Yang Fuqiang is a respected expert in energy and climate change who has four decades of research experience in China’s sustainable energy strategy and policy. He has conducted extensive research on energy savings in buildings, industrial and transportation sectors, low-carbon cities, electricity, renewable energy, and climate change. Before joining CCETP, Yang held various important roles, including Senior Advisor on Energy, Environment, and Climate Change at the Natural Resources Defense Council, Director of Global Climate Solutions at WWF International Headquarters, and Vice President of Energy Foundation, where he also served as Chief Representative of the Energy Foundation Beijing Office. His earlier career also included energy policy research at the State Planning Commission’s Energy Research Institute in China and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in the USA. Yang Fuqiang received his Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from West Virginia University in the United States and his B.S. in Physics from Jilin University in China.