Professional Experience

 
 
 
 
 
Assistant Professor
November 2025 – Present Xiamen, China
Research on sustainable AI, climate policy, low-carbon energy transition, and resource and environmental economics.
 
 
 
 
 
Visiting Scholar
December 2024 – June 2025 Berkeley, CA, USA
Hosted by Fan Dai and Daniel Farber. Comparative research on China-California carbon market and offset program design.
 
 
 
 
 
Researcher (Special Task Force Member)
Ministry of Ecology and Environment of the People’s Republic of China
June 2024 – June 2025 Beijing
Assisted the Department of Climate Change in research on key issues of China’s national carbon market construction, including allowance auctioning and sectoral expansion. Core member of the central-document task force that drafted “Opinions on Advancing Green and Low-carbon Transition and Strengthening the National Carbon Market” issued by the General Office of the CPC Central Committee and the General Office of the State Council.
 
 
 
 
 
Researcher (Special Task Force Member)
Ministry of Finance of the People’s Republic of China
February 2024 – April 2024 Beijing
Member of the special task force of the Department of Natural Resources and Ecological Environment on “Accelerating the Establishment of a Fiscal and Taxation System Corresponding to the Dual-Carbon Goals”.

Research Projects

 
 
 
 
 
Principal Investigator
Fujian Provincial Natural Science Foundation (Innovative Young Scientist Program)
June 2026 – Present Fujian, China
Design of Dynamic Ex-Post Baselines for Quantifying Forestry Carbon Sequestration Offset Credits.
 
 
 
 
 
Principal Investigator
Xiamen Natural Science Foundation (Youth Program)
June 2026 – Present Xiamen, China
International Comparison and Policy Implications for the Key Mechanism Development of China’s National Carbon Market.
 
 
 
 
 
Investigator
Environmental Defense Fund (Beijing Representative Office)
December 2024 – Present Beijing
Research on the Use and Management of Revenue from Allowance Auctioning in China’s National Carbon Market.
 
 
 
 
 
Investigator
Ministry of Ecology and Environment / Tsinghua University National Think Tank
July 2024 – December 2024 Beijing
Research on Allowance Auctioning in China’s National Carbon Emissions Trading Market (Key Research Task of the National High-end Think Tank, 2024WTJF0446).
 
 
 
 
 
Investigator
Environmental Defense Fund (Beijing Representative Office)
September 2023 – September 2024 Beijing
Assessment of Application Conditions and Case Studies of Continuous Emissions Monitoring Systems in China’s National Carbon Market (Power Sector).
 
 
 
 
 
Investigator
Ministry of Finance / Tsinghua University Think Tank Center
July 2023 – October 2023 Beijing
Research on Fiscal and Tax Policies Supporting the Dual-Carbon Goals (Key Research Task of the National High-end Think Tank, 2023WTJF0615).
 
 
 
 
 
Investigator
Beijing Transport Institute
June 2022 – June 2023 Beijing
Empirical Study on the Mechanism of Carbon Inclusion and the Additionality of Generated Carbon Credits.
 
 
 
 
 
Investigator
Environmental Defense Fund (Beijing Representative Office)
December 2022 – December 2023 Beijing
Allowance Allocation Scheme for the Third Compliance Cycle of the National Carbon Market and Linkage with the Dual-Control System for Carbon Emissions.
 
 
 
 
 
Investigator
Environmental Defense Fund (Beijing Representative Office)
September 2022 – September 2023 Beijing
Analysis of Carbon Price Drivers and Auction Mechanism Design for China’s National Carbon Market.
 
 
 
 
 
Investigator
Tsinghua University - Toyota Joint Research Institute
April 2022 – March 2023 Beijing
Tradable Performance Standard in China and Japan-China Dialogue on Carbon Emissions Trading Mechanisms.
 
 
 
 
 
Investigator
Ministry of Ecology and Environment / Tsinghua University
July 2022 – December 2022 Beijing
International Experience in Carbon Accounting by Financial Institutions and Implications for China (Key Research Task of the National High-end Think Tank, 2022WTJF0330).
 
 
 
 
 
Investigator
Environmental Defense Fund (Beijing Representative Office)
September 2021 – September 2022 Beijing
Research on the Design of the Auction Mechanism in China’s National Carbon Market.
 
 
 
 
 
Investigator
China Institute for Innovation & Development Strategy
June 2021 – May 2022 Beijing
China-California Carbon Market Cooperation Project.
 
 
 
 
 
Investigator
Environmental Defense Fund (Beijing Representative Office)
September 2020 – September 2021 Beijing
Data Quality Analysis and Early-Warning System for Enterprises Participating in the Carbon Market.

Conferences

 
 
 
 
 
Participant
PACE Annual Conference 2023 — China’s Environment & Development under Carbon Neutrality & De-globalization
August 2023 – August 2023 Hong Kong, China
 
 
 
 
 
Participant
The 29th Annual Conference of the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (EAERE)
July 2024 – July 2024 Leuven, Belgium
 
 
 
 
 
Participant
The Fifth Iteration of the Workshop in Environmental Economics and Data Science
April 2025 – April 2025 Portland, Oregon, USA
 
 
 
 
 
Participant
The 6th Workshop on Resource Security and Economic Sciences
May 2025 – May 2025 Xiamen University, China
 
 
 
 
 
Participant
The 25th Annual IEA-IETA-EPRI Workshop on Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading
December 2025 – December 2025 Paris, France
 
 
 
 
 
Participant
The 7th Workshop on Resource Security and Economic Sciences
May 2026 – May 2026 Xiamen University, China