Environmental policy and management
Circular economy
Urbanization and sustainability
Climate change
Eco-industrial development
Environmental system analysis
English CV - 刘 哲
Zhe Liu
Full Professor at the School of Public Policy and Administration, Xi'an Jiaotong University, China
Associate Director at the Research Center for Resource and Environmental Management, Xi’an Jiaotong University, China
Adjunct Professor at the School for Resource and Environmental Studies, Dalhousie University, Canada
2022-2023 Delivered Postgraduate Course in Xi’an Jiaotong University- Theory, policy and practice of circular and low carbon development: China and the world (In English)
2021-2023 Delivered Undergraduate Course in Xi’an Jiaotong University- Circular Science and Ecological Civilization (In English)
2017-2019 Delivered the following courses in SRES to Master of Environmental Studies [MES] and Master of Resource and Environmental Management [MREM] students:
ENVI5049 - Special topics course - Eco-industrial strategies: implementation and benefits
School of public policy and administration
Xi’an Jiaotong University
Xi’an, Shaanxi Province
China, 710049
E-Mail: zheliu@xjtu.edu.cn
In the past few years, more than 70 scientific papers have been published in highly reputable international or Chinese journals such as Nature, Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews, Applied Energy, Energy Policy in which I am either lead or co-author. The publications have been cited by the journals for more than 3000 times (Google Scholar).
In 2018, I was mentioned by the scholars across the globe in the research field of circular economy (Worldwide Research on Circular Economy and Environment: A Bibliometric Analysis. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2018. 15(2699): 1-14)
My publications have been reported by the global institutions and multiple media such as the Yale University in USA, China Scientific Web etc. For instance, my published paper“How does circular economy respond to greenhouse gas emissions reduction: An analysis of Chinese plastic recycling industries” in the journal of Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews (2018, 91: 1162-1169) was reported by Yale University on the website (https://environment-review.yale.edu/china-leader-plastic-recycling) and covered by National Scientific Advancement Web in China (http://news.sciencenet.cn/sbhtmlnews/2019/1/342651.shtm?id=342651)
In 2019, I was interviewed by Environment Canada to talk about “The current circular economic development and challenges in Canada, China and across the globe”
PEER-REVIEWED INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL ARTICLES (*Corresponding Author)
1. Liu, Z*., Zhu, HL., Wilson, J., Adams, M., Walker, TR., Xu, YY., Tang, Y., Wang, ZY., Liu, TT., Chen, QH., 2024. Achieving China’s ‘double carbon goals’, an analysis of the potential and cost of carbon capture in the resource-based area: Northwestern China. Energy 292 (130441): 1-17 (IF: 9) SCI
2. Xu, YY., Liu, Z*., Walker, TR., Adams, M., Dong, HJ., 2024. Spatio-temporal patterns and spillover effects of synergy on carbon dioxide emission and pollution reductions in the Yangtze River Delta region in China. Sustainable Cities and Society 107 (105419): 1-17 (IF: 10.5) SCI
