The research team for the study of clean gas energy of the Research Institute of Resources and Environment Policies held a seminar on policies for the development of coal methane at the Development Research Center of the State Council on Sept 4.

The seminar was chaired by Gao Shiji, director-general of the research institute. Guo Jiaofeng, assistant of director of the institute, gave a report on the development of coal methane. Experts and scholars from the China National Petroleum and Chemical Planning Institute, the China Coal Research Institute, Sinopec Great Wall Energy and Chemical Co, and the Development Research Center of the State Council attended the seminar.