On April 20, 2011, Byrne and Company CEO Thomas A. Byrne paid a visit to SARI. Prof. SHI Jiping from the Bio-refinery Lab of Center for Sustainable Technology received the Byrne, and held a meeting with him . Relevant experts from Shanghai Jiaotong University, East China University of Science and Technology and Shanghai Ocean University also attended the meeting.

Mr. Liu Jianzhou from Department of International Cooperation and Dr. WANG Liang from Bio-refinery Lab introduced SARI’s development plan and research progress of the Bio-refinery Lab respectively . Mr. Byrne introduced Byrne and Company’s research activities around micro-algae technology area. The attending researchers and experts conducted deep discussion around the energy utilization methods of micro-algae, process economy and feasibility plan, etc.