U.S.-China Strategic Forum on Clean Energy Cooperation
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On January 18 and 19 the John L. Thornton China Center at Brookings and the China Institute for Innovation and Development Strategy hosted the second annual U.S.-China Strategic Forum on Clean Energy Cooperation, coinciding with the state visit of Chinese President Hu Jintao.
Entitled “U.S.-China Relations in the Next Decade,” the 2011 Clean Energy Forum focused on the critical decisions that American and Chinese leaders face in the coming decades to address expanding energy needs within their own countries and internationally. The Forum featured keynote addresses by U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu, President Obama’s Science Policy Advisor John Holdren, U.S. Ambassador to China Jon Huntsman, Jr., and China’s Minister of Science and Technology Wan Gang.
The speakers highlighted common challenges faced by the United States and China—developing new energy sources, addressing global environmental concerns, and fostering greater cooperation and better relations between the two nations.
Working group sessions focused on topics such as clean coal technology, renewable energy options, U.S.-China cooperation on nuclear power, upgrading America’s clean energy infrastructure, and future prospects for clean energy cooperation between the United States and China.
Other distinguished speakers and participants at the Forum included: China’s National Energy Administration Director Zhang Guobao; China-U.S. Exchange Foundation President C.H. Tung; and Brookings’ Chairman John L. Thornton—among many other American and Chinese officials, corporate executives, policymakers, energy and climate researchers and academics.
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Transcripts
Welcoming Remarks and Reading of the Letters from the Presidents » (pdf)
U.S.-China Cooperation on Clean Energy Research and Technology » (pdf)
Lunch Session » (pdf)
Government and Industry Session » (pdf)
Dinner Session » (pdf)
Agenda
Introductory Remarks
John L. Thornton
Chairman, The Brookings Institution
Keynote Speakers
Jon Huntsman Jr.
U.S. Ambassador to the People’s Republic of China
Zheng Bijian
Chairman, China Institute for Innovation & Development Strategy
The Honorable C.H. Tung
Vice Chairman, Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference
Justin Yifu Lin
Chief Economist and Senior Vice President, The World Bank
The Honorable Steven Chu
U.S. Secretary of Energy
Zhang Guobao
Vice Chairman, National Development and Reform Commission and Director, National Energy Administration, People's Republic of China
The Honorable Daniel B. Poneman
Deputy Secretary of Energy, U.S. Department of Energy
Liu Zhenya
President, State Grid Corporation of China
Panel Presenters
John Holdren
Teresa and John Heinz Professor of Environmental Policy, Harvard University; Co-Chair, National Commission on Energy Policy
The Honorable Wan Gang
Vice Chairman, Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference
David Sandalow
Assistant Secretary for Policy and International Affairs
Chai Songyue
President, China Energy Research Society
Xie Kechang
Vice Dean And Academician, Chinese Academy of Engineering
John Deutch
Distinguished Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution
James E. Rogers
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Duke Energy
Zhang Xiwu
Chairman, China Shenhua Group
Ricardo Torres Pérez
Professor of Economics - University of Havana
Michael Morris
Chairman and CEO, American Electric Power
Zhu Yongpeng
President, China Guodian Corporation
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