In recent years, Institute of Electrical Engineering (IEE),
Chinese
Academy
of Sciences, has been actively cooperating with SolarPACES members via many international communications such as exchanging visits, project applications and so on, participating in the SolarPACES 2008, SolarPACES 2009, SolarPACES 2010.
April 2010, Professor Wang Zhifeng was invited as observer to attend the executive committee conference of SolarPACES held in Chejudao (
Korea
), and gave a report. After the meeting,
Institute
of
Electrical Engineering
was invited to participate in SolarPACES.
In May 2010,
Institute
of
Electrical Engineering
received the formal invitation letter from executive secretary- general Dc. Christoph Richter of SolarPACES. June 2010,
Institute
of
Electrical Engineering
submitted the application to Department of High and New Technology Development and Industrialization and Department of International Cooperation, MOST.
In February 2011, Department of High and New Technology Development and Industrialization (MOST) replied and agreed the IEE to participate in the Implementing Agreement of International Energy Agency.
On March 1st 2011, corporate representative of IEE signed the signature on the document participating in SolarPACES, which became effective immediately and meant that IEE had participated in SolarPACES officially.