MEIC team publications

Methodology and emission dataset >

Xu, R., Tong, D., Xiao, Q., Qin, X., Chen, C., Yan, L., Cheng, J., Cui, C., Hu, H., Liu, W., Yan, X., Wang, H., Liu, X., Geng, G., Lei, Y., Guan, D., He, K., and Zhang, Q (2023). MEIC-global-CO2: A new global CO2 emission inventory with highly-resolved source category and sub-country information, Sci. China Earth Sci., 66, doi: 10.1007/s11430-023-1230-3.

Zheng, B., J. Cheng, G. Geng, X. Wang, M. Li, Q. Shi, J. Qi, Y. Lei, Q. Zhang, K. He (2020). Mapping anthropogenic emissions in China at 1 km spatial resolution and its application in air quality modeling. Sci. Bull.

Zheng, B., G. Geng, P. Ciais, S. J. Davis, R. V. Martin, J. Meng, N. Wu, F. Chevallier, G. Broquet, F. Boersma, R. J. van der A, J. Lin, D. Guan, Y. Lei, K. He, Q. Zhang (2020). Satellite-based estimates of decline and rebound in China’s CO2 emissions during COVID-19 pandemic. Sci. Adv, 6(49), eabd4998.

Tong, D., J. Cheng, Y. Liu, S. Yu, L. Yan, C. Hong, Y. Qin, H. Zhao, Y. Zheng, G. Geng, M. Li, F. Liu, Y. Zhang, B. Zheng, L. Clarke and Q. Zhang (2020), Dynamic projection of anthropogenic emissions in China: methodology and 2015-2050 emission pathways under a range of socio-economic, climate policy, and pollution control scenarios, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 20, 5729-5757.

Li, M., Q. Zhang, B. Zheng, D. Tong, Y. Lei, F. Liu, C. Hong, S. Kang, L. Yan, Y. Zhang, Y. Bo, H. Su, Y. Cheng, K. He (2019), Persistent growth of anthropogenic non-methane volatile organic compound (NMVOC) emissions in China during 1990-2017: drivers, speciation and ozone formation potential, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 19, 8897-8913.

Zheng, B., D. Tong, M. Li, F. Liu, C. Hong, G. Geng, H. Li, X. Li, L. Peng, J. Qi, L. Yan, Y. Zhang, H. Zhao, Y. Zheng, K. He and Q. Zhang (2018), Trends in China’s anthropogenic emissions since 2010 as the consequence of clean air actions, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 14095-14111.

Zheng, B., Q. Zhang, S. J. Davis, P. Ciais, C. Hong, M. Li, F. Liu, D. Tong, H. Li and K. He (2018), Infrastructure Shapes Differences in the Carbon Intensities of Chinese Cities, Environ. Sci. Technol., 52, 6032-6041.

Tong, D., Q. Zhang, F. Liu, G. Geng, Y. Zheng, T. Xue, C. Hong, R. Wu, Y. Qin, H. Zhao, L. Yan and K. He (2018), Current Emissions and Future Mitigation Pathways of Coal-Fired Power Plants in China from 2010 to 2030, Environ. Sci. Technol., 52, 12905-12914.

Li, M., H. Liu, G. Geng, C. Hong, F. Liu, Y. Song, D. Tong, B. Zheng, H. Cui, H. Man, Q. Zhang and K. He (2017), Anthropogenic emission inventories in China: a review, Natl. Sci. Rev., 4, 834-866.

Li, M., Q. Zhang, J. Kurokawa, J. H. Woo, K. He, Z. Lu, T. Ohara, Y. Song, D. G. Streets, G. R. Carmichael, Y. Cheng, C. Hong, H. Huo, X. Jiang, S. Kang, F. Liu, H. Su and B. Zheng (2017), MIX: a mosaic Asian anthropogenic emission inventory under the international collaboration framework of the MICS-Asia and HTAP, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 17, 935-963.

Liu, F., Q. Zhang, D. Tong, B. Zheng, M. Li, H. Huo and K. He (2015), High-resolution inventory of technologies, activities, and emissions of coal-fired power plants in China from 1990 to 2010, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 15, 13299-13317.

Zheng, B., Q. Zhang, J. Borken-Kleefeld, H. Huo, D. Guan, Z. Klimont, G. P. Peters, and K. He (2015), How will greenhouse gas emissions from motor vehicles be constrained in China around 2030?, Appl. Energ., 156, 230-240.

