Office of International Visitors
Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs
U.S. Department of State
INTERNATI NAL VISITOR LEADERSHIP PROGRAM
CLIMATE CHANGE AND ENERGY
A Project for People's Republic of China
These visitors are invited to the United States under the auspices of the Department of State's
International Visitor Leadership Program. Their program is arranged by Meridian International
Center.
Primary Program Contacts: Ms. Joanne Clark and Mr. Tyler Brown, 1624 Crescent Place,
NW, Washington, DC 20009; Telephone - (202) 939-5596 or (202) 939-5537; Toll-free - (800)
424-2974; Fax - (202) 667-8980
Department of State Program Contacts: Ms. Marta Pereyma and Ms. Veronica Kibler, Office
of International Visitors; Telephone - (202) 632-3311 or (202) 632-9375; Fax - (202) 632-9391
Accompanied By: Ms. Catherine Dahlberg, Ms. Diana Li, Simultaneous Interpreters; One
administrative interpreter TBA
June 27 - July 15, 2011
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As the world's second largest energy consumer and world's largest emitter of greenhouse gases,
China's response to the challenges of climate change has important implications for global
energy markets and efforts to combat global warming. The objectives of this Single Country
Project for China are:
-- to gain a broad understanding of U.S. energy policy and efforts to address global climate
change
-- to understand how the government collects and disseminates climate and energy data
-- to understand the role of the government, private enterprise, and the non-profit sectors in
climate/energy policy formulation, technology development and deployment, and information
dissemination and education.
-- to learn about the impact of energy policies on climate change, the growing role of renewable
energy in diversifying energy supplies and reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and
best practices and technology in the field of renewable energy
LIST OF PARTICIPANTS
People's Republic of China Mr. Shixian GAO
Assistant Director General, Director Research Professor, Energy
Research Institute of National Development Reform Commission
Mr. Wenge LIU
Director, China Coal Information Institute
State Administration of Work Safety
Mr. Zhigang LUO
Researcher, Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) Consultant,
Guangzhou Institute of Energy Conversion
Ms. Lingjuan MA
Vice Secretary General
Chinese Renewable Energy Industry Association
Mr. Jinzhao WANG
Deputy Division Chief, Department of Industrial Economic
Research, State Council Development Research Center
Mr. Guobin ZHANG
Senior Engineer, Forestry Carbon Sequestration Measurement and
Monitoring Centre, State Forestry Administration
Mr. Hongtu ZHAO
Research professor, Institute of World Economic Studies,
China Institute of Contemporary International Relations