The Second China Future Energy Forum 2014, jointly hosted by Economy & Nation Weekly of Xinhua News Agency and IEA, was held in Beijing on November 11-14, 2014. This year’s forum was themed New Upgrading of the Energy Industry and was divided into four sectors: Opening Theme – New Upgrading of the Energy Industry, Case One – Opportunities of the Smart Power Girds and New Revolution of New Energy, Case Two – Approached to Treat Haze and Coal Revolution and Case Three – Energy Development and Policies of Rebalance.

Xia Lin, deputy editor of Xinhua News Agency and director of China Center for World Studies delivered a welcoming address. Ms. Maria van der Hoeven, director general of IEA; Li Yizhong, Member of the Standing Committee of the CPPCC, deputy director of Economic Committee, former minister of MIIT and chairman of CFIE; Xu Guanhua, academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences, former minister of MOST made the key note speeches.

Jiang Weiming, Senior Executive Vice President of DSM Group and president of DSM China, Johnny Kwan, world senior vice president of BASF, president of BASF (China) Limited China, Lynn Tian, president of Shanghai Sinowind Technologies Limited, Quan Qiuhong, president of Beijing BGT International Environment Technology Co., Ltd and leaders and contact representatives from other 19 Member companies of CBCSD such as Sinopec, CNOOC, Eaton, Shell Group of Companies, Schneider and Novozymes participated in the forum.