Huo, H., B. Zheng, M. Q. Wang, Q. Zhang, and K. He (2015), Vehicular air pollutant emissions in China: evaluation of past control policies and future perspectives, Mitig. Adapt. Strateg. Glob. Change, 20, 719-733.

Huo, H., Q. Zhang, D. Guan, X. Su, H. Zhao, and K. He (2014), Examining air pollution in China using production- and consumption-based emissions accounting approaches, Environ. Sci. Tech., 48, 14139–14147.

Zheng, B., H. Huo, Q. Zhang, Z. Yao, X. Wang, X. Yang, H. Liu, and K. He (2014), High-resolution mapping of vehicle emissions in China in 2008, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 14, 9787-9805.

Li, M., Q. Zhang, D. Streets, K. He, Y. Cheng, L. K. Emmons, H. Huo, S. Kang, Z. Lu, M. Shao, H. Su, X. Yu, and Y. Zhang (2014), Mapping Asian anthropogenic emissions of non-methane volatile organic compounds to multiple chemical mechanisms, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 14, 5617-5638.

Lei, Y., Q. Zhang, K. He, and D. G. Streets (2011), Primary anthropogenic aerosol emission trends for China, 1990–2005, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 11, 931-954.

Lei, Y., Q. Zhang, C. P. Nielson, and K. He (2011), An inventory of primary air pollutants and CO2 emissions from cement production in China, 1990-2020, Atmos. Environ., 55, 147-154.

Huo, H., Q. Zhang, K. He, Z. Yao, X. Wang, B. Zheng, D. G. Streets, Q. Wang, and Y. Ding (2011), Modeling vehicle emissions in different types of Chinese cities: importance of vehicle fleet and local features, Environ. Pollut., 159, 2954-2960.

Zhang, Q., D. G. Streets, G. R. Carmichael, K. He, H. Huo, A. Kannari, Z. Klimont, I. S. Park, S. Reddy, J. Fu, D. Chen, L. Duan, Y. Lei, L. Wang, Z. Yao. (2009), Asian emissions in 2006 for the NASA INTEX-B mission, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 9, 5131-5153.

Huo, H., Q. Zhang, K. He, Q. Wang, Z. Yao, and D. G. Streets (2009), High-resolution vehicular emission inventory using a link-based method: A case study of light-duty vehicles in Beijing, Envrion. Sci. Technol., 43, 2394-2399.

Zhang, Q., D. G. Streets, K. He, Y. Wang, A. Richter, J. P. Burrows, I. Uno, C. J. Jang, D. Chen, Z. Yao, and Y. Lei (2007), NOx emission trends for China, 1995-2004: The view from the ground and the view from space, J. Geophys. Res., 112, D22306.

Zhang, Q., D. G. Streets, K. He, and Z. Klimont (2007), Major components of China’s anthropogenic primary particulate emissions, Environ. Res. Lett, 2, 045027.

Streets, D. G., Q. Zhang, L. Wang, K. He, J. Hao, Y. Wu, Y. Tang, and G. R. Carmichael (2006), Revisiting China’s CO emissions after the Transport and Chemical Evolution over the Pacific (TRACE-P) mission: Synthesis of inventories, atmospheric modeling, and observations, J. Geophys. Res., 111, D14306.

Activity data/technology distribution/emission factor >

Peng, L., Q. Zhang, Z. Yao, D. L. Mauzerall, S. Kang, Z. Du, Y. Zheng, T. Xue and K. He (2019), Underreported coal in statistics: A survey-based solid fuel consumption and emission inventory for the rural residential sector in China, Appl. Energ., 235, 1169-1182.

Hong, C., Q. Zhang, K. He, D. Guan, M. Li, F. Liu and B. Zheng (2017), Variations of China’s emission estimates: response to uncertainties in energy statistics, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 17, 1227-1239.

Shen, X., Z. Yao, Q. Zhang, D. V. Wagner, H. Huo, Y. Zhang, B. Zheng, and K. He (2015), Development of database of real-world diesel vehicle emission factors for China, J. Environ. Sci., 31, 209-220.

Huo, H., Y. Lei, Q. Zhang, L. Zhao, and K. He (2012), China’s Coke Industry: Recent Policies, Technology Shift, and the Implication for Energy and Environment, Energy Policy, 51, 397-404.

Huo, H. and M. Wang (2012), Modeling future vehicle sales and stock in China, Energy Policy, 43, 17-29.

