Leadership Team

Leadership

Sun Yaowei

Investment Professional Committee, Investment Association of China

Mr. Sun formerly served as Deputy Director of the Planning and Development Department of China HuaNeng Group Corporation, Deputy Director of the Policy and Regulations Department of the State Electricity Regulatory Commission, Deputy Director and Director of the Information Center, and Inspector of the Legal and Institutional Reform Department of the National Energy Administration. The current Chairman of the Energy Committee of the China Investment Association and a special researcher at the Institute of Resources and Environment of the Development Center of the State Council.

For many years, he engaged in the reform of the power system, participated in the drafting of important documents, specialized research, and organized implementation. He has organized and participated in many large-scale forums and research projects in areas such as energy system reform, energy strategic planning, energy transformation and upgrading, addressing climate change, comprehensive smart energy, information technology, and market construction. Mr. Sun holds a doctoral degree in economics and is a part-time professor at Beijing University of Science and Technology and North China Electric Power University.

Shi Dinghuan

Chairman, Expert Group, Energy Investment Professional Committee

Mr. Shi previously served as a counselor of the former State Council, former Secretary General of the Ministry of Science and Technology, and a member of the Party group. He was the 7th and 8th Chairman of the China Renewable Energy Society. During his more than 40 years of service to the Ministry of Science and Technology, he has guided many important development policies that contribute to China’s scientific and technological progress. In his over 40 year career, he has played an important role in implementing the industrial policies of the Ministry of Science and Technology and applying them to industry development. Since 2000, he has also taken the lead in supporting renewable energy and addressing climate change.

Mr. Shi has long been engaged in the formulation and implementation of national science and technology development strategies and major plans, as well as scientific and technological management in industries and high-tech fields such as energy and transportation. He has participated in organizing intergovernmental international cooperation and civil cooperation in industries such as energy and transportation.

Zhang Jie

Vice President and Secretary General, Energy Investment Professional Committee, Investment Association of China

Mr. Zhang is the Chairman of the TIAA Smart Parking and Charging Sub Alliance, Vice Chairman of the National Building Materials Circulation Industry Development Fund Management Committee of the China Building Materials Circulation Association, one of the initiators of the “Zero Carbon China Initiative”, and the founder of Weineng. He has long been engaged in energy industry investment, energy transformation strategy research, and other work. He has rich experience in energy industry investment, especially in clean energy industry financing, energy industry research, regional smart energy planning top-level design, and related resource integration capabilities. He also serves as a specially appointed consultant to provide strategic consulting for multiple large energy enterprises. Initiate internationally influential brand conferences such as the International Carbon Neutrality and Green Investment Conference, New Infrastructure and Green Investment Conference, International Clean Energy Investment and Financing Conference, and China Energy Investment and Development Forum.

Mr. Zhang’s professional expertise includes assisting key government energy departments such as the National Development and Reform Commission in formulating energy transition policies, energy infrastructure investment, energy policies, climate change adaptation and mitigation, renewable energy substitution, hydrogen economy, carbon reduction, environmental sustainability and renewable energy poverty alleviation, electrification of energy terminal consumption, and early evaluation of energy projects. Energy audit, top-level design and planning of energy, PPP public service construction of energy infrastructure.

Expert Team

Du Xiangwan

Academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering Former Vice President of Chinese Academy of Engineering

Mr. Du leads systematic and innovative research on nuclear test diagnostic theory and nuclear weapon neutronics; Formerly served as the Chief Scientist of the Laser Expert Group under the 863 Program, leading the expert group in formulating strategies and plans for the development of strong lasers, and achieving important results in research on physical laws and key technologies; Propose and successfully lead comprehensive experimental research and solve multiple engineering and technical problems, making China's new high-power laser technology enter the world's advanced ranks. Its scientific and technological achievements have won the first prize, second prize, and special prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Award. Led and participated in consulting and research on China's energy development strategy and climate change response, serving as the Deputy Director of the National Energy Expert Advisory Committee and the Director of the National Climate Change Expert Committee.

LIU Zhongfan

Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Academician of Academy of Sciences for Developing Countries, Internationally renowned graphene expert

Academician of the CAS Member, member of the Royal Society of Chemistry, and member of the Chinese Micron and Nanotechnology Society. Mr. Liu is currently a member and standing member of the 14th CPPCC National Committee, a member of the 14th CPPCC Proposal Committee, the Vice Chairman of the Central Committee of the Jiusan Society, the Chairman of the Beijing Municipal Committee of the CPC, the Vice Chairman of the Beijing CPPCC, the Director of the Nanoscience and Technology Research Center of Peking University, the President of the Beijing Graphene Research Institute, an academician of the CAS Member, and the Chairman of the Academician Working Committee of the 15th Central Committee of the Jiusan Society.

