China Academy of Urban Planning & Design (CAUPD) and EF China signed on January 19 a memorandum of understanding on establishing ‘China's Urbanization Think Tank Forum’

The China Urban Sustainability Coalition, along with multiple non-profit organizations that advocate for sustainable urbanization in China, jointly released the Ten Key Principles of Low Carbon Urbanization on December 3rd in Paris, at China Pavilion of the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 21), offering recommendations for Chinese cities’ transition towards a green and low-carbon development model.

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.

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.

During 2019–2020, Energy Foundation China supported the School of Architecture, Tsinghua university to predict China’s future population and spatial distribution, key factors influencing the country’s urbanization process. Their findings were released in this report in October 2020.

In November 2020, Shenzhen Institute of Building Research completed this report on the electrification of buildings, with support from Energy Foundation China.

With support from Energy Foundation China, Guangzhou Institute of Energy Conversion, an affiliation of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, released this research report in July 2020 exploring how to achieve sustainable economic growth in Guangzhou with multiple targets of carbon peaking, minimal coal consumption, and air quality attainment.

With support from Energy Foundation China, the China Academy of Building Research completed this research in 2020 on how to promote nearly-zero energy buildings in a large scale.