3. Zhu, HL., Liu, Z*., Wilson, J., Liu, TT., Negesa, D., Li, YZ., 2024. Spatiotemporal evolution and key driver analysis of ozone pollution from the perspectives of spatial spillover and path dependence effects in China. Environmental Pollution 356 (124318): 1-13 (IF: 7.6) SCI/SSCI
4. Tang, Y., Liu, Z*., Walker, TR., Rodenbiker, J., Li, YZ., Liu, WL., 2025. How centralizing environmental enforcement affects water quality: A quasi-experiment in China. Environmental Impact Assessment Review 110 (107704): 1-12 (IF: 9.8) SSCI
5. Wu, JX., Xu, YY., Liu, Z*., 2024. A Comprehensive Review on Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Emission Reductions in China: Opportunities and Challenges. Carbon Footprints. https://dx.doi.org/10.20517/cf.2024.23
6. Dai, Y., Dong, HJ*., Sun, LX., Li, JZ., Zhang, TY., Geng, Y., Liu, Z., 2024. Life cycle environmental impact assessment of titanium dioxide production in China. Environmental Impact Assessment Review 105 (107412): 1-11 (IF: 9.8) SSCI
7. Liu, Z*., Tang, Y., Wilson, J., Tao, XL., Lv, BJ., Wang, ZY., Xu, YY., Zhang, Z., Zhang, YL., Zhao, W., 2023. Influence of government attention on environmental quality: An analysis of 30 provinces in China. Environmental Impact Assessment Review 100 (107084): 1-14 (IF: 9.8) SSCI （Highly Cited）
8. Liu, Z*., Ashton, WS., Adams, M., Wang, Q., Cote, RP., Walker, TR., Sun, L., Lowitt, P., 2023. Diversity in financing and implementation pathways for industrial symbiosis across the globe. Environment, Development and Sustainability 25 (1): 960-978 (IF: 4.7) SCI
9. Liu, Z*., Xu, YY., Adams, M., Liu, WL., Walker, TR., Domenech, D., Bleischwitz, R., Geng, Y., 2023. Comparative analysis of the contribution of municipal waste management policies to GHG reductions in China. Waste Management Research 41(4) 860–870 (IF: 3.9) SCI
10. Shao, Q., Zhang, Y., Liu, Z., Long, LZ., Liu, ZZ., Chen, YQ., Hu, XM., Lu, MM., Huang, LZ*., 2022. Phosphorus and nitrogen recovery from wastewater by ceramsite: Adsorption mechanism, plant cultivation and sustainability analysis. Science of the Total Environment 805 (150288): 1-12 (IF: 8.2) SCI
11. Bleischwitz, R*., Yang, MY., Huang, BJ., Xu, XZ., Zhou, J., McDowall, W., Andrews-Speed, P., Liu, Z., Geng, Y., 2022. The circular economy in China: Achievements, challenges and potential implications for decarbonisation. Resources, Conservation & Recycling 183 (106350): 1-11 (IF: 11.2) SCI
12. Shrestha, K., Shah, IH., Liu, Z., Park, HS*., 2022. Regional sustainability assessment using emergy accounting approach: The case of Nepal in South Asia. Environmental Engineering Research 27(5): 210329 (IF: 3) SCI
13. Liu, Z*., 2021. Regulate waste recycling internationally. Nature 594, 333 (IF: 50.1) SCI
14. Liu, Z*., Liu, WL., Walker, TR., Adams, M., Zhao, JJ., 2021. How does the global plastic waste trade contribute to environmental benefits: implication for reductions of greenhouse gas emissions?. Journal of Environmental Management 287 (112283): 1-9 (IF: 8) SCI/SSCI
15. Shrestha, K., Shah, IH., Liu, Z., Park, HS*., 2021. Efficiency assessment in co-production systems based on modified emergy accounting approach. Ecological Indicators 126 (107675): 1-7 (IF: 7) SCI
16. Liu, Z*., MacDonald, B., 2020. New Policies and Evaluation System Needed to Address Environmental Concerns in China. Sustainability 12(12), 4924 (1-3) (IF: 3.3) SCI/SSCI （约稿）