Huo, H., Q. Zhang, K. He, Z. Yao, and M. Wang (2012), Vehicle-use intensity in China: current status and future trend, Energy Policy, 43, 6-16.

Huo, H., K. He, M. Wang, and Z. Yao (2012), Vehicle technologies, fuel-economy policies, and fuel-consumption rates of Chinese vehicles, Energy Policy, 43, 30-36.

Huo, H., Z. Yao, Y. Zhang, X. Shen, Q. Zhang, and K. He (2012), On-board measurements of emissions from diesel trucks in five cities in China, Atmos. Environ., 54, 159-167.

Huo, H., Z. Yao, Y. Zhang, X. Shen, Q. Zhang, Y. Ding, and K. He (2012), On-board measurements of emissions from light-duty gasoline vehicles in three mega-cities in China, Atmos. Environ., 49, 371-377.

Yao, Z., H. Huo, Q. Zhang, D. G. Streets, and K. He (2011), Gaseous and particulate emissions from rural vehicles in China, Atmos. Environ., 45, 3055-3061.

Huo, H., Z. Yao, K. He, and X. Yu (2011), Fuel consumption rates of passenger cars in China: Labels versus real-world, Energy Policy, 39, 7130-7135.

Wang, Q., H. Huo, K. He, Z. Yao, and Q. Zhang (2008), Characterization of vehicle driving patterns and development of driving cycles in Chinese cities, Transport. Res. D. 13, 289-297.

Yao. Z, Q. Wang, K. He, H. Huo, Y. Ma, and Q. Zhang (2007), Characteristics of real world vehicular emissions in Chinese cities, J. Air & Waste Manage. Assoc. 57, 1379-1386.

Emission inventory evaluation >

Zheng, B., Q. Zhang, D. Tong, C. Chen, C. Hong, M. Li, G. Geng, Y. Lei, H. Huo and K. He (2017), Resolution dependence of uncertainties in gridded emission inventories: a case study in Hebei, China, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 17, 921-933.

Liu, F., S. Beirle, Q. Zhang, A. Rj van der, B. Zheng, D. Tong and K. He (2017), NOx emission trends over Chinese cities estimated from OMI observations during 2005 to 2015, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 17, 9261-9275.

Geng, G., Q. Zhang, R. V. Martin, J. Lin, H. Huo, B. Zheng, S. Wang and K. He (2017), Impact of spatial proxies on the representation of bottom-up emission inventories: A satellite-based analysis, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 17, 4131-4145.

Liu, F., S. Beirle, Q. Zhang, S. Dorner, K. He and T. Wagner (2016), NOx lifetimes and emissions of cities and power plants in polluted background estimated by satellite observations, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 5283-5298.

Liu, F., Q. Zhang, R. J. van der A, B. Zheng, D. Tong, L. Yan, Y. Zheng, and K. He (2016), Recent reduction in NOx emissions over China: synthesis of satellite observations and emission inventories, Environ. Res. Letts., 11, 114002.

Wang, S., Q. Zhang, R. V. Martin, S. Philip, F. Liu, M. Li, X. Jiang, and K. He (2015), Satellite measurements oversee China’s sulfur dioxide emission reductions from coal-fired power plants, Environ. Res. Letts., 10, 114015.

Zhang, Q., G. Geng, S. Wang, A. Richter, and K. He (2012), Satellite remote sensing of changes in NOx emissions over China during 1996-2010, Chin. Sci. Bull., 57, 2857-2864.

Wang, S., Q. Zhang, D. G. Streets, K. He, R. V. Martin, L. N. Lamsal, D. Chen, Y. Lei, and Z. Lu (2012), Growth in NOx emissions from power plants in China: bottom-up estimates and satellite observations, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 12, 4429-4447.

Wang, S., D. G. Streets, Q. Zhang, K. He, D. Chen, S. Kang, Z. Lu, and Y. Wang (2010), Satellite detection and model verification of NOx emissions from power plants in Northern China, Environ. Res. Lett., 5, 044007.

Zhang, Q., D. G. Streets, and K. He (2009), Satellite observations of recent power plant construction in Inner Mongolia, China, Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L15809.

Application of emission inventory >

Hong, C., Q. Zhang, Y. Zhang, S. J. Davis, X. Zhang, D. Tong, D. Guan, Z. Liu and K. He (2020), Weakening aerosol direct radiative effects mitigate climate penalty on Chinese air quality, Nat. Clim. Change, 10, 845-850.

