Prof. MA Zhong
Name: MA, Zhong
Gender: Male
Address: School of Environment and Natural Resources
Renmin University of China
59 Zhongguancun Road
Beijing 100872
P.R.China
Tel: (86-10) 6251-3800 (O)
Fax: (86-10) 6251-1645
Email: mazhong@public.bta.net.cn
Date of Birth: March 6, 1954
Citizenship: P.R.China
Languages: Chinese: Native Speaker
English: Fluent in speaking, reading and writing
Areas of Specialization:
Economic Evaluation of the Environment and Natural Resources;
Economic Incentives in Environmental Policies and Management
Personal Interest:
Chinese Traditional Culture, Wetlands and Wildlife
Education:
1966-1969 No. 5 Middle School, Beijing, China
1974-1977 Luoyang Polytechnic Institute, Henan, China
Major: Farm Machinery Design
1986-1988 Renmin University of China, Beijing, China
Major: Agricultural Economics
M.A. degree awarded (1990)
1996-1999 Renmin University of China, Beijing, China
Major: Environmental Economics
Ph.D. degree awarded (1999)
Employment:
2006- Dean and Professor
School of Environment and Natural Resources
Renmin University of China
2001- Executive Dean and Professor
School of Environment and Natural Resources
Renmin University of China
1996-2001 Professor and Director
Institute of Environmental Economics
Renmin University of China
Director (since 1995)
Beijing Environment and Development Institute
Deputy Dean (since 1996)
Department of Agricultural Economics
Renmin University of China
1992-1996 Associate Professor and Deputy Director
Institute of Environmental Economics
Renmin University of China
1987-1992 Assistant Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics,
Renmin University of China.
1978-1987 Teaching Assistant, Department of Agricultural Economics,
Renmin University of China.
Professional Affiliation:
1995- Chinese Society of Ecological Economics (Director)
1998- Chinese Society for Environmental Sciences (Member)
2001-2003 Professional Association for China’s Environment (Director)
2004- China Association of Environmental Culture (Director)
1995 Research Associate, London School of Economics and Political
Science, London, U.K.
1991-1995 Visiting Fellow, Resources for the Future (RFF), Washington, DC,
U.S.A.
1998- University Fellow, RFF, Washington, DC, U.S.A.
Advisor and Assignment:
Member of Professional Teaching Guide Division on Environmental Science, Ministry of Education, Beijing, 2006-2010
Member of Editorial Board, Center for Sustainable Engineering, Tokyo, Japan, 2006-
Member of Editorial Board, Science of Wetlands, Changchun, 2004-
Co-Chair, Task Force of Environmental & Natural Resources Pricing and Taxation, China Council for International Cooperation of Environment and Development (CCICED), 2003-2006
Member of Asian/Pacific Region Advisory Committee, Yale World Fellow Program, Yale University, New Haven, 2002-
Member of Program Advisory Council, Environmental Governance Training Program in PRC, American Bar Association, Beijing, 2002-
Member of Editorial Board, Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, Kluwer Academic Publishers, the Netherlands, 2002-2003.
Member of Editorial Board, Natural Resources, Beijing, 2002-
STAP Roster of Experts, Scientific and Technical Advisory Panel, Global Environment Facility (GEF), 2001-
Member of Editorial Board, China Environmental Sciences, Beijing, 2001-
Rapporteur, Workshop on Environmental Finance in China and OECD Countries, OECD-China Programme of Dialogue and Co-operation, Environmental Directorate, Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Beijing, 21-23 November, 2000.
Member of Advisory Group to the State Development and Planning Commission (SDPC), Preparation of 10th Five-Year Plan of Ecological Construction and Environmental Protection, Beijing, April 2000-.
Member of Advisory Committee of Sciences and Technologies, China State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA), Beijing, March 2000-.
Peer Reviewer to the Environment and Social Development Unit (EASES), the World Bank, China Environmental Sector Update, Beijing, September 1999-September 2000.
