General Introduction
CHN Energy strongly implements the innovation-driven strategy and gives innovation foremost place in its strategic direction. By continuously improving its scientific innovation system and pushing forward the breakthroughs into key areas, CHN Energy gains novel momentum and advantages in the upcoming competition. At present, CHN Energy directly runs 4 R&D institutes, named Guodian Institute of Science and Technology, National Institute of Clean-and-low Carbon Energy, Guodian Institute of New Energy Technology and National Institute of Energy Technology and Economics respectively. Besides, there are 9 institutes run by CHN Energy’s branches or subsidiaries, with 1883 researchers. In total, CHN Energy owns 12 national-level research platforms, 5 academician workstations and 13 postdoctoral workstations and has cultivated 1 academician independently. With 7 academicians working as CHN Energy’s chief scientists, 3 cooperative innovation centers were founded based on the academicians and their teams, namely the Cooperative Innovation Center of Clean-and-efficient Usage of Coal and Climate Change, the Cooperative Innovation Center of New Energy and Environment Protection and the Cooperative Innovation Center of Intelligent Power Generation.