In November 2008, China’s Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP) invited a number of U.S. air pollution experts to a workshop in Beijing to discuss the proposed amendment of China's Atmospheric Pollution Prevention and Control Law (Air Pollution Law) as well as lessons from the U.S. air pollution regulatory system, such as the 1970 U.S. Clean Air Act and its subsequent amendments (CAA) that can be applied in China. China's Air Pollution Law has not been amended since 2000, and many provisions of the Air Pollution Law need to be altered to respond to the ever-growing demand from China's rapidly developing energy sector, even in just the last 10 years.