Rapporteur, Workshop on Environmental Taxes in China and OECD Countries, OECD-China Programme of Dialogue and Co-operation, Environmental Directorate, Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Paris, 5-6 October, 1998.
Senior Policy Maker, Advisory Committee Member, Economy and Environmental Program for SE Asia (EEPSEA), International Development Research Center (IDRC), Ottawa, 1998-2001.
Leading Environmental Economist, Trans-century Leading Scholar Program, China State Education Commission, Beijing, 1998-.
Member, Reviewing Committee, Small Grant of Global Environmental Facility to Natural Reserves in China, the Ministry of Forestry, Beijing, 1996-1999.
Member, International Advisory Board, Ecologically Sustainable Development, Inc., New York, U.S.A., 1995-1997
Visiting Professor, Institute of Agro-Ecology, Agricultural University of China, Beijing, China, 1995-
Advisor to the Institute of Agro-Environmental Protection, Monitoring, and Scientific Research, the China Ministry of Agriculture, Tianjin, China, 1994-.
Member of Academic Committee, Research Center for China's Sustainable Development, Peking University, Beijing, China, 1993-.
Member of Executive Committee, China Youth Environment Forum, Beijing, China, 1993-
National Core Faculty, Leadership for Environment and Development (LEAD) Program in China, Rockefeller Foundation, Beijing, China, 1992-1995.
Editorial Board Member, Journal of Ecological Economics, 1992-.
Member of the Evaluation Committee for Foreign Consulting Companies, Beijing Environment Master Plan, The World Bank, Beijing, China, November 1992.
Consultations:
Consultant to the World Bank: Evaluation of the Implementation of Water Pollution Control Plans in China: The Case of Huai River Basin, Beijing, 2005.11-2006.3
Chief Consultant to SEPA, Fiscal Mechanism of POPs Convention Implementation in China (F/I/S/04/070). SEPA, Beijing, 2004-2005.
Deputy Team Leader to AHT International GMBH Management and Engineering, Trans-jurisdictional Environmental Management, China, the Asian Development Bank (Project 152119), Beijing, 2003-2004
Chief Consultant (Chinese Team Leader) to China State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA) and the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD), Project of Economic Analysis of Environmental Impact, Beijing, 2002-2004.
Staff Consultant to the Asian Development Bank, Integrated Natural Resources Management in Sanjiang Plain, Heilongjiang Province, China (T.A. No. C20499-PRC), August-September, 2002
Chief Consultant (Team Leader) to the World Bank and SEPA, Institutional Study of Environmental Management in China, Beijing, November 2001-August 2002
Chief Consultant (Team Leader) to the World Bank and SEPA, Assessment and Risk Analysis of Implementing Montreal Protocol in China, Beijing, 2002-2004
Consultant to the Asian Development Bank, Preparation of Proposal for GEF Grant on Biodiversity Protection of Yellow Mountain and Jiuhua Mountain, Anhui, China, January to April, 2001.
Consultant to the Asian Development Bank, Gender and Development, Beijing, July-September, 2000
Leading Consultant to the State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA), Preparation of Sanjiang Wetland Biodiversity & Songhua Flood Management Project to the Asian Development Bank (ADB) & Global Environment Facility (GEF), Beijing, March-October 1999
Consultant to China Council for International Cooperation of Environment and Development (CCICED), Self-Assessment of CCICED, Beijing, May 1999- May 2000.
Chief Consultant to Vietnam Ministry of Planning and Investment, UNDP Project VIE/97/007 Environmental Issues in Investment Planning, Beijing, August-September, 2000
Consultant to Agra Earth & Environmental Limited, TA 3376-PRC: Songhua River Flood, Wetland & Biodiversity Management Project, the Asian Development Bank, Beijing and Harbin, April-December, 2000.
Consultant to the Ecology and Environment, Inc., (E & E), Asian Development Bank (ADB) TA No. 2901-PRC: Shanxi Environmental Improvement Project, Beijing and Taiyuan, July 1999.