Cheng, J., D. Tong, Y. Liu, Y. Bo, B. Zheng, G. Geng, K. He, Q. Zhang (2020), Air quality and health benefits from China’s current and upcoming clean air policies, Faraday Discuss.

Liu, J., Y. Zheng, G. Geng, C. Hong, M. Li, X. Li, F. Liu, D. Tong, R. Wu, B. Zheng, K. He and Q. Zhang (2020), Decadal changes in anthropogenic source contribution of PM2.5 pollution and related health impacts in China, 1990-2015, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 20, 7783-7799.

Zhao, H., Y. Liu, G. Geng, X. Li, W. He, X. Chen, K. He, Q. Zhang (2020), Imbalanced transfer of trade-related air pollution mortality in China, Environ. Res. Lett., 15(9), 094009.

Liu, Y., K. He, Q. Zhang, Z. Lu, S. Wang, Y. Zhang and D. G. Streets (2019), Analysis of the origins of black carbon and carbon monoxide transported to Beijing, Tianjin, and Hebei in China, Sci. Total Environ., 653, 1364-1376.

Zhao, H., G. Geng, Q. Zhang, S. J. Davis, X. Li, Y. Liu, L. Peng, M. Li, B. Zheng, H. Huo, L. Zhang, D. K. Henze, Z. Mi, Z. Liu, D. Guan and K. He (2019), Inequality of household consumption and air pollution-related deaths in China, Nat. Commun., 10, 4337.

Zhang, Q., Y. Zheng, D. Tong, M. Shao, S. Wang, Y. Zhang, X. Xu, J. Wang, H. He, W. Liu, Y. Ding, Y. Lei, J. Li, Z. Wang, X. Zhang, Y. Wang, J. Cheng, Y. Liu, Q. Shi, L. Yan, G. Geng, C. Hong, M. Li, F. Liu, B. Zheng, J. Cao, A. Ding, J. Gao, Q. Fu, J. Huo, B. Liu, Z. Liu, F. Yang, K. He and J. Hao (2019), Drivers of improved PM2.5 air quality in China from 2013 to 2017, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., 116, 24463-24469.

Zhang, Q. and G. Geng (2019), Impact of clean air action on PM2.5 pollution in China, Sci. China Earth Sci., 62, 1845-1846.

Xue, T., J. Liu, Q. Zhang, G. Geng, Y. Zheng, D. Tong, Z. Liu, D. Guan, Y. Bo, T. Zhu, K. He, J. Hao (2019), Rapid improvement of PM2.5 pollution and associated health benefits in China during 2013-2017, Sci. China Earth Sci., 62, 1847-1856.

Xue T, T. Zhu, Y. Zheng, J. Liu, X. Li, Q. Zhang (2019) Change in the number of PM2. 5-attributed deaths in China from 2000 to 2010: Comparison between estimations from census-based epidemiology and pre-established exposure-response functions, Environ. Int., 129, 430-437.

Wu, R., F. Liu, D. Tong, Y. Zheng, Y. Lei, C. Hong, M. Li, J. Liu, B. Zheng, Y. Bo, X. Chen, X. Li and Q. Zhang (2019), Air quality and health benefits of China’s emission control policies on coal-fired power plants during 2005-2020, Environ. Res. Lett., 14(9), 094016.

Tong, D., Q. Zhang, Y. Zheng, K. Caldeira, C. Shearer, C. Hong, Y. Qin and S. J. Davis (2019), Committed emissions from existing energy infrastructure jeopardize 1.5 degrees C climate target, Nature, 572(7769), 373-377.

Tong, D., G. Geng, K. Jiang, J. Cheng, Y. Zheng, C. Hong, L. Yan, Y. Zhang, X. Chen, Y. Bo, Y. Lei, Q. Zhang and K. He (2019), Energy and emission pathways towards PM2.5 air quality attainment in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region by 2030, Sci. Total Environ., 692, 361-370.

Liu, J., G. Kiesewetter, Z. Klimont, J. Cofala, C. Heyes, W. Schopp, T. Zhu, G. Cao, A. Gomez Sanabria, R. Sander, F. Guo, Q. Zhang, B. Nguyen, I. Bertok, P. Rafaj and M. Amann (2019), Mitigation pathways of air pollution from residential emissions in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region in China, Environ. Int., 125, 236-244.

Geng, G., Q. Xiao, Y. Zheng, D. Tong, Y. Zhang, X. Zhang, Q. Zhang, K. He and Y. Liu (2019), Impact of China’s Air Pollution Prevention and Control Action Plan on PM2.5 chemical composition over eastern China, Sci. China Earth Sci., 62, 1872-1884.

