Recently a thirteen-expert penal was formed in Beijing to facilitate the major project on Key Technology and Equipment for Green Manufacturing under the National Key Technologies R&D Program in the 11th Five-year period. The penal was composed of experts on technologies, economics, and management.

Green manufacturing is a modern manufacturing pattern taking into account environmental impacts and resources consumption. It aims to minimize environment pollution, make the best of resources, and raise the overall efficiency in the product lifecycle from design, manufacturing, packaging, application to disposal. In this way, the interests of enterprises and society would be coordinated and optimized.