To combat climate change and reduce CO₂ emissions, China and the US have been joining hands since they signed the China-US Fossil Fuels Protocol ten years ago. Since then, two symposiums with rich fruits were held in 2001 and 2007.

The 3rd China-US Symposium on CO₂ Emissions Control Science & Technology was just held in Hangzhou, capital city of east China’s Zhejiang province, from Dec 11-12. Over 130 delegates from China/US universities, research institutes and enterprises attended the symposium.

The discussion mainly covered five subjects: advanced power generation technology and poly-generation system; collection, transit and purification of CO₂; storage of CO₂; application of CO₂, and practice and policies of carbon trade.

Both parties made a commitment to strengthen their cooperation on the CO₂ emissions control and application and expressed their willingness to hold the fourth in Hangzhou.

The symposium was jointly hosted by the Department of High and New Technology Development of the Ministry Science and Technology and the US National energy technology laboratory.

By Xie Fang

Editor: Nathan Place