1. A Former Mayor
 A former mayor of a Beijing suburban town of 2 million. Left
10 yr government career leading to top officialdom to become
a visiting scholar at Harvard
 On a quest for:
- The right path to modern governance, learning the best practices and
emerging trends in public management in the world
-Push to move China beyond GDP metrics to real progress, from
resource-intensive growth to innovation driven, science-based urban
policymaking
- Study innovation, sustainable economy and social progress at local
(region, city, district) level for science-based, forward-looking
policymaking.

2. Prof. Guan Chenghua
 Dean, School of Economic and Resource
Management(SERM), Beijing Normal University
 Head of the Capital Institute of Science and Technology
Development Strategy (CISTD)
 Head of the Urban Green Development Lab
 Director, China Chapter of UNIDO-UNEP Green
Industry Platform

3. Research Highlights
• China Green Development Index Report
• Capital (Beijing) Tech Innovation Development
Index and Report
• Urban Green Development Lab
• China Genuine Progress Index

4. China Green Development
Index Reports - Since 2010

5. China Green Development
Index Reports – 2015 High Profile
 Annual reports from 2010 looking at cities and provinces’ green
economic development status
 Joint research team from Beijing Normal University, National Bureau
of Statistics and Southwestern University of Finance and Economics
led by Prof. Guan
 The 2015 Report is on President Xi’s desk during his 2016 New Year
speech to the nation

6. China Green Development
Index Report - 2014 Details
 30 provinces and 100 cities
 Survey of residents of 38 key
cities
 Green development scorecard on
cities and provinces
 Consulting experts are top
academia and officials from
sustainability development field

7. Research Highlights
• China Green Development Index Report
• Beijing Tech Innovation Development Index and
Report
• Urban Green Development Lab
• China Genuine Progress Index

8. Capital Tech Innovation
Development Index
 China’s call for innovation for better economic and social
progress
 Measure technology development, contribution of technology
innovation to econ and social progress
 Expert insights from MOST, Chinese Academy of Science,
National Bureau of Statistics, Beijing City government,
Zhongguancun, universities..
 Source data from national and city government
 Built from ~2500 preliminary indicators collected from literature
review around the world

9. Research Highlights
• China Green Development Index Report
• Beijing Tech Innovation Development Index and
Report
• Urban Green Development Lab
• China Genuine Progress Index

10. Urban Green Development Lab
Beijing Key Lab for Study of Scientific and Technological Strategies of Urban
Green Development
• First province-and-ministry, interdisciplinary (art +
science) study among all universities in Beijing
• Strong collaboration with government agencies: NDRC,
MOST, Ministry of Finance, NBS, etc
• Information Engineering Center for Analytical Spatial
Decision Making of Green Development Strategies for
urban green development and tech innovation
policymaking

11. Urban Green Development Lab
Beijing Key Lab for Study of Scientific and Technological Strategies of Urban
Green Development
• Diverse Research team: 31 dedicated researchers, 17 are Professor
level. 28 PhDs, 2 member of China Academy of Science, 2 honorary
Yangtze River Scholar Distinguished Professor. Research team from
Chinese and overseas universities incl. Harvard, Clark, University of
Warwick, China Academy of Science, Wuhan University
• Incorporating GPI measurement, social economic policy
impact analysis to advice policies related to
urbanization, city management, resource depletion and
pollution, future research on city, state, regional,
enterprise level.

12. China Genuine Progress
Index Research
• CGPiS survey Kicked off Dec. 2015
• Beijing and Chengdu (2000 and 1000 household surveys in 2
cities); online survey on 7 cities
• Annual Survey to collect data on individual, household and
community about employment, consumption, time allocation,
health, social network, values, behavior status; Build China GPI
database
• Examine quality of economic development, real progress in
social, economic, resource space for policymakers on various
levels

13. Underpinning Institutions
• Beijing Normal University School of
Economic Resource Management (SERM)
• Capital Institute of Science and Technology
Development Strategy (CSTD)
• Urban Green Development Lab
• UNIDO-UNEP China Green Platform

14. Beijing Normal University
School of Economic Resource Management
(SERM)
• Faculty member incl. former deputy directors of
State Council Development Research Center
• Hosts UNIDO-UNEP China Chapter office, Asia
Pacific Green Development Center, CSTD, Urban
Development Green Lab

15. Capital Institute of Science and Technology
Development Strategy (CSTD)
• A Beijing-based think tank that researches and advises on tech
innovation related policy for better economic AND social
development
• Jointly launched by China Ministry of Science and Technology
(MOST),China Academy of Science, China Academy of Engineering,
Beijing City government
• Publish annual index and report on the status of technology
innovation in Beijing from 2011; government funded research on tech
innovation, new industry development, mega city governance, city
planning.
• Council members include central level agencies, large SOEs as key
stakeholders of Beijing’s innovation community
• Research and impact beyond Beijing…