Chief Consultant to UNDP/CICETE, Clean Production Project in Benxi, Liaoning Province, Beijing and Benxi, December 1999 to July 2000.
Consultant to the Asian Development Bank, Asian Environmental Outlook: China, Beijing, November-December, 1999.
Consultant to China State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA) and the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD), Project of Handbook for Economic and Financial Analysis of Projects under China Trans-century Green Project Programme, Beijing and Oslo, September 1998 to December 1999
Consultant (Deputy Team Leader) to the European Commission (EC), Formulation Mission to Liaoning Province for EU-China Liaoning Integrated Environmental Programme, Liaoning, China, May 1997.
Consultant to the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), Mission to Yancheng Natural Reserve, Yancheng, Jiangsu, China, May 1996.
Consultant to the China National Environmental Protection Agency (NEPA) and the China Ministry of Agriculture (MOA), Environmental Impact Assessment on Integrated Agricultural Development Project for the State Farms in Heilongjiang Province, Japanese Overseas Economic Cooperation Fund (OECF), Heilongjiang and Beijing, September 1995-April 1996.
Consultant to NEPA, Establishment of China National Environmental Protection Fund, Beijing, China, October 1994-August 1995
Consultant to Kinhill Engineers Pty Ltd., China Urban Environmental Improvement Planning, the Asian Development Bank, Beijing, China, August 1994-February 1995.
Consultant to the China and Mongolia Country Department, the World Bank, Chongqing Industrial Reform and Pollution Control Project, Chongqing and Beijing, China, June 1994-January 1995.
Consultant to the Working Group of Pollution Control, China Council of International Cooperation for Environment and Development (CCICED), Beijing, China, June, 1993.
Consultant to the Rockefeller Foundation, establishment of LEAD Program in China, Beijing, China, February-June, 1992
Grants and Fellowships:
Study of Regional Capacity for Sustainability Team Leader, China State Development and Reform Commission, 2004-2005.
Study of Poverty and Environment Linkage Team Leader, Shell Foundation 2004
Study on Environmental Tax in EU Countries. Team Leader, EU-China High Education Program, August 2000-July 2001
Study on Total Emission Control and Emission Trading in China. China Team Leader, Environmental Defense Fund, 2000-2001.
SO2 Emission Mitigation by integrated Technical and Environmental Instruments Team Leader, China APEC Industrial Cooperation Fund, September 1999-August 2001
Understanding the Quality of Emission Data in China. China Team Leader, Center for the Integrated Study of the Human Dimensions of Global Change, Carnegie Mellon University, January-October 1999.
Comparative Study on Environmental Value in China, India, Japan and the United States China Team Leader, Carnegie Council on Ethics, and International Affairs, 1998-2000.
Economic Value of Environment and Natural Resources. Trans-century Leading Scholar Program, China State Education Commission, Beijing, 1998-1999
Study on Total Emission Control and Emission Trading in China. China Team Leader, Environmental Defense Fund, 1997-2000.
China-Japan-United States Collaboration on Practical Strategies for Enhanced International Cooperation on Greenhouse Gas Mitigation and Sustainable Development Country Team Leader, Ford Motor Company, 1997.
Asian-Pacific Regional Environmental Economics Technical Assistance Project (RETA 5669). Country Team Leader, the Asian Development Bank, 1996-1998.
Study on the Policies of Use and Management of Pollution Levy Capitals Research Team Leader, China Environmental Protection Technical Assistance, Subproject: B-8-1, PL2-1, NEPA and the World Bank, 1994-1996.
Study on the Environmental-Economic Policies in the Context of Market Economy. Research Team Leader, NEPA and the World Bank, 1994-1996
Chongqing Industrial Reform and Pollution Control Project (Study IV). Research Team Leader, the China and Mongolia Country Department, the World Bank, 1994-1995
Economic Study of Environmental Policies under the Shift to a Market Economy in China Principal Researcher, NEPA, 1993-1996.