17. Lin, YS., Liu, Z*, Liu, R., Yu, XM., Zhang, LM.,2020. Uncovering driving forces of co-benefits achieved by eco-industrial development strategies at the scale of industrial park. Energy and Environment 31(2): 275-290 (IF: 4) SSCI
18. Sun, L., Fujii, M., Li, ZL., Dong, HJ*., Geng, Y., Liu, Z., Fujita, T., Yu, XM., Zhang, YP., 2020. Energy-saving and carbon emission reduction effect of urban-industrial symbiosis implementation with feasibility analysis in the city. Technological Forecasting & Social Change 151 (119853): 1-10 (IF: 12.9) SCI/SSCI
19. Liu, Z*., Liu, WL., Adams, M., Cote, RP., Geng, Y., Chen, SL., 2019. A hybrid model of LCA and emergy for co-benefits assessment associated with waste and by-product reutilization. Journal of Cleaner Production 236 (117670): 1-9 (IF: 9.7) SCI
20. Liu, Z*., Adams, M., Wen, ZG., Massard, G., Dong, HJ., 2019. Review of eco-industrial development around the globe: Recent progress and continuing challenges. Resources, Conservation & Recycling 143, 111-113 (IF: 11.2) SCI
21. Zhang, LM., Geng, Y*., Zhong, YG., Dong, HJ., Liu, Z. 2019. A bibliometric analysis on waste electrical and electronic equipment research. Environmental Science and Pollution Research 26(21): 21098–21108 (IF: 5.19) SCI
22. Huang, BJ., Geng, Y*., Zhao, J., Domenech, T., Liu, Z., Chiu, SF., McDowall, W., Bleischwitz, R., 2019. Evaluation Tool of Eco-industrial Park: Review and Critical Analysis of China's Standard System. Resources, Conservation &Recycling 140: 137-144 (IF: 11.2) SCI
23. Liu, Z., Adams, M*., Cote, RP., Geng, Y*., Chen, QH., Liu, WL., Zhu, XS., 2018. Co-benefits accounting for the implementation of eco-industrial development strategies in the scale of industrial park based on emergy analysis. Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews 81: 1522-1529 (IF: 16.3) SCI/SSCI
24. Liu, Z*., Adams, M., Cote, RP., Chen, QH*., Wu, R., Wen, ZG., Liu, WL., Dong, L., 2018. How does circular economy respond to greenhouse gas emissions reduction: an analysis of Chinese recycling plastic industry. Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews 91: 1162-1169 (IF: 16.3) SCI /SSCI
25. Liu, Z*., Adams, M., Cote, RP., Geng, Y., Li, YZ., 2018. Comparative study on the pathways of industrial parks towards sustainable development between China and Canada. Resources, Conservation & Recycling 128: 417–425 (IF: 11.2) SCI
26. Liu, Z., Adams, M., Walker, RT*., 2018. Are exports of recyclable from developed to developing countries waste pollution transfer or part of the global circular economy? Resources, Conservation &Recycling 136: 22-23 (IF: 11.2) SCI
27. Liu, Z*., Walker, RT., 2018. China’s ban is all not doom for global recycling industries. Science (eLetters): http://science.sciencemag.org/content/339/6127/1526/tab-e-letters
28. Wang, H., Liu, Z., Sun, LN*., Wang, YG., Luo, Q., Wu, H., Wang, XX., 2018. Characterization and Risk Assessment of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Surface Water from Liaohe River, Northeast China. Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds 38(5), 389-401 (IF: 2.4) SCI
29. Liu, Z*., Adams, M., Cote, RP., Chen, QH., Liu, WL., Sun, L., Yu, XM., 2017. Comprehensive development of industrial symbiosis for the response of greenhouse gases emission mitigation: challenges and opportunities in China. Energy Policy 102: 88-95 (IF: 9.3) SCI/SSCI
