Steady Progress Has Been Made in Sino-German Bioenergy Cooperation

Author： Published：07/16/2015 Source：

China is continuously developing its bilateral cooperation in the field of biogas. In March 2015 the Chinese Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) and the German Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL) opened the joint Sino-German Agricultural Centre (DCZ) in Beijing, aiming to support all agricultural related cooperation activities between the two countries. Biogas as cross-cutting technology through the agricultural production chain will also be supported. Under this cooperation, the ongoing biogas cooperation of both ministries will be continued. The bilateral biogas working group held their third biogas working group meeting in China in the beginning of February 2015, concluding the work plan for the years 2013 and 2014. Amongst other, the results included the identification of a site for a Sino-German Biogas Demonstration Plant in Yutian, Hebei Province， with adoption of the concept and biogas equipment from German industry. 

Since the Chinese perception of the quality of the German biogas sector remains high, several cooperations between Chinese and German entities have been formed during the last years already,further deepening the cooperation be­tween the biogas sectors of both countries. The ongoing governmental support promises a stable framework for the future cooperation between stakeholders of both countries in the field of biogas and a great benefit for the next development steps of the Chinese biogas sector, including more frequent Sino-German biogas industry communication and exchange of views.