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In November 2019, Energy Foundation China hosted a roundtable to discuss the strategies and pathways for achieving deep decarbonization of the Chinese industry sector, as one of the events celebrating the foundation’s 20th anniversary.

Energy Foundation China released the following declaration as we celebrated our 20 years in China with a number of forums and dialogues in November 2019, sending a strong signal of the value of China-U.S. engagement.

In November 2019, , an Air Quality, Climate Change, and Human Health forum was held at the Beijing International Hotel as one of the celebration events for Energy Foundation China’s 20th Anniversary.

In November 2019, board members of Energy Foundation China and senior representatives of international philanthropies in the field of climate change, environmental protection, and sustainable energy met Chen Jining, Mayor of the Beijing Municipality. Together, they witnessed the signing of a cooperation framework agreement between Beijing’s Municipal Ecology and Environment Bureau and Energy Foundation China (2019-2023) by Chen Tian, Director General of the bureau, and Zou Ji, CEO and President of the foundation.

On the eve of the United Nations Climate Summit in late September, Energy Foundation China, the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation, and the Institute of Science and Development of the Chinese Academy of Sciences organized a working dinner of Chinese and foreign experts on global climate governance and China’s role in New York City.

Technical innovations such as electrification will help push trucks in China toward net-zero emissions, said experts attending the Medium- and Heavy-Duty Zero Emissions Summit in Bo’ao, Hainan province.

On June 2nd, 2019, Mr. ZHAO Yingmin, Vice Minister of Ecology and Environment of China (MEE) met a delegation of the Energy Foundation led by Mr. ZHANG Hongjun, Chair of the Board.

In early June, Energy Foundation China joined hands with the Institute of Climate Change and Sustainable Development of Tsinghua University, Children’s Investment Fund Foundation, and the Institutes of Science and Development of the Chinese Academy of Sciences to host a “Post-Katowice Global Climate Governance” forum on the sidelines of the 2019 Annual General Meeting of the China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development (CCICED).

At the Chinese government’s Second Belt and Road Forum on April 25, partners including EF China launched the Belt and Road Sustainable Cities Alliance.

At the Green Silk Road Thematic Forum of the Chinese government’s Second Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation on April 25, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) launched a BRI Green Cooling Initiative. Energy Foundation China, as a co-sponsor, witnessed this important moment.