30. Liu, Z*., Adams, M., Wen, ZG., Massard, G., Dong, HJ., 2017. Eco-industrial development around the globe: recent progress and continuing challenges. Resources, Conservation & Recycling 127：A1-A2 (IF: 11.2) SCI
31. Wang, H., Sun, LN., Liu, Z*., Luo, Q., 2017. Spatial Distribution and Seasonal Variations of Heavy Metal Contamination in Surface Waters of Liaohe River, Northeast China. Chinese Geographical Science 27(1): 52-62 (IF: 3.4) SCI
32. Dong, HJ., Dai, HC., Geng, Y*., Fujita, T., Liu, Z., Yang, X., Wu, R., Fuji, M., 2017. Exploring impact of carbon tax on China's CO2 reductions and provincial disparities. Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews 77:596-603 (IF: 16.3) SCI/SSCI
33. Lu, YSY., Geng, Y*., Liu, Z., Cote, PR., Yu, XM., 2017. Measuring sustainability at the community level: An overview of China's indicator system on National Demonstration Sustainable Communities. Journal of Cleaner Production 143, 326-335 (IF: 9.7) SCI
34. Chen, W., Liu, Z., Geng, Y*., Chiu, A., Han, WY., Liu, ZQ., Zhong, SZ.,, Qian, YY., You, W., Cui, XW., 2017. A Bibliometric Review: Energy Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the Residential Sector. Journal of Cleaner Production 159, 301-316 (IF: 9.7) SCI
35. Li, ZL., Sun, L., Geng, Y*., Dong, HJ*., Ren, JZ., Liu, Z., Tian, X., Yabar, H., Higano, Y., 2017. Examining industrial structure evolution changes and corresponding carbon emission reduction effect by combining an input-output analysis and a social network analysis: A comparative study of China and Japan. Journal of Cleaner Production 162：61-70 (IF: 9.7) SCI
36. Liu, Z*., Geng, Y., Adams, M., Dong, L., Sun, LN., Zhao, JJ., Dong, HJ., Wu, J., Tian, X., 2016. Uncovering driving forces on greenhouse gas emissions in China’ aluminum industry from the perspective of life cycle analysis. Applied Energy 166: 253-263 (IF: 10.1) SCI
37. Liu, Z., Geng, Y*., Sergio, U., Park, HS., Fujita, T., Wang, H., 2016. Uncovering key factors influencing one industrial park’s sustainability: a combined evaluation method of emergy analysis and index decomposition analysis. Journal of Cleaner Production 114: 141-149 (IF: 9.7) SCI
38. Liu, Z., Geng, Y*., Park, HS., Dong, HJ., Dong, L., Fujita, T., 2016. An emergy-based hybrid method for assessing industrial symbiosis of an industrial park. Journal of Cleaner Production 114: 132-140 (IF: 9.7) SCI
39. Tian, X., Geng, Y*., Dai, HC., Fujita, T., Wu, R., Liu, Z., Masui, T., Yang, X., 2016. The effects of household consumption pattern on regional development: A case study of Shanghai. Energy 103, 49-60 (IF: 9) SCI
40. Tian, X., Geng, Y*., Dong, HJ., Dong, L., Fujita, T., Wang, YT., Zhao, HY., Wu, R., Liu, Z., Sun, L., 2016. Regional household carbon footprint in China: a case of Liaoning Province. Journal of Cleaner Production 114, 401-411 (IF: 9.7) SCI
41. Sun, L., Dong, HJ., Geng, Y*., Li, ZL., Liu, Z., Fujita, T., Ohnishi S., Fuji, M., 2016. Uncovering driving forces on urban metabolism—A case of Shenyang. Journal of Cleaner Production 114, 171-179 (IF: 9.7) SCI
42. Yu, XM., Geng, Y*., Dong, HJ., Fujita, T., Liu, Z., 2016. Emergy-based sustainability assessment on natural resource utilization in 30 Chinese provinces. Journal of Cleaner Production 133, 18-27 (IF: 9.7) SCI
43. Yu. XM., Geng, Y*., Dong, HJ., Ulgiati, S., Liu, Z., Liu, ZX., Ma, ZX., Tian, X., Sun, L., 2016. Sustainability assessment of one industrial region: A combined method of emergy analysis and IPAT (Human Impact Population Affluence Technology). Energy 107, 818–830 (IF: 9) SCI
