Sino-German Forum on Green Feedstock and Functionalized Materials was held at SARI from October 10th to 12th 2016.

June 21-22 2016, Senior Scientific Director of Group Air Liquide Dr. Regis Reau led a delegation to visit Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences (SARI-CAS).

On June 23, 2016, Chief Editor of Nature EnergyDr. Nicky Dean visited Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences (SARI-CAS).

Shanghai Advanced Research Institute (SARI) and Shell Global Solutions International B.V. (Shell) signed a Strategic Cooperation Agreement on April 6, 2016 in Shanghai to continue the frontier science collaboration. The two parties will continue the work on providing solutions for future energy security by combining research, education and industry.

Prince Constantijn van Oranje-Nassau of the Netherlands led a delegation to visit SARI on January 15th 2016.

On January 12th 2016, the review meeting and award ceremony of Shell Award for Excellence in Energy Research and Innovation were held in SARI. Five PhD students participating in the Frontier Science Programme from SARI, ShanghaiTech University and Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics got the first Award, with the other five students from Institute of Coal Chemistry and SARI received excellent award.

A delegation from Central and Eastern European Countries visited SARI on December 14th.

A delegation led by Projects & Director of Shell Mr. Harry Brekelmans paid a visit to SARI on October 14th, 2015. SARI’s President Feng Songlin, Vice President Sun Yuhan, and relevant researchers received the delegation.

Shanghai Advanced Research Institute of Chinese Academy of Sciences (SARI-CAS) signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Fraunhofer Institute for Mechanics of Materials Halle (Fraunhofer IWM) and Shanghai Huayi (Group) Company (Huayi) on September. 24th , 2015, regarding joint conferences on the subject of Alternative rawmaterials for the chemical and plastics-processing industry.

Shanghai Advanced Research Institute of Chinese Academy of Sciences (SARI-CAS) signed a Framework Agreement with the University of Nottingham (UoN) to establish a joint research center on September. 23rd , 2015.

On July 20th 2015, American academician Menachem Elimelech, Professor at Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering of Yale University was invited to visit SARI and deliver a keynote speech titled “High Performance Membranes for Energy-Efficient Desalination and Wastewater Reuse”.

Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences (SARI-CAS) and Energy research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN) signed a MoU regarding the future collaboration in energy and environment sector, including but not limited to, CO2 Capture, Utilization and Storage, Algae and Biomass, Membrane materials and chemical catalysis.