EF China Hosts Reception for IEA Head in His First Post-Covid Visit to China
Dr. Fatih Birol, Executive Director of the International Energy Agency (IEA) spoke of China’s achievements in advancing the green and decarbonization transition and expressed his expectation for China to play a bigger role in renewable energy and low carbon technologies, during his first visit to Beijing after the pandemic. As climate governance requires joint effort of all countries, he said IEA is willing to deepen the cooperation and exchange with China at the July 4 reception supported by Energy Foundation China and the Institute of Energy at Peking University.
When welcoming Dr. Birol, Zou Ji, CEO and President of Energy Foundation China, said that the IEA head has been promoting global climate governance and green energy cooperation between China and Europe since he became the executive director in 2015. Zou Ji also said that EF China is looking forward to collaborating with IEA on topics such as green economic recovery, low carbon energy transition, and climate change. The two organizations entered into a memorandum of understanding in November 2022.
More than 50 prominent guests attended the reception, including the moderator, Yang Lei, Vice President of the Institute of Energy, as well as officials and experts from China’s National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), Ministry of Ecology and Environment, NDRC’s Energy Research Institute, the National Center for Climate Change Strategy and International Cooperation, China Electric Power Planning and Engineering Institute, Sinopec, Trina Solar, IEA, the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation, etc.
Dr. Birol was also officially named a foreign member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering during the visit.
EF China co-hosts reception for IEA Executive Director Dr. Fatih Birol in Beijing on July 4, 2023. Photo by Beijing Vision-Language Technology Co., Ltd.
Yang Lei, Vice President of the Institute of Energy at Peking University, moderates the welcome reception. Photo by Beijing Vision-Language Technology Co., Ltd.
Zou Ji, CEO and President of EF China, delivers a welcome speech at the reception. Photo by Beijing Vision-Language Technology Co., Ltd.
Dr. Fatih Birol gives his speech at the reception. Photo by Beijing Vision-Language Technology Co., Ltd.
Zou Ji and Dr. Birol at the reception. Photo by Beijing Vision-Language Technology Co., Ltd.
More than 50 guests attend the welcome reception. Photo by Beijing Vision-Language Technology Co., Ltd.
Guests welcome Dr. Fatih Birol. Photo by Beijing Vision-Language Technology Co., Ltd.
Laura Cozzi, Director of Sustainability, Technology, and Outlooks and Chief Energy Modeler of IEA, chats with the guests. Photo by Beijing Vision-Language Technology Co., Ltd.