Green Energy in China

Interview with Dr. Zhao Zhongxian, Vice Chairman, Chinese Association for Science and Technology; Chairman of the Advisory Committee, Chinese Academy of Science; Director of the Academic Committee, Institute of Physics National Laboratory for Superconductivity
Recorded on: April 18, 2008
Runtime: 00:07:11

Dr. Zhao Zhongxian delivered a keynote address at the "US-China Green Energy Conference: Fueling a Clean Energy Future", organized by Asia Society Northern California and US-China Green Energy Council, held at the PG&E Auditorium in San Francisco on April 18, 2008. This conference and two larger conferences to follow in China later in November this year represent the beginning of an effort to encourage long-term partnerships between clean energy policymakers, researchers, business people and investors in the two countries.

In this interview, Dr. Zhao highlights wind power and biogas as two promising clean energy solutions in meeting China's energy demands. He also identifies a number of promising areas for Silicon Valley-China collaboration, and shares his views on government regulation and public awareness in energy conservation and environmenal protection.

Tags: energy, China, Zhao Zhongxian, Chinese Academy of Science, wind turbines, Hua Yi, biogas, Asia Society Northern California, US-China Green Energy Council, PG&E, US-China Green Energy Conference