ZHOU Xiaoxin

Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Honorary President of China Electric Power Research Institute, Power systems specialist

In July 1980, after returning to China, Mr. Zhou held various positions including engineer, deputy director, director, and chief engineer of the System Research Institute of the Electric Power Research Institute; In 1993, he was elected member (academician) of the Academic Department of the Chinese Academy of Sciences; In 1995, he was elected as IEEE Fellow; In 2021, he was elected as a foreign academician of the National Academy of Engineering in the United States. He mainly engages in research on mathematical models and methods for power system analysis.

HOU Li'an

Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, Environmental engineering specialist

He was served as an assistant engineer, engineer, senior engineer, deputy chief engineer, technical expert, and other positions in the 96657 army; he Obtained a Master's degree in Environmental Engineering from Tsinghua University in 1991; He entered the Second Artillery Engineering Design and Research Institute of the People's Liberation Army of China in 1995 and successively served as Deputy Director, Director of the Sixth Division, and Deputy Chief Engineer; In 2001, he was awarded the Outstanding Youth Award for Seeking Truth by the Chinese Association for Science and Technology; In 2006, he obtained a doctoral degree in Environmental Engineering from the Chinese People's Liberation Army Chemical Defense Research Institute; In 2005, he won the Invention and Entrepreneurship Award; In 2009, he was elected as an academician of the CAE Member; In 2010, he was awarded the title of National exemplary individual in Science Popularization; In 2013, he was appointed as a Qiushi Lecture Professor at Zhejiang University. In June 2022, he was elected as the Deputy Director of the Environmental and Textile Engineering Department of the Chinese Academy of Engineering. He mainly engages in scientific research, engineering design, and technical management in the field of environmental engineering.

JIN Yong

Academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering, Professor of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University

In 1973, Mr. Jin joined the Department of Chemical Engineering at Tsinghua University and successively served as a teaching assistant, lecturer, associate professor, and professor; In 1979, he led the establishment of the Reaction Engineering Research Laboratory at Tsinghua University; In 1997, he was elected as an academician of the CAE Member; In 2007, he was awarded the PSRT Fluidization Lecture Professor Award by the American Society of Chemical Engineers; In 2016, he won the Engineering Award at the 11th Guanghua Engineering Science and Technology Award. In 2017, he was awarded the Outstanding Contribution Award by Tsinghua University. Mr. Jin’s mainly studies fields include high-speed fluidization, clean chemical processes, and powder technology.

CHEN Qingquan

Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, Professor of the University of Hong Kong

In 1992, after graduating with a PhD, Mr. Chen entered China University of Mining and Technology (Beijing) to teach; From 1995 to 1997, he went to the International Institute of Hydraulic and Environmental Engineering in the Netherlands as a visiting scholar; In 2000, he received funding from the Ministry of Education's Cross Century Excellent Talents Fund; In 2015, he was elected as an academician of the CAE Member; In 2021, he was elected as an academician of the International Eurasian Academy of Sciences, mainly engaged in teaching and research on mine water prevention and resource utilization.

WU Qiang

Academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering, Professor of China University of Mining and Technology (Beijing)

In 1992, after graduating with a PhD, he entered China University of Mining and Technology (Beijing) to teach; From 1995 to 1997, he went to the International Institute of Hydraulic and Environmental Engineering in the Netherlands as a visiting scholar; In 2000, he received funding from the Ministry of Education's Cross Century Excellent Talents Fund; In 2015, he was elected as an academician of the CAE Member; Elected as an academician of the International Eurasian Academy of Sciences in 2021, mainly engaged in teaching and research on mine water prevention and resource utilization.

TAO Wenquan

Academician, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Professor, School of Energy and Power Engineering, Xi 'an Jiaotong University, Engineering physicist

In 1980, Mr. Tao went to the Heat Transfer Laboratory of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Minnesota in the United States for further studies; his book "Numerical Heat Transfer" was published in 1988; In 1996, Mr. Tao was appointed as the Chairman of the Teaching Guidance Committee for Thermal Engineering Courses of the Ministry of Education; the book names: The Modern Progress of Computational Heat Transfer Mr. Tao compiled in 2002, won the first prize of National Excellent Textbook for Ordinary Higher Education Institutions; he Received the first National Teaching Master Award in 2003; In 2004, the project he presided over won the second prize of the the State Natural Science Award; In 2005, he was elected as an academician of the CAS Member; In 2006, he became the President of Xi'an Jiaotong Liverpool University and was awarded the National May Day Labor Medal. In October 2013, he established the Tao Wenquan Education Fund of Xi'an Jiaotong University; In 2014, he was awarded the first Lifetime Achievement Award in Teaching at Xi'an Jiaotong University. In August 2019, he was named the "Most Beautiful Technology Worker" of 2019. He mainly engages in research in the fields of heat transfer enhancement and numerical calculation of flow heat transfer problems. He has published 13 monographs and textbooks, over 400 scientific research papers, and 10 patents.

