The Tsinghua-BP Clean Energy Research and Education Center (THCEC) was officially founded at July 23, 2003. The aim of the centre is to build a world-class research center of China's energy strategy by integrating the research capabilities on energy technology, energy system, energy strategy and energy policy in Tsinghua University and also other domestic and foreign organizations. Currently, the academic research in THCEC mainly includes two directions: one is energy technology, and another is energy system and energy strategy.