ICARE held the launch conference of international collaborative project of solar thermal utilization on September 26th, which is successfully applied by our institute with the help of School of Thermal and Power Engnieering. ICARE Chinese co-dean Prof. Huang Shuhong, ,Chinese project team members Prof. Zhang Yanping, Prof. Hu Song, as well as ICARE European project coordinator Prof. Didier MAYER, EU team members Prof. Inmaculada Arauzo and Prof.Cortes Critobal from University of Zaragoza had a deep exchange and discussion on the project, including specific work assignment, scheduling arrangement and etc. They reached a consensus at the conference, which symbolized the official launching of the project.