In May 2014, Mr. Chen Qingtai, former Party Secretary and Deputy Director of the Development Research Center of the State Council, and Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Center for Industrial Development and Environmental Governance of Tsinghua University, announced the establishment of the "Electric Vehicle Committee of 100" at Tsinghua. Mr. Feng Fei, Director of the Department of Industrial Policy of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), undertook the major project of Tsinghua CIDEG - "China Vehicle Energy Study", which has already made a milestone achievement.