研究计划for,Joint,Program博士 Research Plan for Joint Ph. D. Program Name Surname First name Gender Date of birth (yy/mm/dd) College Major Domestic supervisor Hosting foreign country Hosting foreign institution Hosting faculty or department Hosting foreign supervisor Area of research Duration of study months (from to ) RESEARCH PROJECT TITLE : Catalytic conversion of biomass to biochemicals BACKGROUND AND INTRODUCTION OF THE RESEARCH PROJECT: The 21st century is an era with a rapidly declining supply of petroleum and chemical resources. The economic growth around the globe is increasingly driving more need for energy and chemicals.《The Statistics of BP energy of the world》provides an authritive analysis of the situation of current resources in petroleum and chemicals. The petroleum reserves on the Earth can only sustain its production for about another 40 years; and those of coal and natural gas can sustain for another, respectively, 65 and 155 years. Currently, most countries in the world suffer from a shortage of energy resources. Renewable energy are especially attractive alternative. The utilization of fossil fuel results in green house effect and environmental pollution. Therefore, the exploitation of renewable energy in a large scale has already bee a crucial part of energy strategies of every nation for future use. The confer
