Energy Efficiency and Conservation Strategies in Vehicles and Transport Systems in China -- Energy Efficiency and Conservation in China’s Power Sector: Opportunities and Challenges -- Energy Efficiency and Conservation Strategies in Household: Findings from a Survey -- Efficiency Improvement in China’s Energy Intensive Industries and Its Contribution to Carbon Emission Reduction Target -- Building Life-cycle Commissioning and Optimization – Approach and Practice -- The Legal Challenges about the Legislation and Policies on Energy Conservation and Energy Efficiency in China -- Potential of CO2 Abatement Resulting from Energy Efficiency Improvement in China’s Iron and Steel Industry -- Efficiency in China’s Power Sector: Evidence from Large Dataset of Power Plants -- Household Energy Saving in China: The Challenges of Changing Behaviour -- Energy Efficiency and Conservation Strategies in Japan and Their Implications in China’s Future Energy Development -- Prospects of Energy Savings and GHG Emission Reductions -- Energy and Pollution Efficiencies of Regions in China.

This Brief identifies various aspects of energy challenges faced by the Chinese central/local governments, and also provides an opportunity to study how best to achieve green growth and a low-carbon transition in a developing country like China. The progress of China’s carbon mitigation policies also has significant impacts on the on-going international climate change negotiations. Therefore, both policy- makers and decision-makers in China and other countries can benefit from studying the challenges and opportunities in China’s energy development.