44. Sun, L., Li, H., Dong, L*., Fang, K., Ren, JZ., Geng, Y., Fuji, M., Zhang, W., Zhang, N., Liu, Z., 2016. Eco-benefits assessment on urban industrial symbiosis based on material flows analysis and emergy evaluation approach: A case of Liuzhou city, China. Resources, Conservation & Recycling 119: 78-88 (IF: 11.2) SCI
45. Wang, H., Sun, LN*., Liu, Z., Wang, YG., Luo, Q., Shen, S., Wang, XX., Wu, |H., 2016. The Levels and Risks of Heavy Metals, Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons, and Polychlorinated Biphenyls in Hun River in Northeastern China. Polish Journal of Environmental Studies 25(5), 2167-2175 (IF: 3.397) SCI
46. Liu, Z*., Geng, Y*., Wang, H., Sun, L., Ma, ZX., Tian, X., Yu, XM., 2015. Emergy-based comparative analysis of energy intensity in different industrial systems. Environmental Science and Pollution Research 22:18687-18698 (IF: 5.19) SCI
47. Liu, Z., Geng, Y*., Wang, FF., Liu, ZX., Ma, ZX., Yu, XM., Tian, X., Sun, L., He, QX., Zhang, LM., 2015. Emergy-ecological footprint hybrid method analysis on the industrial parks from the geographical and regional perspective. Environmental Engineering Science 32(3), 193-202 (IF: 1.8) SCI
48. Wang, H., Liu, Z., Sun, LN*., Luo, Q., 2015. Optimal Design of River Monitoring Network in Taizihe River by Matter Element Analysis. Plos One 10(5), e0127535 (IF: 3.7) SCI
49. Liu, Z*., Geng, Y*., Zhang, P., Dong, HJ., Liu, ZX. 2014. Emergy-based comparative analysis of industrial clusters: Economic and Technological Development of Shenyang Area, China. Environmental Science and Pollution Research 21(17), 10243-10253 (IF: 5.19) SCI
50. Geng, Y*., Ma, ZX., Xue, B., Ren, WX., Liu, Z., Fujita, T., 2013. Co-benefit evaluation for urban public transportation sector-A Case of Shenyang, China. Journal of Cleaner Production 58(1), 82-91 (IF: 9.7) SCI
51. Liu, R*., Jadeja, RN., Zhou, QX., Liu, Z., 2012. Treatment and remediation of petroleum-contaminated soils using selective ornamental plants. Environmental Engineering Science 29(6), 494-501 (IF: 1.8) SCI
52. Wang, H*., Sun, LN., Bao, T., Zhang, Z., Shi, M., Liu, Z., 2011. Surface water quality assessment in Tieling reach of Liaohe river main stream. 2011. Bioinformatics and Biomedical Engineering 10.1109/icbbe.2011.5780879 (EI)
53. Tang, Y., Liu, Z*., Tao XL., 2024. How centralized environmental enforcement system reform affects environmental enforcement and air quality? A quasi-experiment based on 192 cities. China Environmental Science. DOI: 10.19674/j.cnki.issn1000-6923.20241119.002 (in Chinese)
54. Tang, Y., Liu, Z*., Wang ZY., 2024. Heterogeneous social feedback, differential response and government environmental governance. Public Administration and Policy Review. 3:38-53 (in Chinese)
55. Tang, Y., Liu, Z*., 2023. Institutional change and multiple logics of China’s environmental law enforcement system reform: China’s experience in global environmental governance. Jinan Journal (Philosophy and Social Sciences). 299 (12): 42-54 (in Chinese)
56. Liu, Z*., Xu, YY., 2021. Research on the utilization efficiency of coal resources in Shaanxi Province based on AHP. Journal of Fuqing Branch of Fujian Normal University. 39(2): 180-188 (in Chinese)