Development of the Wetlands in Northeast Sanjiang Plain in Northeast China. Principal Researcher and Visiting Fellow, Environment and Development Program, Resources for the Future and Henry M. Jackson Foundation, 1992-1995
Establishment of LEAD Program in China. Team Leader, the Rockefeller Foundation, 1992.
RFF-China Book Series on Environmental Economics. Executive Editor, The Rockefeller Foundation, 1990-1992.
Publications:
“Analysis and Understanding of the “Decision on Implementing the Scientific Concept of Development and Strengthening Environmental Protection of the State Council”----Strengthening Implementation of this Policy”, China Environment News, Page 3, March 3, 2006, Beijing, China
“Environmental Risk and the Construction of Management System”, with Song Guojun et al, Environmental Pollution and Prevention, Issue 2, 2006
Book Series on Environmental Economics and Policy(Including 2 books), editor-in-chief, Renmin University of China Press, 2005
“What Errors in Calculating GDP by PPP?”, With Lan Hong, Environmental Protection, Issue11,2005
“Impact of Water Price, Water Pollution on Farmers in Wei River Basin”, with Du Mei et al, Environmental Protection, Issue 10, 2005
“Review of Studies of Valuing Environmental Resources with Travel Cost Method”, with Xie Xianzheng, Journal of Hefei University of Technology(Natural Science), Issue 7, 2005
“Property Right Perspicuity: the Key to Ecological Recovery in Sanjiang Plain”, with Lanhong, Green China, Issue 9, 2005
“Urgency in Recovering and Protecting Ecological Balance in SanjiangPlain”, with Lanhong, Green China, Issue 7, 2005
“Analysis on Functions of Environmental Impact Assessment in Integration of Environment and Development in Decision-making”, with Wang Dongpu, Environmental Protection, Issue 5, 2005
“Environmental Fiscal Reform in China: Achievements, Challenges and the way forward-towards the establishment of a consistent and economically efficient environmental taxation system”, with Leo Horn, Chinese Cross Current, Issue 4, 2005
“Thought on Marketizing Operation of Water Environment Monitor”, with Du Mei, China Water Resources, Issue 3, 2005
“Problems and Strategies on Basin Water Environment Management in China”,with Du Mei, Social Scientist, Issue 2, 2005
“Review of Pollution Control System: the Case of Water Quality in Wei River Basin”, with Du Mei, North Environment, Issue 1, 2005
“The Performance of Imposing Environmental Tax on the Consumer in Straitened Circumstances”, with Lan Hong, Fudan Journal(Social Sciences Edition), Issue 2, 2005
“Environmental Disaster and “Ecotourism””,Green Leaf, Issue 1, 2005
“Restricting Conditions, Property Right and Efficient Allocation of Environmental Resources”, with Lan Hong, Journal of Zhejiang University (Humanities and Social Sciences), Issue 6, 2004 (Vol. 34, No. 6): 71-76.
“Ecological Crisis and Social Security”, with Zeng Xiangang, in Research Reports on China Social Development, in Zheng Hangsheng (eds.), Renmin University of China Press: 339-356. 2004, Beijing.
“Three Major Difficulties for Implementing Green GDP”, with Lan Hong, Green Leaves, Issue 3, 2004 (No. 75).
“Environmental Property Right and Green GDP”, with Lan Hong, Ecological Economics, Issue 4, 2004 (No. 139).
“Reforming the Institutional System of Environmental Administration”, with Wu Jian, Environmental Protection, Issue 3, 2004 (No. 317): 13-15.
“Institutional System of Environmental Protection: Toward Public Management”, in Review of China’s Environment and Development, Literature Press of Social Sciences: 323-354. 2004, Beijing.
“Property Right, Trading and Environmental Pricing”, with Lan Hong, China Pricing, Issue 2, 2004 (No. 178): 49-51.
