Zhang, Bing
Bing Zhang is a professor of environmental economics and policy at Nanjing University of Finance and Economics and Nanjing University. He is also the director of the Center for Environmental Management and Policy Analysis, supported by Nanjing University and the Jiangsu Environmental Protection Department. He holds a doctorate in Environmental Planning and Management from Nanjing University.
Research Interests
Bing’s research focuses on energy and environmental governance and policy in China. He mainly examines detailed regulation designs, their impacts on pollution and energy use, as well as their effects on industrial competitiveness, structural dynamics, and social welfare.
Grants and Consultancy
Research on policy incentives for developing new energy systems. The National Natural Science Foundation, 2024-2027.
Improving environmental regulation through big data application. The National Natural Science Foundation, 2022-2026.
Environmental and climate benefits of China’s investments in intermittent renewable energy. Energy Foundation, 2021-2022.
Environmental Management and Policy Analysis. The National Natural Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars, 2019-2023.
Changjiang Distinguished Young Professor, 2017-2019.
Environmental Risk Management. The National Natural Science Fund for Innovative Research Groups, 2020-2024.
Social experiments in environmental governance under artificial intelligence. MEP and Jiangsu EPD, 2019-2024.
Policy Engagement
Environmental information disclosure, emission trading, and pollution discharge permits.
Awards
EfD Policy Impact Award, 2025.
Second Prize in the Outstanding Scientific Research Award (Humanities and Social Sciences), 2024, Ministry of Education.
Second Prize in the Science and Technology Award, 2022, Ministry of Ecology and Environment.
Evan Ringquist Best Paper Award, 2020, APSA.
Outstanding Achievements Award in Development Economics Research, 2022, Peikang Chang Research Foundation of Development Economics.