On April 22, 2009, Minister WAN Gang met Mr. Colburn Wilbur, Chairman of Senior Policy Advisory Council of the China Sustainable Energy Program, US Energy Foundation.

Mr. Wilbur and project directors introduced progress in low carbon development, transportation, energy-efficient buildings, power and renewable energy under China Sustainable Energy Program. Minister WAN praised US Energy Foundation for its contributions to China’s energy policies. He also introduced the projects for large-scale demonstration of energy-efficient and new energy vehicles, LED lighting demonstration and solar power generation application. Wan said that MOST welcomes cooperation between US Energy Foundation and China in energy conservation and emission reduction including clean-energy vehicles and clean coal technologies, and in tackling climate change.