MOST recently announced to hold the 2009 International Expo on Energy Conservation and Emission Reduction at the Beijing Exhibition Center on March 19th -23rd of 2009 jointly with National Development and Reform Commission, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Environmental Protection, Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, Ministry of Transport, Ministry of Railways, Government Offices Administration of the State Council, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and China Association for Science and Technology.

With the theme of “Facilitating Energy Conservation & Emission Reduction and Benefiting the Public through S&T”, the expo aims to promote and commercialize technologies and release information on latest achievements.