While global attention centers on China's economic targets as top officials meet in Beijing to map out blueprints for the country's development over the next five years and beyond, policies on environmental protection, specifically reducing carbon emissions, are expected to be highlighted in the new 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-25), Chinese experts said.

Though the United States is planning to leave the landmark Paris climate agreement, the door for Sino-US climate cooperation remains open, said Kevin Rudd, the former Australian prime minister.

BEIJING, Aug. 28 (Xinhua) -- China is on fast track in its transition to a green economy as the country is taking concrete and innovative steps to that end, according to an environmental expert.

China's efforts to combat climate change have yielded fruitful results and its leadership will be vital in the future as countries join hands to tackle the urgent problem, government officials and industry leaders said on Wednesday.

In October 27, 2020, Zou Ji, CEO and President of Energy Foundation China, addressed the UK-China 1.5 track dialogue organized by the British Embassy in China. In response to President Xi Jinping’s carbon neutrality announcement at the UN General Assembly in late September, the meeting shed light on the most pressing challenges ahead and fostered consensus on future UK-China climate collaboration.

During the 75th United Nations General Assembly held on September 22, 2020, President Xi Jinping announced that China will peak carbon emissions by 2030 and strive to realize carbon neutrality by 2060.

Shanghai celebrated a major achievement for green urban development and people-friendly mobility in September 2020 as the iconic Nanjing East Road became fully pedestrianized.

In June, Beijing Municipal Research Institute of Environmental Protection hosted an online workshop to reveal its findings on key issues of local regulation for mobile source emissions control, a research supported by Energy Foundation China.

In late May 2020, Energy Foundation China (EF China) organized its sixth Economists Dialogue on global and China’s low carbon and green development agenda, focused on China’s green post-pandemic economic stimulus and the 14th Five-Year Plan.

On March 26th of 2020, organized by Energy Foundation China (EF China) and Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), International Technical Supporting Platform for City Emission Peaking (ISP-CEP) held the first online workshop of “Promoting Individual Low-carbon Consumption”. Representatives and experts from China National Textile and Apparel Council, Didi, Meituan-Dianping, Carbonstop, ClimateWorks Foundation and 11 members organization of ISP-CEP jointly attended the workshop.

In May 2020, Ipsos Consulting, with support from Energy Foundation China, released this survey summary report on how the Chinese public view different car plate control and road restriction policies.

In 2020, the China Automotive Technology and Research Center released this report on Hainan’s electric vehicle charging infrastructure with support from Energy Foundation China.

In 2020, with support from Energy Foundation China and the Online-to-Offline (O2O) freight platform data courtesy of the Manbang Group, the School of Transportation and Logistics of Southwest Jiaotong University released this report on China’s freight industry.

In July of 2020, with support from Energy Foundation China, the Guangzhou Institute of Energy Conversion, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the Guangdong Provincial Transportation Planning Research Center jointly released this research report on Guangzhou’s future transportation system.