“Prices, Externality, and Allocation of Environmental Resources”, with Lan Hong, Pricing Theories and Practices, Issue 11, 2003: 29-32.
SO2 Emission Trading: China’s Feasibility. With Wang Jinnan, et al (eds.), China Environmental Science Press, 2002, Beijing.
“Total Emissions Control and Emission Trading”, with Daniel Dudek. China Environmental Science, Issue 1, 2002 (Vol. 22, No. 1): 89-92.
“Theoretical and Practical Implication of Emission Trading”, Shanghai Environmental Science, Extra Issue, 2002 (Vol. 21, Extra Issue): 57-62.
“Total Emission Control of Major Pollutants in China”, with Dan Dudek and et al, in Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (ed.), China Environment Series, 32-42, Issue 4, 2001, Washington, DC.
SO2 Emissions Trading Program: US Experience and China’s Perspective. With Wang Jinnan, et al (eds.), in which “Experience of Emission Trading in China”, and “Total Emission Control of Major Pollutants in China” (With Song Guojun, et al), China Environmental Sciences Press, March 2000, Beijing, China.
Total Emissions Control and Emission Trading, with Daniel Dudek. China Environmental Science Press, November 1999, Beijing, China.
“Rapporteurs’ Report”, in Environmental Directorate, Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) (ed.), Environmental Taxes: Recent Development in China and OECD Countries, OECD, 1-12, August 1999, Paris.
Introduction to Economics of Environment and Natural Resources, Higher Education Press, August 1999, Beijing, China.
“On Education of Environmental Economics”, in Department of Education, SEPA (ed.), Practice and Exploration of Environmental Education in China’s Universities. . China Environmental Sciences Press, 98-106, August 1998, Beijing, China.
“Study on the Policy for Use and Management of Pollution Levy Fund”, in Department of Supervision and management, NEPA (ed.), Proceedings of International Workshop on Pollution Levy System Reform in China. China Environmental Sciences Press, 56-68, January 1998, Beijing, China.
Introduction to Sustainable Development. With Zhang Kunmin, et al, China Environmental Sciences Press, March 1997, Beijing, China.
"On the Capital Allocation of the Environmental-Economic Policies in China", in NEPA (ed.), Meeting the Challenge of the New Century: Essays on Environment and Development. China Environmental Sciences Press, 47-54, June 1996, Beijing, China.
"China's Past speaks to a Sustainable Future", Forum for Applied Research and Public Policy, 53-56. Winter 1995 (Vol. 10, No. 4), U.S.A.
"China Strives to Make the Polluter Pay", with Keith Florig, Walter Spofford and Xiaoying Ma. Environmental Sciences and Technology, 268-273. June 1995 (Vol. 29, No. 6), U.S.A.
"China's Environmental-Economic Policies in the Context of Market Economy", China Environmental News, Page 3. August 12, 1995, Beijing, China.
"Origins and Development of Environmental Economics", Teaching and Research. No. 206 (No.6, 1994), Beijing, China.
"Economic Assessment of Environmental Impact: Grasping the Joint Interest between Environmental Protection and Economic Development", China Environment News, Page 3. July 22, 1993, Beijing, China.
"Valuing the Environmental Resources", Environmental Protection. July 1993, Beijing, China.
"On the Economics of Environmental Impact Assessment", Environmental Protection Newsletter. May 1993 (No.184), Beijing, China.
The Ecological Economics of Townships in China. With Zhuang Cuiling, et al, China Prospect Publishing House, 1990, Beijing, China.
RFF-China Book Series on Environmental Economics (including 15 books). With Allen V. Kneese and Walter O. Spofford, Jr., China Prospect Publishing House and SDX Joint Publishing Co., 1990 -, Beijing, China.
Farm Machinery and Applied Principles. With Zhang Yang et al, Renmin University Press, 1989, Beijing, China.
"Main Points on the Theory of Western Environmental Economics", Rural Economy and Society. No.4, 1988, Beijing, China.
Agricultural Technologies. With Wang Yuan, et al, Renmin University Press, 1988, Beijing, China.
