In December 2021, with the support of Energy Foundation China, Shanghai Economic Information Center and Shanghai Academy of Environmental Sciences jointly released this report exploring a synergetic control strategy for greenhouse gases and criteria air pollutants in Shanghai for the period of 2021 to 2025.

In December 2021, supported by Energy Foundation China, the Beijing Institute of Finance and Sustainability and the Modern Finance Research Institute of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China released this report reviewing how financial institutions in China are disclosing environmental information of their portfolios.

In November 2021, the ZKHY Energy Internet Research Institute released this summary report about how to make holistic district-level energy development planning for buildings. Support for this research came from Energy Foundation China.

In August 2021, with support from Energy Foundation China, the Zhejiang Economic Information Center published this roadmap report on how to reduce coal consumption in the developed eastern province of Zhejiang by 2025 and further into the future.

In November 2021, with support from Energy Foundation China, Shenzhen Institute of Building Research completed this report providing analysis for a new design standard for low voltage direct current power (LVDC) distribution system in residential and other non-industrial public buildings, as well as summarizing promotion activities for building electrification.

In October 2021, the Center for Global Sustainability at University of Maryland completed this policy research on building energy efficiency retrofits, with support from Energy Foundation China.

In June 2021, Renmin University released this report analyzing the costs and risks of coal-fired plants in China, with the focus on the transition of the coal power system. Support for this research came from Energy Foundation China.

With support from Energy Foundation China, the China Clean Air Policy Partnership released this report in September 2021, which was co-authored by Tsinghua University’s Institute for Carbon Neutrality and Institute for Global Change Studies, Peking University’s College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, and the Chinese Academy of Environmental Planning.

In August 2021, with Energy Foundation China’s support, Peking University and the Foreign Environmental Cooperation Center, a think tank overseen by China’s Ministry of Ecology and Environment, released this executive summary of their cooperative project regarding how China should reduce its hydrofluorocarbon (HFC)-23 emissions to fulfill its Kigali Amendment commitments. A few months earlier, China ratified the amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer.