Zhou Jinfeng was Appointed as the Director of the Belt Road Low Carbon Energy Development Center of UIBE | First Meeting of the Belt Road Energy Trade and Development Research Center of UIBE China International Low Carbon Economic Research Institute
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In July 24th, 2019, the first meeting of the Belt Road Energy Trade and Development Research Center (Hereinafter referred to as the Center) of University of International Business and Economics (Hereinafter referred to as UIBE) China International Low Carbon Economic Research Institute (hereinafter referred to as the Institute) was held at the conference center in UIBE. The meeting intends to promote the exchanges and cooperation between energy and low-carbon economic circles, deepen the knowledge and understanding of national economic, social development, major needs of national energy, and low-carbon economic development, and also absorb various guidance and suggestions from industry experts on the future development of the low-carbon institutes and centers of UIBE. During this meeting, the first council of the Institute and the Center was established, and the first meeting of the Institute and Center Council was held on July 24th as well. Zhou Jinfeng, Secretary-General of the China Biodiversity Conservation and Green Development Foundation (CBCGDF), was invited to attend the meeting and was jointly appointed as the director of the Center with other 32 experts, including Liu Shijin, Vice-Director of the Economic Committee of Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC); Hu Wenrui, Academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering; Andreas Loschel, Academician of German Academy of Engineering. Jiang Qingzhe, Secretary of the Party Committee of UIBE serves as the president.

 

At 10:00 a.m., Professor Li Xiaomeng, Director of International Branch and Vice Director of the Institute took the chair. Vice President Professor Wang Qiang delivered a speech and announced the members of the Board. Professor Hong Junjie, Dean of the School of International Economics and Trade delivered a speech and introduced the basic situation of energy and low carbon economies. Vice President Wang Qiang said that today’s world is facing unprecedented changes: protectionism and unilateralism are rising; the international environment is facing many uncertainties. With all those new situations, the Institute must conform to the development trend domestically and internationally, and deconstruct from the aspects of organizational structure, personnel, research focus, and political research in order to build the Institute from 1.0 to 2.0. The new low-carbon Institute should integrate the scientific research force of the whole university, gather the wisdom of Chinese and foreign experts, and also provide China's plan and wisdom for the development of the green low-carbon economy.

 

During the meeting, Professor Xue Jinjun, Co-director of the Institute, introduced the current situation of low carbon Institute. Professor Dong Xiucheng, Director of the Center, introduced the current situation of the Center. Subsequently, Vice President Wang Qiang announced the members of the Center’s Board of Directors and issued a letter of appointment to the participating directors.

 

The participating directors including Liu Shijin, former Deputy Director of the Development Center of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China; Hu Wenrui, Academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering; Pan Jiahua, member of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS); and Zhou Jinfeng, Secretary-General of the CBCGDF made important speeches at this meeting. They commented on some important theoretical and practical issues in the field of energy and low carbon economy and put forward many valuable opinions and suggestions for the development of low carbon Institute and Center. Secretary-General Zhou Jinfeng said that UIBE can offer undergraduate students the fundamental courses on methodology and world view of ecological civilization and take ecological civilization and green development as the core and guiding ideology of the Institute and the Center. Then, Dr. Zhou Jinfeng took the case of “Belt and Road” as an example and suggested that the Center should grasp major science and technology and carry out research in practice. Finally, Professor Jiang Qingzhe, Secretary of the Party Committee of UIBE, made the concluding speech.


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By / Xue Tongtong