40 Anniversary Celebration for China Geothermal Development and Utilization (since initialed by Li Siguang) and China Geothermal Development workshop, jointly organized by The ministry of Land and Resources for Geological Environments and other six unites, were held from Oct. 15th to 18th in Beijing. More than 200 representatives participated the celebration and workshop.

Achievement obtained in geothermal development over forth year in China was summarized. It was emphasized that to make sure a sustainable and stable power supply in the future, China should put much more effort to develop geothermal power technology.

In the special topic seminar, Mr. Gong Yulie, adjunct professor of Guangzhou Institute of Energy Conversion (GIEC) gave a presentation titled research on geothermal binary power system; introduced accomplishments of GIEC in geothermal utilization technologies in recently years, which attracted great interests of the attendees.

GIEC Professor Ma Weibin and other three colleagues took part in the workshop as well. They visited Geothermal Center of Tianjin University. During the visit, both side made academic exchange and hope to strengthen the cooperation to promote the development of geothermal power technology in China.