57. Yang, Q., Geng, Y., Sun, L., Liu, Z., Dong, HJ., Yu, XM., Lv, XR., 2017. Emergy accounting research on natural graphite and its products: a case studies of Pingdu and Chenzhou. Chinese Journal of Ecology. 36 (9): 2592-2604 (in Chinese)
58. Wang H., Wu, H., Sun, LN*., Wang, XX., Liu, Z., 2017. Characterization and effect of washing diesel oil-contaminated aged soil by Tween 80. Chinese Journal of Environmental Engineering 5: 3239-3243 (in Chinese)
59. Wang H., Sun, LN*., Liu, Z., Luo, Q., Wang, XX., Wu, H., Sun, JJ., 2015. Pollution level and probabilistic cancer risk assessment of P in surface water of Daliao river. Asian Journal of Ecotoxicology. 4: 187-194 (in Chinese)
60. Wang H., Sun, LN*., Liu, Z., Luo, Q., Wu, H., Wang, XX., 2015. Study on the character of health risk in the water environment of Hun river. Asian Journal of Ecotoxicology. 2: 394-402 (in Chinese)
61. Yu, XM., Geng, Y*., Xue, B., Dong, HJ., Tian, X., Liu, Z., Ma, ZX., 2015. Effects of resource endowment on regional sustainable development [J]. Ecology and Environmental Sciences, 24(2): 359-364 (in Chinese)
62. Bing, LF*., Xi, FM., Wang, ML., Liu, Z., Wang, ZG., 2014. Intensive utilization of land in Tiexi old industrial district, Shenyang, Northeast China. Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology. 25 (1): 219-227 (in Chinese)
63. Sun, L., Geng, Y*., Liu, ZX., Xue, B., Liu, Z., Liu, Z., 2014. Eco-efficiency evaluation of urban complex ecosystem based on emergy and data envelopment analyses. Chinese Journal of Ecology. 33(2): 462-468 (in Chinese)
64. Wang H., Sun, JJ., Sun, LN*., Liu, Z., 2014. Modification of similarity method and its application in optimization design of river quality monitoring section in the mainstream of Hun River. Chinese Journal of Ecology. 33(12): 3470 (in Chinese)
65. Liu, Z*., Bing, LF., 2013. Comparative study on different types of industrial clusters based on emergy. Environmental Science & Technology. 36(51): 428-432 (in Chinese)
66. Liu, Z*., Bing LF., Liu, Y., 2013. Study on regional livestock’s green house gas emission based on IPCC suggested method. Environmental Science & Technology. 36(51): 377-381 (in Chinese)
67. Liu, Z*., Zhang, JS., Xu, LZ., Wu, CS., 2006. The unascertained measure model assessment of eco-environment quality for the county nearby Shanzi reservoir. Environmental Science & Technology. 10: 56-58 (in Chinese)
68. Liu, Z*., Zhang, JS., Kong, JJ., 2005. Evaluating bottom sludge pollution of the Hangzhou segment of canal by using attribute identity model. Safety and Environment Engineering. 2(12):19-22 (in Chinese)
69. Liu, Z*., Zhang, JS., 2005. The model design and application of analytical hierarchy process method used for the assessment of reservoir water quality. Environmental Science and Technology. 2(18):33-35（in Chinese）
SCIENTIFIC PROJECTS
2020-2025 Young talent grant in Xi’an Jiaotong University, China
2021-2022 Titled “Study on the pathways towards plastic waste reutilization and recycling and its associated policy implications based on Shaanxi Province, China”. Soft Science project granted by Shaanxi provincial government, China
2019-2020 Titled “Efficiency evaluation of industrial symbiosis at the scale of industrial park based on Liaoning provincial old industrial base”. Grant from Key Lab of Eco-restoration of Regional Contaminated Environment, Ministry of Education, China.
