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.

International Workshop on China’s Carbon Emissions organized by Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences (SARI-CAS) and Harvard University was successfully held from June 7th to June 9th 2015 in Shanghai.

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.

Dr. Li Xiaopeng from Low-Carbon Conversion Center of SARI was awarded The 2015 International Electrochemical Society (ISE) “Travel Award for Young Electrochemists” recently.

A delegation led by Shell CTO Mr. Yuri Sebregts visited SARI and signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) covering “Shell Award for Excellence in Energy Research and Innovation” on April 22, 2015.

International Workshop on Energy and Environment: Challenges and Opportunities was successfully held in Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences (SARI-CAS) on November 3 -4, 2014.