The 2009 Coordinators’ Meeting under China-US Fossil Energy Protocol, sponsored by the Ministry of Science and Technology of China (MOST) and US Department of Energy (DOE), was held in the Diaoyutai State Guest House in Beijing on July 31. Deputy Secretary-General of MOST WANG Zhixue and the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of DOE Victor Der were present and addressed the event.

During the meeting, coordinators under the Appendix 1 to Appendix 5 of the Protocol (Cooperation in Power System, Cooperation in Clean Fuels, Cooperation in Petroleum and Natural Gas, Cooperation in Energy and Environmental Technology, and Climate Science) held round table conversations with other representatives from relevant governmental branches, research institutes, and enterprises, and reported to the meeting. They also reviewed the cooperation achievements since the initiation of coordinators’ meeting in 2007, discussed the problems in the cooperation and mapped out the next-step working plan.