On March 6, the first academic conference of 2013 was held in our institute, given by Dr. Kaare Sandholt, with the topic “Renewable Energy in China, Development trends and current challenges”. Dr. Sandholt is Chief Expert at the China National Renewable Energy Centre, as well as the International Advisor for the Sino-Danish Renewable Energy Programme. The conference focused on the technology and development situation, distribution, advantage and disadvantage, etc. of hydro power, solar, wind and biomass. Based on long time research and rich data, Dr. Sandholt also analyzed the energy development trends and challenges of China.