November 21, 2020, the 27th CIDEG Joint Meeting of Academic Committee and Board of Directors was held in Beijing. The meeting was a full-day session joined by CIDEG Board directors and Academic Committee members in-person and via online video link. Academic Committee members and Board directors at the meeting were Hatta Tatsuo, Barry Naughton, Tokuchi Tatsuhito, Dong Changzheng, Gao Shiji, Hu Angang, Jiang Xiaojuan, Ji Weidong, Qin Xiao, Tatsuro Ueda, Seiya Nakao, Xiao Meng, Hoshi Takeo, Xue Lan, Zha Daojiong, as well as CIDEG Distinguished Research Fellow Tsugami Toshiya, representative from Toyota Corporation, CIDEG Director Chen Ling, CIDEG Assistant Director Zhao Jing, etc. As invited participants, Director Ma Jun and Deputy Director Lv Lei, Tsinghua-Toyota Joint Research Institute also joined the meeting. The main items on the meeting agenda included the reviewing and discussion on Administrative Measures for CIDEG Adjunct Research Fellows (Draft), changes to the Board of Directors, Development and Adaptive Regulation for Emerging Industries, CIDEG 2020 Summary Work Report and 2021 Work Plan, CIDEG Translation Series, as well as CIDEG fnancial statement and budget report, etc.