On April 18th 2017, the review meeting and awarding ceremony of 2017 Shell Award for Excellence in Energy Research and Innovation were held in Shanghai.

A delegation led by John Loughhead, Chief Scientific Adviser, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, paid a visit to Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, and was warmly welcomed by President Feng Songlin, Vice President Sun Yuhan and Assistant President Wei Wei.

From October 24th to 29th, the 2016 European Space Agency (ESA)-MOST China Dragon Cooperation Advanced Training Course in Atmospheric Remote Sensing was held in Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences (SARI-CAS) and ShanghaiTech University.

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

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. Vice Presidents Sun Yuhan and Jiang Biao received and held a meeting with the delegation.

On January 12th 2016, the review meeting and award ceremony of Shell Award for Excellence in Energy Research and Innovation were held in SARI.

The project “CO2-CH4 reforming to CO and H2” was awarded the Silver Award by the 17th session China International Industry Fair. It uses CO2 as carbon resource and reduces its emission, providing technology support for China’s low carbon energy strategy.

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.

Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences (SARI-CAS) signed a strategic cooperation framework agreement with Shanghai Hongkou District Government on June 18, 2015.