Prof. Yuan Xu

Yuan Xu is an associate professor in the Department of Geography and Resource Management and leads the Environmental Policy and Governance Programme in the Institute of Environment, Energy and Sustainability as well as the Center for Uban Innovation in the Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. He has published widely on energy and environmental policy, governance and strategy, and technological and industrial development, covering fossil fuels and renewables. He has been the President of the Professional Association for China’s Environment (PACE) since 2022. He is also a co-founder and currently the secretary general of the Chinese Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (CAERE). Before joining CUHK in August 2010, he received a Ph.D. degree in public policy from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University and was a postdoctoral research associate in the Industrial Performance Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He also holds an M.S. degree in climatology, a B.S. degree in atmospheric sciences and a bachelor’s degree in economics, all from Peking University.