The 14th Symposium on the National Circular Economy and Eco-industry and the annual meeting of the Industrial Ecology Economics and Technology Committee of the China Ecological Economics Association were held at Shanxi University from Aug 19 to 20.

The symposium is a response to President Xi Jinping’s development strategy focusing on innovation, coordination, environmental protection, opening-up, and sharing. It consisted of one main venue and four sub-venues.

Hot topics such as clean and efficient use of coal energy in Shanxi province, transformation of the resource-based economy, exploration of new energy sources, clean production, circular economies, recycling of coal waste, and secondary resource recycling, were discussed at the symposium.

More than 200 experts, scholars, and company representatives were invited to give presentations on research being done in their respective fields. Among the participants were academics Qian Yi and Jin Yong from Tsinghua University.

Qian Yi delivered a report entitled “From Clean Production to the Eco-industry — Industrial Ecology Changes over 30 Years”. The report addressed issues related to China's resources and environment and proposed remanufacturing, building eco-industrial parks, recycling industrial waste, and sorting garbage.

Academic Jin Yong delivered a report on the Current Conditions and Prospects of the Modern Coal Chemical Industry.

Other experts and scholars discussed advanced technology and successful cases emerging from the development of the circular economy in recent years and explored basic research, technological innovation and applications, and practice related to industrial ecology, clean production, and resource recycling in China and abroad.

Cheng Fangqin, vice president of Shanxi University, hosts the opening ceremony of the 14th Symposium on the National Circular Economy and Eco-industry and the annual meeting of the Industrial Ecology Economics and Technology Committee of the China Ecological Economics Association at Shanxi University on Aug 19. [Photo/sxu.edu.cn]

Academic Jin Yong from Tsinghua University delivers a report entitled “From Clean Production to Eco-industry—Industrial Ecology Changes over 30 Years” at Shanxi University on Aug 19. [Photo/sxu.edu.cn]

More than 200 experts, scholars, and company representatives attend the 14th Symposium on the National Circular Economy and Eco-industry and the annual meeting of the Industrial Ecology Economics and Technology Committee of the China Ecological Economics Association at Shanxi University on Aug 19. [Photo/sxu.edu.cn]