For a Cleaner and Sustainable Future.docVIP

For a Cleaner and Sustainable Future 　　LP Amina is a North Carolina-based envi- ronmental engineering firm that provides proprietary solutions for emission reductions in coal- and gas-fired power plants. It developed a technology that prevents larger coal-dust particles from entering boilers， and so reduces the discharge of nitrogen oxides by 15 percent， thereby significantly mitigating pollution from coal-fired power plants， while also increasing employment in the manufacturing industry. The China-U.S. Clean Energy Research Center （CERC） was founded in 2011. After LP Amina participated in this initiative， a coaldust separator featuring this technology was installed at Fengtai Power Plant in China’s Anhui Province. The positive results that accrued thereafter soon induced the Chinese market to embrace this product， and LP Amina has since established a solid foothold in the country. CERC has also aided other transnational companies in finding success in the Chinese market. 　　As CERC’s first five-year term （2011-15） nears its end， it has reaped a bounty of fruits from Sino-U.S. cooperation in research and development in terms of the production of clean coal， clean-energy motor vehicles and energyefficient construction. In November 2014， Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Barack Obama jointly announced their support for a second term of CERC cooperation， agreeing to invest no less than $2 billion from 2016 to 2020 to core development via resorting to a governmental and enterprise investment vehicle， and to add “energy and water” as new fields of cooperation. 　　CERC is one success story in the two countries’ collaboration on clean energy and environmental protection. Leaders of both countries see climate change as a strategic issue in bilateral ties， and have set in motion extensive and intensive cooperation in this regard. A complete system encompassing frameworks， mechanisms and actions is now taking shape in their cooperation on climate and enviro