Li Can

Academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Academician of Third World Academy of Sciences, Researcher of Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

In 1980, Mr. Li stayed on as a teacher after graduating from Hexi College; In 1983, he was admitted to Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences to study for master's degree; In 1989, he received a joint doctoral degree from the Chinese Academy of Sciences Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics and Tokyo University of Technology in Japan, and later he joined the Chinese Academy of Sciences Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics; In 1993, he was promoted to a researcher; In 2003, he was elected as an academician of the CAS Member; In 2005, he was elected as a member of the Third World Academy of Sciences; In 2007, he took the post of Deputy Director of Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences; In 2008, he was elected as a foreign academician of the European Academy of Humanities and Natural Sciences. In 2014, he was awarded the China Catalysis Achievement Award. Mr. Li mainly engages in research on catalytic materials, catalytic reactions, and catalytic spectroscopic characterization, and is dedicated to the research of solar photocatalytic hydrogen production and solar photovoltaic cell materials.

ZHAO Tianshou

Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dean of the Institute of Carbon Neutral Energy, Southern University of Science and Technology

In 2010, he was appointed as a lecture professor at Xi'an Jiaotong University. In 2011, he was promoted to Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. In March 2014, he became the Dean of the Energy Research Institute at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. In November 2018, he was awarded the Science and Technology Progress Award by the Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation. In November 2019, he was elected as an academician of the CAS Member. Zhao Tianshou has long been committed to basic and applied research in engineering thermophysics and new energy fields.

GAO Xiang

Academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering, Dean of School of Energy Engineering.Zhejiang University

Mr. Gao is one of the first leading members in technological innovation under the "Ten Thousand Talents Plan". He has visited universities such as the University of Tokyo in Japan and the University of Utah in the United States for academic researches. He is currently the Dean of the School of Energy Engineering at Zhejiang University and the Director of the National Environmental Protection Coal-fired Air Pollution Control Engineering Technology Center. He is also a member of the overall expert group for the "Causes and Control Technology Research of Air Pollution" key project of the "13th Five Year Plan" national key research and development plan, a member of the Yangtze River Delta Regional Ecological Environment Cooperation Expert Committee, and an executive director of the Chinese Society of Environmental Sciences. He has served as a member of the pollution control technology theme expert group for the "12th Five Year Plan" 863 Program, a member of the overall expert group for the Blue Sky Science and Technology Project key project of the Ministry of Science and Technology of China, and a member of the overall expert group for the National Clean Air. He has long been engaged in the research work of flue gas pollution control technology and engineering application in coal-fired power plants, and many technical achievements such as ultra-low emissions of coal-fired units have been applied on a large scale. He has successively won the first prize of the the State Technological Innovation Award, the second prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Award, the second prize of the the State Technological Innovation Award, the first prize of the Zhejiang Provincial Science and Technology Award, the first prize of the China Machinery Industry Science and Technology Award and other awards.

ZHANG Hongtao

Former Counselor of the State Council, Former Chief Engineer of the Ministry of Land and Resources

Mr. Zhang has been engaged in research and management work in mineral deposits, marine geology, resource economics, and other fields for a long time. He has presided over major national projects such as the "Nansha Special Project", the "Southwest Three Rivers Special Exploration Plan", the "New Round of Land and Resources Survey", the "Prospective Survey of Marine Oil and Gas Resources", the "Exploration and Evaluation of Natural Gas Hydrates", the "126", "420", "429", and "118" Marine Special Projects. He has publicly published over 100 papers and authored 5 monographs. He has won more than 10 second prizes in national and provincial scientific and technological achievements, among which "Innovation in Geological Theory and Major Breakthroughs in Mineral Exploration of the Qinghai Tibet Plateau" won the National Science and Technology Progress Special Prize in 2011. In 2005, he gave a special lecture on the international energy and resource situation and China's energy and resource strategy during the 23rd collective study of the 16th Central Political Bureau. He has high academic expertise and macro strategic thinking in the research and management of mineral resources.