2017-2019 Titled “Port Hawkesbury eco-industrial network”. Grant from NSERC, Canada
2017-2019 Titled “Impact on climate change through systematic optimization of industrial symbiosis”. Grant from Killam Trust Grant, Canada
2015-2016 Titled “Ecological and economic improvement by industrial symbiosis in old industrial area”. Grant from Liaoning provincial government, China. 60 thousand RMB
2011-2012 Titled “Investigating on the environmental condition of Fuxin industrial park, Liaoning Province, China”, Grant from University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
BOOKS & CHAPTERS
Liu, Z*., Cote, R.P. (2023). The Pathway Toward Circular Economic Development in China: Policies, Case Studies, and the Role of Universities. In: Ghosh, S.K., Ghosh, S.K. (eds) Circular Economy Adoption . Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-4803-1_3
Han, XG., Wu, YG., Gu, BH., Sun, G., Liu, Z., Liu, QQ., Li, BL., Wu, JG., Chen, JQ., Lin, GH., Wu, XY., Yuan, ZW., Tang, JW., Huang, CZ., Peng, CH., Cheng, WX., Miao, SL., Pan, XB., 2011. Ecological Vision. Higher Education Press (in Chinese)
07/2022 to date Associate Director at the Research Center for Resource and Environmental Management, Xi’an Jiaotong University, China
07/2021 to date Adjunct Professor at the School for Resource and Environmental Studies, Dalhousie University, Canada
01/2020 to date Full Professor at the School of Public Policy and Administration, Xi'an Jiaotong University, China
01/2016 to 12/2019 Postdoctoral Fellow, Killam Postdoctoral Fellow, Lecturer, Co-supervisor for graduate students at School for Resource and Environmental Studies, Dalhousie University, Canada
12/2014 Visiting Scholar at University of Ulsan, Korea
03/ 2014 Visiting Scholar at National Institute of Environmental Studies, Japan
07/2013 Visiting Scholar at Griffith University, Australia
08/2011 Visiting Scholar at Institute of Advanced Studies, United Nations University, Japan
2024 Second Class Award, Shaanxi Provincial Philosophy and Social Sciences Award, Shaanxi Provincial Government, China （The first main contributor）
2023 Special Class Award, Shaanxi Provincial institutions of higher learning Science and Technology Progress Award, Shaanxi Provincial institutions of higher learning, China（The first main contributor）
2022 Fujian Minjiang Distinguished Scholar, Fujian Province (Fujian Normal University), China
2021 Adjunct Professor appointed by Dalhousie University, Canada
2019 Youth Talent at Xi’an Jiaotong University (A class), China
2018 Fujian Minjiang Distinguished Scholar, Fujian Province, China
2016 Izaak Walton Killam Postdoctoral Fellowship
2015 Canada-China Scholarship Exchange Program
2013 Second Class Award, Liaoning Provincial Science and Technology Progress Award, Liaoning Provincial Government, China (2013J-2-38-08)
2011 Award by United Nations University Institute of Advanced Studies (UNU-IAS) in ProSPER.Net Young Researchers’ School
2011 Second Class Award, Liaoning Provincial Science and Technology Progress Award, Liaoning Provincial Government, China (2011J-2-84-09)
INVITED REVIEWER FOR MORE THAN 90 INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS
Nature Sustainability; Environmental Science & Technology; Environmental Science & Technology Letters; Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews; Global Environmental Change- Human and Policy Dimensions,; Environmental International; Applied Energy; Journal of Cleaner Production; Journal of Industrial Ecology; Resources, Conservation & Recycling; Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy; Chemosphere; Energy; Chinese Journal of Population, Resources and Environment; Sustainability; Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment; Frontier in Energy; Sustainable Production and Consumption; International Journal of Urban Sciences; Heliyon; Environmental Science and Pollution Research; Land Use Policy; Science of the Total Environment; Waste Management; International Journal of Sustainable Transportation; Water, Air, & Soil Pollution; SAGE Open; International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health; World Development; Journal of Building Engineering; Natural Resources Forum; Ecological Indicators; Environment, Development and Sustainability; Energy Reports; Environmental Research; Frontiers in Environmental Science; Acta Ecologica Sinica; Carbon Management; IScience; Buildings; Environmental Quality Management; Energies; Expert Systems With Applications; Habitat International; Circular Economy and Sustainability; Waste Disposal & Sustainable Energy; Rhizosphere; Climate Change Biology; Open Journal of Environmental Biology; Recycling; Regional Sustainability; Environmental Impact Assessment Review; Energy Strategy Reviews; Structural Change and Economic Dynamics; Cleaner Production