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Viewing cable 09BEIJING3188, SECRETARY OF ENERGY STEVEN CHU MEETS WITH ZHANG GUOBAO,

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
09BEIJING3188 2009-11-30 07:30 2011-08-23 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Beijing
VZCZCXRO2467
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RUEHSL RUEHTM RUEHTRO RUEHVC
DE RUEHBJ #3188/01 3340730
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 300730Z NOV 09
FM AMEMBASSY BEIJING
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 6976
INFO RUEHOO/CHINA POSTS COLLECTIVE
RUEHBR/AMEMBASSY BRASILIA 0565
RUEHBU/AMEMBASSY BUENOS AIRES 0015
RUEHRL/AMEMBASSY BERLIN 1858
RUEHBY/AMEMBASSY CANBERRA 9792
RUEHCP/AMEMBASSY COPENHAGEN 0804
RUEHJA/AMEMBASSY JAKARTA 2037
RUEHLO/AMEMBASSY LONDON 3647
RUEHME/AMEMBASSY MEXICO 0681
RUEHMO/AMEMBASSY MOSCOW 9441
RUEHNE/AMEMBASSY NEW DELHI 4991
RUEHOT/AMEMBASSY OTTAWA 0023
RUEHFR/AMEMBASSY PARIS 4665
RUEHPG/AMEMBASSY PRAGUE 0894
RUEHSA/AMEMBASSY PRETORIA 0534
RUEHRO/AMEMBASSY ROME 1112
RUEHUL/AMEMBASSY SEOUL 1410
RUEHSM/AMEMBASSY STOCKHOLM 1682
RUEHKO/AMEMBASSY TOKYO 0119
RUEHMD/AMEMBASSY MADRID 0803
RUEHWL/AMEMBASSY WELLINGTON 0031
RUEHZN/ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY COLLECTIVE
RUEAEPA/HQ EPA WASHDC
RHEBAAA/DEPT OF ENERGY WASHINGTON DC
RUCPDOC/DEPT OF COMMERCE WASHDC
RHEHNSC/NSC WASHDC
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 BEIJING 003188 
 
STATE FOR EAP/CM-HABJAN, EAP/CM, EAP/PD-STOLTZ 
STATE FOR OES DAS MIOTKE, OES/EGC, OES/ENV, AND OES/PCI 
STATE FOR S/SECC-STERN, S/P-GREEN, EEB, AND ECA 
STATE PASS TO CEQ SUTLEY 
USDOE FOR INTERNATIONAL/SANDALOW 
USDOC FOR MAC AND MAS 
USDOC PASS USPTO FOR WU 
EPA FOR INTERNATIONAL/MKASMAN/GIANNINI-SPOHN 
NSC FOR LOI 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: OVIP PREL PGOV ECON PARM MARR SENV ENRG KGHG CH
 
SUBJECT: SECRETARY OF ENERGY STEVEN CHU MEETS WITH ZHANG GUOBAO, 
HEAD OF CHINA'S NATIONAL ENERGY ADMINISTRATION IN BEIJING 
 
(U) Sensitive but unclassified.  Please handle accordingly. 
 
SUMMARY 
------- 
1.   (U) Upon Secretary Chu's arrival in Beijing, he met with 
Minister ZHANG Guobao, head of China's National Energy 
Administration (NEA).  Zhang informed Secretary Chu that he would be 
out of the country during the remainder of the Secretary's visit and 
that the NEA Deputy Administrator LIU Qi would be attending planned 
meetings in Beijing on Zhang's behalf, also noting that things were 
going very smoothly due to good collaboration between his staff and 
the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).  END SUMMARY. 
 
CLEAN ENERGY COOPERATION 
------------------------ 
2.  (SBU) Zhang reviewed the clean energy agreements to be signed 
during Secretary Chu's trip and explained NEA's role in the clean 
energy research center (CERC), clean coal, energy cooperation 
program and renewable energies.   He highlighted the 
MIT-Tsinghua-Cambridge Low-Carbon Energy University Alliance, the 
work Honeywell and PetroChina are doing in biofuels, the First Solar 
agreement with the city of Ordos in China's Inner Mongolia province 
to build the largest solar farm in the China, and continuing 
collaboration on nuclear energy. 
 
3. (SBU) Zhang reviewed Chu's agenda and focused on the Clean Energy 
Roundtable, which NEA is hosting, that will include senior 
government, industry, non-government, and academic participants.  He 
said the enthusiasm for this conference is high and in just two 
days, NEA has identified 53 participants who all want a speaking 
role.  Some of the participants include the Presidents of BYD, ENN, 
and State Grid companies. 
 
CLEAN ENERGY RESEARCH CENTER A PRIORITY FOR NEA 
--------------------------------------------- -- 
4.  (SBU) Zhang then returned to the CERC and made it clear that 
this is one of his highest priorities.  He described his 
interpretation of the CERC protocol management approach and defined 
NEA's approach.  He reaffirmed that he would be a member of the 
Joint Steering Committee, along with Secretary Chu and China's 
Science and Technology Minster WAN Gang.  He also advocated for a 
simple management approach, where the Joint Advisory Group would 
report to the Joint Steering Committee members rather than an 
executive secretariat and that each side should also identify a 
single point of contact to enable smooth communications.  Zhang said 
GU Jun, the Director General of NEA's International Cooperation 
Department, would be his single point of contact. 
 
5.  (SBU) Secretary Chu acknowledged the importance of the CERC and 
the important responsibilities they have for enabling low carbon 
energy programs in their countries.  He also agreed to study Zhang's 
management approach for the CERC and described the open bidding and 
 
BEIJING 00003188  002 OF 002 
 
 
information process that DOE would be sending out to enlist 
industry, national laboratory and university participation.  He 
further explained that on the US side, we would provide matching 
funds to the projects undertaken. 
 
HUNTSMAN