In order to conscientiously implement the Party Central Committee and the State Council’s major decision-making arrangements for carbon peak carbon neutralization, and solidly promote the implementation of the “Science and Technology Support Carbon Peak Carbon Neutralization Implementation Plan (2022-2030)”, 3 On March 1, the Ministry of Science and Technology organized the first meeting of the National Carbon Neutral Science and Technology Expert Committee in Beijing.
The meeting announced the establishment of the first National Carbon Neutral Science and Technology Expert Committee, and clarified the specific responsibilities of the expert committee. Liu Zhongmin, academician of Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, served as the leader of the expert committee and reported the work considerations of the expert committee at the meeting.
Zhang Yudong, Vice Minister of the Ministry of Science and Technology presided over the meeting and delivered a speech. More than 60 people attended the meeting, including members of the National Carbon Neutral Science and Technology Expert Committee, relevant departments of the Ministry of Science and Technology, and the Environmental Resources Department of the National Development and Reform Commission.
Academician Du Xiangwan, Academician Tang Guangfu, Academician He Kebin, Researcher Fu Chengyu, Professor Jia Limin, Researcher Chao Qingchen, Professor Ma Jun, Researcher Fang Xiang and other expert representatives made speeches and expressed their opinions and suggestions on how to better carry out the work of the expert committee. Zhao Penggao, deputy director of the Environmental Protection Department of the National Development and Reform Commission, expressed warm congratulations on the establishment of the National Carbon Neutral Science and Technology Expert Committee.
The meeting pointed out that carbon neutrality is a major strategic decision made by the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core after careful consideration, and it is an inherent requirement for implementing new development concepts, building a new development pattern, and promoting high-quality development. Scientific and technological innovation is the key to achieving both economic and social development and the goal of carbon neutrality. The expert committee should improve its political position, earnestly shoulder the historical mission of scientific and technological innovation and strategic consulting for carbon neutralization of carbon peak, and strengthen its cooperation with both domestic and foreign partners. Track and analyze the technology in the carbon field, evaluate the implementation progress of the “Implementation Plan”, and promote the implementation of the “Implementation Plan” to be effective. Carry out in-depth strategic research, strengthen interdisciplinary exchanges and ideological collisions, and put forward suggestions on major key issues such as the development path of double-carbon technology innovation.