A commemorative academic forum for the 20thanniversary of the Tsinghua University-Kyoto University Cooperative Research and Education Center for Environmental Technology (CRECET) was held at Kyoto University Yoshida Campus. Co-organized by Kyoto University and Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School (Tsinghua SIGS), the forum celebrated CRECETs achievements while exploring future directions for Sino-Japanese collaboration in environmental science and technology.At the opening ceremony, A