ZHANG Suojiang

Institute of Process Engineering

"Many industries that serve as China's economic pillars are large carbon emitters, such as steel, nonferrous metals, chemicals and construction materials. It is crucial to use innovations to help those industries become greener and more sustainable."

ZHOU Weijian

Institute of Earth Environment

"Developing recycling economy is of great importance in the pursuit of the goals of carbon emissions peaking and subsequent carbon neutrality. Among them, re-utilization of solid waste as useful resource is a key direction."

LYU Qinggang

Institute of Engineering Thermophysics

"Achieving the carbon goals will require innovations in the clean use of fossil fuel, improvements in the production of renewable energy and its integration into the national grid, promoting the use of safe nuclear energy, and creating large-scale energy storage technologies."

LIU Yi

Institute of Atmospheric Physics

"We hoped to cooperate with overseas counterparts to provide richer monitoring data to cope with climate change. The design and development of the new-generation carbon satellite have been put on the agenda to meet the country's carbon reduction commitment."

MA Keping

Institute of Botany

"Planting productive mixed forests to restore ecosystem services is an urgent global need, and high productivity means high tree growth and high carbon storage, which help to reduce greenhouse gases and at the same time provide shelter and protect biodiversity."

WANG Yi

Institutes of Science and Development

"China has no easy route to carbon neutrality. Numerous uncertainties remain, and the road ahead will be constructed along the way, through reforms and trial and error. China should approach the task as an opportunity to 'learn by doing'."

DING Zhongli

Former Vice-President of CAS

"This is an ambitious but extremely difficult strategic goal. As far as my country is concerned, the cumulative carbon emissions per capita is much lower than the major developed countries and also smaller than the global average. Our pursuit of carbon neutrality by 2060 is far more difficult than developed countries."

DUAN Hongbo

University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences

"A stringent climate target requires substantial deployment of carbon capture and storage (CCS), but this would require significant investment, CCS would allow China to continue using some coal-fired power in the long term."

LIU Zhongmin

Dalian Institute Of Chemical Physics

"For achieving peak carbon emissions and carbon neutrality, it is important to make an overall plan aiming at the establishment of a clean, low-carbon, safe and efficient energy system. Together with breakthroughs in key technologies, we could promote national energy revolution based on successful regional energy revolution demonstration, for resolving systematic energy problems."

PAN Jiaofeng

Institutes of Science and Development

"The Center for Carbon Neutrality Strategy represents a key measure in serving the nation's carbon dioxide emissions peak and carbon neutrality goals, it aims to become a major contributor to carbon neutrality strategies and related policy and decision-making."

YU Guirui

Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research

"Terrestrial ecosystems have massive carbon sink potential, and can play a critical role in achieving the carbon goals."

ZHANG Tao

Vice-President of CAS

"Fulfilling the two carbon goals will represent a profound socioeconomic revolution affecting numerous fields. It is imperative for science workers across multiple disciplines to work together and make technological breakthroughs."