Letters; Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery, Utilization, and Environmental Effects; Agronomy; MethodsX; Energy Nexus; Journal of Environmental Management; Cleaner Environmental Systems; Environmental Technology; Review of Development Economics; Sustainable Development; Agriculture; Technological Forecasting & Social Change; Environmental Science: Advances; Chemical Engineering Journal; Urban Climate; Ecological Engineering; Waste Management Bulletin; Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments; Biosafety and Health; Desalination and Water Treatment; Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety; Energy Science & Engineering; Engineering; Applied Geography; Environmental Development; Plos One; Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy; Economic Modelling; Next Sustainability; Environmental Science and Ecotechnology; Aquaculture International; Energy Policy; Atmospheric Pollution Research; Atmospheric Environment: X; Scientific Reports; Journal of Shanghai Jiaotong University
REVIEWER FOR INTERNATIONAL OGANIZATIONS
Reviewer for United Nations Environment Program (UNEP)—European Union (EU) “Regional assessment report examining the interlinkage between SCP and regional issues in Asia” (Chapter 1, Chapter 2 and Chapter 4) (2022)
Reviewer for United Nations Centre for Regional Development (UNCRD) “State of the 3Rs in Asia and the Pacific”(2018)
INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEES
2012-Member for the International Committee of Industrial Ecology
2012-Member for the International Emergy Committee
2024.09 to date Editorial board member in the journal of “Environmental Impact Assessment Review”
2023.03 to 2024.12 Associate Editor in the journal of “Carbon Footprints”
2020. 09 to 2024.09 Editorial board member in the journal of “Resources, Environment and Sustainability”
2018-Guest editor in the journal of “Resources, Conservation & Recycling”
SELECTED PRESENTATIONS AT INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES
5th International Conference on Canadian, Chinese & African Sustainable Urbanization (ICCCASU) (2023). UN HABITAT., Nairobi, Kenya. Oral Presentation “The pathway of the circular economy towards sustainable development goals in China”. Co-Chair the Keynote sessions and Chair the ninth panel “Climate Resilience and City Building”
International Conference on Resource Sustainability (2022). Resources, Conservation & Recycling (Online). Oral Presentation“Comprehensive Measures Are Required to Deal With Global Waste Issues”. Chair the session “Emerging Challenges in Developing Countries”
11th IconSWM-CE & IPLA Global Forum (2021). UN Regional Development Centre (Online). Invited Plenary Presentation “Circular economic development in China and its connection with the world”
The 15th National Symposium on Circular Economy and eco-industries in China (2020). Nanchang, China. Oral Presentation “Diverse practical strategies towards eco-industrial development and its associated mechanism”
Industrial Symbiosis Research Symposium (2019). Tsinghua University, Beijing, China. Oral Presentation “Eco-industrial development strategies respond economic and environmental challenges”
Circular Economy Symposium (2018). Leiden University, Netherland. Oral Presentation “Eco-industrial strategies’ implementation and optimization”
2nd Sino-Europa Resource Forum (2018). Heidelberg University, Germany. Oral Presentation “Plastic waste recycling in China and around the world”. Chair the session “Climate change mitigation and energy transition”
International Conference on Resource Sustainability (2018). Beijing, China. Oral Presentation “Unconventional biomass: a case study of a biomass boiler in Cape Breton, Canada”. Chair the session “Circular economy”
International Conference on Industrial Ecology (2017). Chicago, USA. Oral Presentation “Eco-industrial development around the globe: recent progress and continuing challenges”
International Symposium on Industrial Symbiosis (2016). Devens, Massachusetts USA. Oral Presentation “Eco-industrial park performance standards and indicators and the circular economy”
World Summit on Environmental Accounting (2016). Beijing Normal University，China，Oral Presentation “Co-benefit accounting of industrial symbiosis for industrial park based on emergy analysis”
International Symposium on Sustainable City (2016). Shanghai Jiaotong University, China，Oral Presentation “Should we lead an effort to establish uniform eco-industrial park performance standards and indicators from a global perspective?”
Eco-business Forum (2014). Japan. Oral Presentation “Study on evaluation of overall efficiency of industrial parks in China based on spatial-temporal perspective”
International Symposium on Industrial Symbiosis (2014). Ulsan, Korea. Oral Presentation “Eco-industrial park initiative in China”; “Emergy analysis and synthesis”
