Established in January 1981, China Energy Research Society （CERS）is a national, academic and non-profit social organization voluntarily established by enterprises, institutions, social organizations and people working in energy science and technology areas. CERS was approved for registration by the Ministry of Civil Affairs (the administration authority of societies) and is under the guidance, supervision and administration of China Association for Science and Technology. At present, there are more than 600 company members, more than 50,000 individual members, under the 10 working committees, 43 professional committees and 5 branches, 8 offices and 1 magazine.