Technical Reports:
Correcting Environmental Market Failures and Greening Public Finance: the Role of Environmental Fiscal Instruments （EFIs）Policy Recommendation, a report prepared for China Council for International Cooperation on Environment an Development (CCICED) and UK Department for International Development(DFID), Beijing, October 2005.
Economic Evaluation of Environmental Impact Assessment, a technical report prepared for State Environmental Protection Administration of China (SEPA), May 2005.
Case Study of Poverty & Environment Linkages in Sanjing Plain. A project paper prepared for Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the World Conservation Union (IUCN), March 2005
Trans-jurisdictional Water Environmental Management: the Case of Yellow River, a project report prepared for State Environmental Protection Administration of China (SEPA), March 2005
“Environmental Fiscal Reform in China: Achievements, Challenges and the Way Forward”, in Environmental Fiscal Reform for Sustainable Development and Poverty Reduction. Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH: 85-98. 2004, Berlin.
Institutional Study of Environmental Administration in China, a report prepared for State Environmental Protection Administration of China (SEPA) and World Bank, November 2002
Biodiversity Conservation & Ecosystem Management in Anhui Province, China (ADB TA Contract No. 3462-PRC).A Project Concept Paper prepared for Global Environment Facility (GEF) and Ministry of Finance (MOF) of China, Asian Development Bank. May, 2001.
Consultant’s Report (Contract No. COCS/00-579, TA No. 5889). Prepared for China Wind Energy Appraisal Mission, PRC Wind Power Project, Asian Development Bank. November 23, 2000.
Cleaner Technology and Air Pollution Control: Benxi. A report prepared for UNDP, March 2000
Economic and Financial Analysis of Projects under China Trans-Century Green Project Program, a research report prepared for the China State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA) and Norwegian Agency for Development Co-operation (NORAD), ECON Center for Economic Analysis, Oslo, Norway, September 1999.
Main Findings and Recommendations from Field Trips to Taiyuan, Shanxi Province, a report prepared for the Mission to Taiyuan, Shanxi Province, PRC, the Asian Development Bank. August 1999.
Evaluating the Environmental Impact of a Wetland-Reclaiming Project in the Sanjiang Region: A Case Study. With Ronald Wang, a technical report prepared for the Asia-Pacific Regional Environmental Economics Technical Assistance Project (RETA 5669), the Asian Development Bank, June 1998.
Literature Review of Economic Evaluation of Environmental Impact: China. A technical report prepared for the Asia-Pacific Regional Environmental Economics Technical Assistance Project (RETA 5669), the Asian Development Bank, April 1998.
Mission Report of Formulation Mission to Liaoning Province for EU-China Liaoning Integrated Environmental Programme. With Tjeerd Deelstra, et al, prepared for the European Commission, August 1997, Shenyang, China.
Study on the Policy of Use and Management of Pollution Levy Capitals. With Zou Ji, Sun Chengyong and Guo Chengmo, a report prepared for NEPA and the World Bank, April 1996, Beijing, China.
Economic Instruments in China's Environmental Policies. With Zou Ji, Zhang Shiqiu and Wang Manchuan, a technical report prepared for NEPA and the World Bank, April 1996, Beijing, China.
The Main Obstacles in Compliance of Environmental Regulation in Chongqing Municipality. With Zou Ji, Zhang Shiqiu, and Ma Xiaoying, a technical report prepared for the China and Mongolia Country Department, the World Bank, February 1995, Chongqing and Beijing, China.
A Review of Existing Environmental Regulation Framework in Chongqing Municipality. With Zou Ji, Zhang Shiqiu, and Ma Xiaoying, a technical report prepared for the China and Mongolia Country Department, the World Bank, August 1994, Chongqing and Beijing, China.
Saving the Last Wetlands in the Sanjiang Plain. A report prepared for the Committee of Environmental and Resources Protection, China National People's Congress, June 1994, Beijing, China.