Carbon Peaking and Carbon Neutrality in China: Theory and Practice

About Chunguang ShengDingming XuJinliang Li

Dingming Xu: Member of the National Climate Change Expert Committee (the second and third sessions) Deputy Director of the National Energy Expert Advisory Committee former Counselor of the State Council Director of the Energy Bureau of the National Development and Reform Commission. Mr. Xu has extensive experience in energy development strategy research planning formulation and the implementation of major national projects. Jinliang (Thomas) Li: Ph.D. Professor-level Senior Engineer Visiting Professor at the University of British Columbia (UBC). Former Chief Engineer and the Second Board Member of China Green Carbon Foundation under the supervision of the State Forestry Administration Expert in National Forestry Science and Technology Founding President and Chief Expert of the Beijing Institute of Green Resources (BIGR) Chairman of Beijing Think-tank Green Technology Limited(BTGTL) Expert in the National Carbon Market Capacity Building (Chengdu) Center and Expert in the Validation and Verification of Forestry Carbon Projects within the Chinese Certified Emission Reduction (CCER) framework. Dr. Li has extensive experience in research and development in the fields of carbon peaking carbon neutrality forestry carbon credit development and trading low-carbon strategies and climate change. He received the Second Prize of the Liangxi Forestry Science and Technology Progress Award (2016) from the former State Forestry Administration and the Chinese Forestry Society. Additionally the projects he has been involved in have also been honored with the Second Prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Award. Chunguang Sheng: Ph.D. Associate Professor Supervisor of Master's students in the School of Economics and Management at Northeast Forestry University. Visiting scholar at the University of British Columbia (UBC). Expert and Secretary-General of the Heilongjiang Modern Forestry and Carbon Sink Economy Think Tank expert in Heilongjiang Carbon Sink Economy Development Planning and expert at the Beijing Institute of Green Resources. Dr. Sheng has extensive experience in research on carbon peaking carbon neutrality carbon sink economy green finance and carbon finance. She participated in a project titled Development Mechanism Design and Application of Chinas Carbon Finance Market which won the Second Prize of the Liangxi Forestry Science and Technology Progress Award (2021) from the National Forestry and Grassland Administration and the Chinese Forestry Society.