The Green Finance & Development Center and its team regularly develop reports, studies, opinions and other publications on green finance, green Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), sustainable development, ESG, biodiversity finance, climate finance, green innovation finance and related topics. You can explore all our publications here.
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China’s two sessions of 2023: trend for green development, green finance, and Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)

Green Finance in China (3): Trends and Recommendations for future Development

Green Finance Guideline (Baseline) for China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC)

Scenarios for financial modeling of coal retirement in Asia

Green Finance Trends in China (2): Green Finance Instruments

Green Finance trends in China (1): China’s Green Finance Policy Landscape

China Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) Investment Report 2022

New report: Debt-for-nature swap – a commissioned report for China’s Green Finance Committee

New Issue Brief: Accelerated Retirement of China’s Overseas Coal-Fired Power Plants Can Unlock Massive Energy Transition Potentials for South and Southeast Asia

Report for G20 Climate and Sustainability working group: Innovative finance towards a low-carbon and climate-resilient future

Brief: China Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) Investment Report H1 2022

Interpretation: New CBIRC “Green Finance Guidelines for the Banking and Insurance Industry”

Song Ziying
Ziying SONG is a researcher at the Green Finance & Development Center. She previously served as a Senior Analyst at CDP and a consultant at China Energy Conservation and Environmental Protection Group (CECEP) Consulting in Beijing, China. She has worked on cross-sectional projects in energy transition, climate change, and sustainable finance area.
Ziying graduated from Johns Hopkins University (JHU) with a master’s degree in Energy Economics and Management. She also had intern experience with GlobalFoundries, APEC, and South China Institute of Environmental Science of MEE. She is keen to have a deeper dive on research topics at GFDC and deems to develop a long-term career in this field.