Cheng, J., J. Su, T. Cui, X. Li, X. Dong, F. Sun, Y. Yang, D. Tong, Y. Zheng, Y. Li, J. Li, Q. Zhang and K. He (2019), Dominant role of emission reduction in PM2.5 air quality improvement in Beijing during 2013-2017: a model-based decomposition analysis, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 19, 6125-6146.

Tong, D., Q. Zhang, S. J. Davis, F. Liu, B. Zheng, G. Geng, T. Xue, M. Li, C. Hong, Z. Lu, D. G. Streets, D. Guan and K. He (2018), Targeted emission reductions from global super-polluting power plant units, Nat. Sustain., 1, 59-68.

Li, M., Z. Klimont, Q. Zhang, R. V. Martin, B. Zheng, C. Heyes, J. Cofala, Y. Zhang and K. He (2018), Comparison and evaluation of anthropogenic emissions of SO2 and NOx over China, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 3433-3456.

Zhang, X., Q. Zhang, C. Hong, Y. Zheng, G. Geng, D. Tong, Y. Zhang and X. Zhang (2018), Enhancement of PM2.5 Concentrations by Aerosol-Meteorology Interactions Over China, J. Geophys. Res-Atmos., 123, 1179-1194.

He, Q., J. Han, D. Guan, Z. Mi, H. Zhao and Q. Zhang (2018), The comprehensive environmental efficiency of socioeconomic sectors in China: An analysis based on a non-separable bad output SBM, J. Clean. Prod., 176, 1091-1110.

Zheng, Y., T. Xue, Q. Zhang, G. Geng, D. Tong, X. Li and K. He (2017), Air quality improvements and health benefits from China’s clean air action since 2013, Environ. Res. Lett., 12(11), 114020.

Zhao, H., X. Li, Q. Zhang, X. Jiang, J. Lin, G. G. Peters, M. Li, G. Geng, B. Zheng, H. Huo, L. Zhang, H. Wang, S. J. Davis and K. He (2017), Effects of atmospheric transport and trade on air pollution mortality in China, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 17, 10367-10381.

Geng, G., Q. Zhang, D. Tong, M. Li, Y. Zheng, S. Wang and K. He (2017), Chemical composition of ambient PM2.5 over China and relationship to precursor emissions during 2005-2012, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 17, 9187-9203.

Zheng, Y., T. Xue, Q. Zhang, G. Geng, D. Tong, X. Li, and K. He (2017), Air quality improvements and health benefits from China’s clean air action plan since 2013, Environ. Res. Lett., 12, 114020.

Li, X., Q. Zhang, Y. Zhang, L. Zhang, Y. Wang, M. Li, Y. Zheng, G. Geng, T. J. Wallington, W. Han, W. Shen, and K. He (2017), Attribution of PM2.5 Exposure in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Region to emissions: implication to control strategies, Sci. Bull., 13, 957-964.

Hong, C., Q. Zhang, Y. Zhang, Y. Tang, D. Tong and K. He (2017), Multi-year downscaling application of two-way coupled WRF v3.4 and CMAQ v5.0.2 over east Asia for regional climate and air quality modeling: model evaluation and aerosol direct effects, Geosci. Model Dev., 10, 2447-2470.

Zhang, Q., X. Jiang, D. Tong, S. J. Davis, H. Zhao, G. Geng, T. Feng, B. Zheng, Z. Lu, D. G. Streets, R. Ni, M. Brauer, R. V. Martin, H. Huo, Z. Liu, D. Pan, H. Kan, Y. Yan, J. Lin, K. He, and D. Guan (2017), Transboundary health impacts of transported global air pollution and international trade, Nature, 543, 705-709.

Xue, T., Y. Zheng, G. Geng, X. Jiang, B. Zheng, Q. Zhang, and K. He (2017), Fusing observational, satellite remote sensing and air quality model simulated data to estimate spatiotemoral variations of PM2.5 exposure in China, Remote Sens., 9, 221.

Zhao, H., Q. Zhang, H. Huo, J. Lin, Z. Liu, H. Wang, D. Guan, and K. He (2016), Environment-economy tradeoff for Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei’s product exports, Appl. Energ., 184, 926-935.

