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environmental governance, energy conservation policy, policy implementation, policy learning, climate policy, sustainable development, China

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Employment (4)

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology: Hong Kong, Hong Kong, HK

2021-01-04 to present | Assistant Professor (Division of Public Policy)
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Xiaofan Zhao

Tsinghua University: Beijing, Beijing, CN

2018-10-12 to 2020-10-31 | Post-doctoral Fellow (School of Public Policy and Management)
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Xiaofan Zhao

World Resources Institute: Washington, DC, US

2009-06-01 to 2019-12-01 | Sustainable Energy Fellow
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Xiaofan Zhao

Climate Policy Initiative at Tsinghua: Beijing, CN

2011-10 to 2013-08 | Policy Analyst (School of Public Policy and Management, Tsinghua University)
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Education and qualifications (4)

Tsinghua University School of Public Policy and Management: Beijing, Beijing, CN

2013-09 to 2018-04 | PhD in public administration (School of Public Policy and Management)
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Xiaofan Zhao

University of California Berkeley College of Natural Resources: Berkeley, CA, US

2010-07 to 2011-05 | PhD (withdrawn) (Agricultural and Resource Economics)
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Xiaofan Zhao

Stanford University School of Engineering: Stanford, CA, US

2009-01 to 2010-06 | MS in management science and engineering (Department of Management Science and Engineering)
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Stanford University School of Engineering: Stanford, CA, US

2005-09 to 2009-01 | BS in environmental engineering (Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering)
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Works (16)

Managing Extreme Rainfall and Flooding Events: A Case Study of the 20 July 2021 Zhengzhou Flood in China

Climate
2023-11-12 | Journal article
Contributors: Xiaofan Zhao; Huimin Li; Qin Cai; Ye Pan; Ye Qi
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Quantifying the Potential Co-Benefit of Air Quality Improvement on Cultural Heritage in China

Sustainability
2023-05-28 | Journal article
Contributors: Ximo Wang; Huimin Li; Yufei Wang; Xiaofan Zhao
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Three Decades of Climate Policymaking in China: A View of Learning

Sustainability
2022-02-15 | Journal article
Contributors: Xiaofan Zhao; Ye Qi
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Understanding systemic risk induced by climate change

Advances in Climate Change Research
2021-06 | Journal article
Contributors: Hui-Min LI; Xue-Chun WANG; Xiao-Fan ZHAO; Ye QI
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Why Do Firms Obey?: the State of Regulatory Compliance Research in China

Journal of Chinese Political Science
2020-06-16 | Journal article
Contributors: Xiaofan Zhao; Ye Qi
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The energy injustice of hydropower: Development, resettlement, and social exclusion at the Hongjiang and Wanmipo hydropower stations in China

Energy Research & Social Science
2020-04 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2214-6296
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Experts’ conservative judgment and containment of COVID-19 in early outbreak

Journal of Chinese Governance
2020-04-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Ye Qi; Coco Dijia Du; Tianle Liu; Xiaofan Zhao; Changgui Dong
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Back to the future: Can Chinese doubling down and American muddling through fulfill 21st century needs for environmental governance?

Environmental Policy and Governance
2020-03 | Journal article
Contributors: Xiaofan Zhao; Oran R. Young; Ye Qi; Dan Guttman
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The consistency of China's energy statistics and its implications for climate policy

Journal of Cleaner Production
2018 | Journal article
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Xiaofan Zhao

China's numerical management system for reducing national energy intensity

Energy Policy
2016 | Journal article
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Enterprise-level amount of energy saved targets in China: weaknesses and a way forward

Journal of Cleaner Production
2016 | Journal article
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Interpreting the Evolution of the Energy-Saving Target Allocation System in China (2006–13): A View of Policy Learning

World Development
2016-06-01 | Journal article
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Institutionalized governance processes: Comparing environmental problem solving in China and the United States

Global Environmental Change
2015 | Journal article
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Implementation of energy-saving policies in China: How local governments assisted industrial enterprises in achieving energy-saving targets

Energy Policy
2014-03 | Journal article
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Regional disparities and carbon “outsourcing”: The political economy of China's energy policy

Energy
2014-03 | Journal article
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Implementing China's national energy conservation policies at state-owned electric power generation plants

Energy Policy
2010-10 | Journal article
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Xiaofan Zhao

Peer review (1 review for 1 publication/grant)

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