On January 10th, 2008, Minister WAN Gang went to Tsinghua University for research on energy in the field of science and technology and was updated on the establishment of the Tsinghua University Low Carbon Energy Laboratory.

The Minister emphasized the urgency to reduce the emission of greenhouse gases and respond to global climate change. He fully recognized the establishment of the low carbon energy laboratory by Tsinghua University, which set as its priority the study on energy development strategy and global climate change.

After the meeting, WAN also visited the State Engineering Research Center of Industrial Boiler and Clean Combustion of Domestic Coal, the Building Energy Research Center and the Institute of Applied Chemistry of Tsinghua University.