopec Delegation Visited SARI

A delegation led by Mr. XIE Zaiku, Director of Technology Development of China Petrochemical Corporation (Sinopec Group) visited SARI on March.3rd. Prof. SUN Yuhan, Vice President of SARI received the delegation, accompanied by directors from Academy-Locality Cooperation Department, Science&Technology Department, International Cooperation Department and other researchers related.
Two parties held a meeting about the working rules of strengthening comprehensive strategic cooperation between China Petrochemical Corporation and Chinese Academy of Sciences and reached agreement to carry out strategic cooperation featuring multi-range and multi-level.

Vice President of SARI Sun Yuhan Paid a Visit to Shenhua Group

On Feburary 20, 2012, Professor Sun Yuhan, Vice President of Shanghai Advanced Research Institute (SARI), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), and Professor Wei Wei, Director Assistant of Institute of Coal Chemistry, CAS, paid a visit to Shenhua Group, and was warmly received by Dr. Zhang Yuzhuo, Managing Director and Vice Chairman of Shenhua Group, and Dr. Wu Xiuzhang, Chief Engineer of Shenhua Group and Chairman of Shenhua Coal to Liquid and Chemical Company Ltd. A meeting was held and consensus was reached regarding the “three plus one” collaboration directions and the collaboration model. It is agreed that every party will focus on its own advantages, by leveraging the platform of SARI and the long strategic partnership between Shenhua and CAS, the Parties will jointly establish an open R&D platform and apply national major projects together.
Shenhua Group, as a state-owned enterprise (“SOE”) established upon approval by the State Council in October 1995, is a key SOE under direct supervision by the central government. It is a large coal-based integrated energy enterprise with businesses of coal, power generation, railway transport, port, shipping, coal liquefaction and chemicals, and runs a complete supply chain covering production, transportation and trade. It is also the largest and most modernized coal company in China and the largest coal supplier in the world, ranked among the World’s Top 500. Its main business scope includes running of state-owned assets authorized by the State Council; development of resources products (such as coal); investment and management in such sectors as electric power generation, thermal power generation, port, railway transport, shipping, coal-toliquids and coal-to-chemicals; and planning, organization, coordination and management of production and operation of the subsidiaries of the Shenhua Group in the above-mentioned sectors.

SARI and Weihai Municipal Government Signed A Strategic Cooperation Agreement

The signing ceremony of the Locality-Academy Strategic Alliance Cooperative Agreement between Weihai Municipal Government and Shanghai Advanced Research Institute (SARI), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), was held in Weihai on February 11th 2012, hosted by Deputy Mayor of Weihai Mr. Dong jinyou. Ms. Zhang Hui, Mayor of Weihai, Mr. Xu Lianxin, Deputy Mayor, Mr. Tuan Guliang, CEO of Northern Electronic Group Co., Ltd., a large-scale state-owned company, and Mr. Feng Songlin, head of SARI preparation group, etc. were present at the ceremony.
Mayor Zhang Hui expressed her good wishes to the all-round strategic cooperation between the two sides in her speech, hoping SARI and Northern Electronic Group would provide other enterprises in Weihai, traditional enterprises in particular, with intellectual and technical support and transform their research results into productivity in Weihai so as to make Weihai a “role model city” of SARI’s locality-academy cooperation practice. Mr. Feng Songlin indicated that SARI would take the collaboration with Northern Electronic Group as a breakthrough and carry out each joint project in a down-to-earth way, making contributions to Weihai’s economic and social development and its smart city construction.

After the two sides signed the Locality-Academy Strategic Alliance Cooperative Agreement, Northern Electronic Group signed another cooperative agreement with Sensing Application Technology R&D Center of SARI to jointly set up Weihai Center, a branch office of the latter in Weihai, which will focus on the research of key technologies, products, systems, solutions, and business models based on sensor networks.

Leaders from eleven municipal commissions and bureaus of Weihai, such as Development and Reform Commission, Economic and Information Commission, Bureau of Science and Technology, State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission, Bureau of Finance and so on, along with the members of the joint coordination leading group of Weihai Municipal Locality-Academy Cooperation and the principal persons from Weihai High-tech Development Zone, Northern Electronic Group and the related divisions of SARI, attended the signing ceremony. 

Delegation from Forestry Department of Jiangxi Province visited SARI

A delegation led by Mr. LIU Lizu, Director of Forestry Department of Jiangxi Province, paid a visit to SARI on Feb.14th and were warmly received by Prof. JIANG Biao, Vice President of SARI and Director of Sustainable Technology Research Center.