LIU Shunda

Former Chairman of the Board of Supervisors of state-owned key large enterprises under The State Council, President of China Electric Power Equipment Management Association

Mr. Liu has served as Deputy Director of the Comprehensive Department of the Electric Power Department of the Ministry of Energy, Deputy Director of the Office of the General Office, Deputy Director (Deputy General Manager) and Party Member of the Hunan Provincial Electric Power Bureau (Electric Power Company), Deputy General Manager and Party Member of China East China Power Group Corporation, Director and Party Secretary of the Fujian Provincial Electric Power Industry Bureau, Party Member, Deputy General Manager and General Legal Advisor of China Datang Group Corporation. On February 1, 2010, he was appointed as Chairman and Party Secretary of China Datang Group Corporation. On August 20, 2010, Datang International Power Generation Co., Ltd. held its 7th Board of Directors and elected Liu Shunda, Chairman and Party Secretary of Datang Group, as the Chairman of Datang International Power Generation Co., Ltd.

Foreign Expert

Neil Bush

Chairman, Atlas Renewable LLC

Chairman, George H.W. Bush Foundation for U.S.-China Relations

Mr. Bush serves as the Chairman of Atlas Renewable LLC. Through his company Neil Bush Global Advisers, is engaged in international business development with a focus on cross border activity between Asia and the United States. Mr. Bush has traveled to China 140+ times visiting 35+ cities since his first visit in 1975. Over the past thirty years he has engaged in a variety of cross border business transactions. He has assisted US companies enter the Chinese market including companies involved with wall board, auto parts, mall marketing, drug development, and health care. As an example, Mr. Bush was Vice Chairman of the company that prepared the early development plan for a multiphase, multiuse real estate development in Chongqing, China. He brought in Boulevard Properties as a master development partner and Triple Five as the planning partner for a regional retail, entertainment, and commercial facility. The overall project is in the 4th stage of development and will involve $8 billion in investment when completed.

Mitchell F. Stanley

Chairman, National Center for Sustainable Development

President and Director, Atlas Renewable LLC

Mr. Stanley is the founder and Chairman of the National Center for Sustainable Development (NCSD), a national 501(C)(3) not-for-profit corporation. He also serves as a Board Member at the Energy and Environmental Management Institute of George Washington University in Washington DC., and Chief Expert at the Energy Investment Professional Committee of China Investment Association.

Mr. Stanley has served as an economic and energy analyst in the US Department of State, a staff officer in the West Wing of the White House under President Reagan and as Chief of Staff to the Secretary of Commerce Malcolm Baldrige. He organized the first Presidential Trade Mission to China in 1984 after President Reagan’s State Visit to China in May of 1984. Mr. Stanley spent almost two decades in the US financial services industry as a financial services innovator, regulator and program developer before he returned to Washington, DC and founded the NCSD in 2001.

Eric H. Fang

Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Atlas Renewable LLC

Vice Chairman, National Center for Sustainable Development

Mr. Fang has more than 30 years experiences in technology investment, corporate management, strategic corporate advisory services, strategic business development services, joint venture and localization strategies, product marketing and sales in both the United States and Chinese markets.

Eric Fang also serves as Vice Chairman of the Board and President & CEO of the National Center for Sustainable Development (NCSD), a national 501(C)(3) not-for-profit corporation focused on sustainability, renewable energy and environment. He is a Board Member of the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Foundation. In his advisory capacity, Mr. Fang serves as Executive Standing Board Member of the Energy Professional Investment Committee of China Investment Association, as member of Board of Advisors at the George H.W. Bush Foundation for U.S.-China Relations and as Strategic Advisory Board member of Energy Vault (NYSE:NRGV) along with leaders from CEMEX Ventures (NYSE: CX), BHP Ventures (NYSE:BHP), Saudi Aramco Energy Ventures (TADAWUL: SAUDI ARAMCO), Enel Green Power (ENEL.MI), PlusVolta, Pickering Energy Partners, Ark Energy, a wholly owned subsidiary of Korea Zinc (KRX 010130).

Johan Laurell

President of the Nordic Sustainable Development Association

Mr. Johan Laurell has a M.Sc. in Aquatic and Environmental Engineering and have more than 20 years of expertise in the areas of Bioenergy, Waste Management, Waste Water Treatment. Mr Laurell possess high competence in areas regarding Agricultural Development and the Food Supply Chain. In RISE – Research Institutes of Sweden – 2009-2018 Mr Laurell was responsible for the Biogas Research Department and RISE Biofuel Platform including more than 120 Scientists. As Marketing Director for Life Science Division with more than 400 employees he established cooperation in several countries including Spain, Germany, Canada, Brazil, and China.
Mr Laurell is a well-established Senior Bio Energy Expert on a Scandinavian and European level, consulted by companies as well as The Swedish Energy Agency. 2019-2022 Mr Laurell was the National Coordinator for the Swedish Innovation Cluster for Liquefied Biogas – Drive LBG – for the Swedish Energy Agency. From 2023 Mr Laurell is the Coordinator for the Swedish Innovation Cluster for Sustinable Biogenic Energy Gases – BioGenGas.