Lin, J., D. Tong, S. J. Davis, R. Ni, X. Tan, D. Pan, H. Zhao, Z. Lu, D. G. Streets, T. Feng, Q. Zhang, Y. Yan, Y. Hu, J. Li, Z. Liu, X. Jiang, G. Geng, K. He, Y. Huang, and D. Guan (2016), Global climate forcing of aerosols embodied in international trade, Nat. Geosci., 9, 790-794.

Zheng, Y., Q. Zhang, Y. Liu, G. Geng, and K. He (2016), Estimating ground-level PM2.5 concentrations over three megalopolises in China using satellite-derived aerosol optical depth measurements, Atmos. Environ., 124, 232-242.

Li, X., Q. Zhang, Y. Zhang, B. Zheng, K. Wang, Y. Cheng, T. Wallington, W. Han, W. Shen, X. Zhang, and K. He (2015), Source Contributions of Urban PM2.5 in the Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei Region: Changes between 2006 and 2013 and relative impacts of emissions and meteorology, Atmos. Environ., 123, 229-239.

Geng, G., Q. Zhang, R. V. Martin, A. van Donkelaar, H. Huo, H. Che, J. Lin, and K. He (2015), Estimating long-term PM2.5 concentrations in China using satellite-based aerosol optical depth and a chemical transport model, Remote Sens. Environ., 166, 262-270.

Jiang, X., C. Hong, Y. Zheng, B. Zheng, D. Guan, A. Gouldson, Q. Zhang, and K. He (2015), To what extent can China’s near-term air pollution control policy protect air quality and human health? A case study of the Pearl River Delta region, Environ. Res. Letts., 10, 104006.

Jiang, X., Q. Zhang, H. Zhao, G. Geng, L. Peng, D. Guan, H. Kan, H. Huo, J. Lin, M. Brauer, R. V. Martin, and K. He (2015), Revealing the hidden health costs embodied in Chinese exports, Environ. Sci. Tech., 49, 4381-4388.

Huo, H., H. Cai, Q. Zhang, F. Liu, and K. He (2015), Life-cycle assessment of greenhouse gas and air emissions of electric vehicles: a comparison between China and the U.S., Atmos. Environ., 108, 107-116.

Zhao, H., Q. Zhang, D. Guan, S. J. Davis, Z. Liu, H. Huo, J. Lin, W. Liu, and K. He (2015), Assessment of China’s virtual air pollution transport embodied in trade by using a consumption-based emission inventory, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 15(10), 5443-5456.

Zheng, B., Q. Zhang, Y. Zhang, K. He, K. Wang, G. Zheng, F. Duan, Y. Ma, and T. Kimoto (2015), Heterogeneous chemistry: a mechanism missing in current models to explain secondary inorganic aerosol formation during the January 2013 haze episode in North China, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 15(4), 2031-2049.

Guan, D., S. Klasen, K. Hubacek, K. Feng, Z. Liu, K. He, Y. Geng, and Q. Zhang (2014), Determinants of Stagnating Carbon Intensity in China, Nature Clim. Change, 4(11), 1017-1023.

Lin, J., D. Pan, S. J. Davis, Q. Zhang, K. He, C. Wang, D. G. Streets, D. J. Wuebbles, and D. Guan (2014), China’s international trade and air pollution in the United States, P. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 111, 1736–1741.

Liu, F., Z. Klimont, Q. Zhang, J. Cofala, L. J. Zhao, H. Huo, B. Nguyen, W. Schöpp, R. Sander, B. Zheng, C. Hong, K. He, M. Amann, and C. Heyes (2013), Integrating mitigation of air pollutants and greenhouse gases in Chinese cities: Development of GAINS-City model for Beijing, J. Clean. Prod., 58, 25-33.

Zhang, Q., K. He, and H. Huo (2012), Cleaning China’s air, Nature, 484, 161-162.

Huo, H., M. Wang, X. L. Zhang, K. B. He, H. M. Gong, K. J. Jiang, Y. F. Jin, Y. D. Shi, and X. Yu (2012), Projection of energy use and greenhouse gas emissions by motor vehicles in China: Policy options and impacts, Energy Policy, 43, 37-48.

Huo, H., Q. Zhang, M. Q. Wang, K. He, and D. G. Streets (2010), Environmental implication of electric vehicles in China, Envrion. Sci. Technol., 44, 4856–4861.

He, K., Y. Lei, X. Pan, Y. Zhang, Q. Zhang, and D. Chen (2010), Co-benefits from energy policies in China, Energy, 35, 4265-4272.