The delegation inspected SARI's laboratory buildings and equipments, followed by a discussion with SARI's related researchers. 
Prof. JIANG suggested that Jiangxi Province should take advantage of its rich forest resources to develop high value-added products through sustainable development model and extend to the downstream industrial chain to realize comprehensive utilization of resources and reduce environmental pollution while boosting its economy. He also put forward the programme called “construction of high value-added aromatic industry of forest biomass in Jiangxi", and mainly introduced the production of menthol by using of turpentine, the biological extraction of tea seed oil, biochar and carbon-based compound fertilizer and comprehensive utilization of bamboo fiber, etc. 
Mr. LIU showed great interest in and thought highly of SARI's research projects, believing that the research projects will have a bright future and could play an important role in the comprehensive utilization of local forest resources in Jiangxi. Two parties exchanged views on the collaboration mode of innovative forestry economic development and agreed to strengthen cooperation.

SARI Inspect Project Progress and Discuss Future Collaboration in XI'AN

A delegation led by Prof. HUANG Weiguang, Vice President of Shanghai Advanced Research Institute (SARI) and Director of Clean Power Technology Research Center of SARI, visited XI'AN SHAANGU POWER CO.,LTD (SHAANGU Group) and STATE SIDA MACHINE BUILDING CO. (SIDA MACHINE ) to inspect the progress of the collaborative projects and discuss further collaboration possibility with the counterpart leadership.

　　A delegation led by Prof. HUANG Weiguang, Vice President of Shanghai Advanced Research Institute (SARI) and Director of Clean Power Technology Research Center of SARI, visited XI'AN SHAANGU POWER CO.,LTD (SHAANGU Group) and STATE SIDA MACHINE BUILDING CO. (SIDA MACHINE ) to inspect the progress of the collaborative projects and discuss further collaboration possibility with the counterpart leadership.
　　Prof. HUANG visited the headquarters of SHAANGU Group on Jan. 9 and introduced the construction progress of SARI, with the focus on CAS's layout and progress in the R&D of energy technology, to the leadership and experts, including GM CHEN Dangmin, Chief Engineer YE Changqing, R&D Director ZHENG Xiuping, and other. After that, Mr. CHEN Dangmin gave a brief introduction of SHAANGU Group and recalled the wonderful cooperation between CAS and SHANNGU. He promised that SHAANGU Group would continue to assist SARI on completing the ongoing projects and he would pay a visit to SARI this year. Two parties agreed that further cooperation should be enhanced to foster a long-term collaboration. The delegation inspected SHAANGU's manufacturing plant, assembly workshop and experimental workshop in LinTong in the afternoon.
　　On Jan. 10, the delegation visited SIDA MACHINE under the company of chief economist ZHENG Wu and held a meeting covering SARI's construction progress, background and prospect of the ongoing projects, SIDA MACHINE's history, its technology advantage, equipment storage and especially the progress of the ongoing collaboration between the two parties. Leaders of SIDA MACHINE attached great importance to the collaboration with SARI and guaranteed to assist SARI to achieve successful completion of the projects by integrating technical strength, hoping to be useful in the follow-up progress and future implementation. Prof. HUANG appreciated their efforts and expected win-win results to be generated through this cooperation.
　　The delegation inspecting SHAANGU Group
　　The delegation inspecting SIDA MACHINE　　　 

CAS Member FEI Weiyang from Tsing Hua University Visited SARI

On January 9, 2012, CAS Member FEI Weiyang from Department of Chemical Engineering of Tsing Hua University paid a visit to Shanghai Advanced Research Institute (SARI), Chinese Academy of Sciences.

On January 9, 2012, CAS Member FEI Weiyang from Department of Chemical Engineering of Tsing Hua University paid a visit to Shanghai Advanced Research Institute (SARI), Chinese Academy of Sciences. Dr. JIANG Biao, Vice President of SARI and Director of Sustainable Technology Research Center, received professor FEI. Mr. PAN Wenhao, Associate Director of the Center and relevant researchers joined the academic exchange seminar. HE Tao, Head of the Membrane Materials and Separation Engineering Technology Lab, hosted the seminar and introduced the development of SARI and research progress in membrane separation area.
　　Professor FEI Weiyang paid a visit to the Membrane Materials and Separation Engineering Technology Lab and Bio-refinery Lab of the Sustainable Technology Research Center, and made a great presentation on greenhouse gas emission, recycling economic development and process intensification. Professor FEI spoke highly of the research work regarding SARI’s integrated platform construction on membrane separation and reaction separation. Meeting and DiscussionLab Tour