It has been the second time for him to participate in the training workshop on biogas promotion and management organized by Biogas Institute of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (BIOMA), China. Twelve Pakistani people from universities, government official, research institutes, and enterprises took part in the workshop, an indication of expedited cooperation between the two countries on biogas technology. Compared with natural gas which mainly comes from oil and coal mine exploration, biogas is a renewable resource with continuous production-and-use cycle, and it generates zero net carbon dioxide. By consuming wastes and producing energy at the same time, it is acclaimed as “the only zero-carbon fuel in real sense of all renewable sources”. Pakistan has over 5000 installed biogas plants across the country which save an average of PKR 455 million annually in terms of kerosene oil, wood, liquefied petroleum gas and bio-fertilizer. “But the cost of biogas technology nearly doubles that of natural gas. While the monthly fee of natural gas per household is about RMB 10-25, that of biogas may reach RMB 50-65”, Farooq said. In this regard, Farooq recommends mutual solutions by the global community. “The environment is shard by all. Pollution is a global problem and requires concerted efforts”, he told CEN. As energy shortage and climate change have become global ailments, Pak-China cooperation on bio-technology is gaining pace. In China, an estimation shows that about 30% of the rural households suitable for biogas equipment have been benefiting from the technology, saving RMB 40 billion of expenditure on fertilizers per year. Responding to the call for cleaner energy, BIOMA has invested in a digester installation made from glass fiber reinforced plastics in Punjab by providing equipment and technologies. In the future, local households will get access to the clean energy and biogas manure produced from the facility. As early as 2015, BIOMA signed an MoU with the University of Agriculture Faisalabad on biogas technology cooperation. Since then, the two sides have been conducting academic and technological exchanges. “Advances in gas cleanup and conversion technology such as digesters and gasifiers will expand the amount of feedstock that can be economically converted”, said Farooq. “Taking a step further, it is extremely important to develop the technologies indigenously for the low price and sustainability of the technology”.