- Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)
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China’s two sessions of 2023: trend for green development, green finance, and Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)

China’s annual “Two Sessions” meetings took place from March 4 to March 13, 2023. ...
Green Finance in China (3): Trends and Recommendations for future Development

This article is the first of a three part series on green finance trends in China: The first part fo...
Green Finance Guideline (Baseline) for China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC)

The Green Finance Guideline (Baseline) for the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) incorporate 1...
Scenarios for financial modeling of coal retirement in Asia

The role of scenarios for valuing early coal retirement opportunities In this issue brief, we introd...
Green Finance Trends in China (2): Green Finance Instruments

This article is the first of a series of posts on green finance trends in China. Green Finance Trend...
Green Finance trends in China (1): China’s Green Finance Policy Landscape

This article is the first of a series of posts on green finance trends in China. The work was prepar...
China Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) Investment Report 2022

The new BRI investment report covers the period until December 2022. Download the full report here K...
New report: Debt-for-nature swap – a commissioned report for China’s Green Finance Committee

As the world’s largest bilateral creditor nation, China may be considering strategies and plans fo...
Bridgetown Initiative: a transformation of development finance system for improved climate adaptation and resilience in emerging economies?

The 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) held in Egypt in November was important fo...
Development finance in 2022 – a short overview of key developments

The year 2022 saw much action in development finance. As we predicted in our last year’s outlo...
New Issue Brief: Accelerated Retirement of China’s Overseas Coal-Fired Power Plants Can Unlock Massive Energy Transition Potentials for South and Southeast Asia

A foundational pillar of addressing climate change that was unthinkable only three years ago is now ...
Report for G20 Climate and Sustainability working group: Innovative finance towards a low-carbon and climate-resilient future

On November 16, 2022, the G20 meeting in Bali, Indonesia under Indonesia’s presidency conclude...
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.