Tan Xianchun

Tan Xianchun is a professor and the deputy director of Center of Overall Planning, Safety and Security Management, Institute of Policy and Management, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Her area of research interests is mainly about Low-carbon Economy Transition and Planning, Public Policy Quantitative Analysis in Environment, Resources, Energy and Transportation, Policy of Climate Change Adaption and Environmentally Conscious Manufacturing. She is also a visiting scholar of John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University from 2015 to 2016.

Prof. Tan did her research at the postdoctoral station of Industrial Engineering, Department of Management Science and Engineering in Tsinghua University from July 2004 to June 2006. After that she continued her research as an associate researcher in IPM, CAS, where she was engaged in green manufacturing and industry energy-saving which is closely related to low-carbon development. She has taken charge of many research projects in the National Natural Science Foundation, the National High Technology Research and Development Program, and many important projects of Chongqing Natural Science Foundation. All these above have laid solid foundation for her research of low-carbon development.

During recent years, Prof. Tan has also done a lot of work on low-carbon development and adaption to climate change, particularly in policies and actions for Low-carbon pilot provinces or cities of China to address the climate change. Prof. Tan has finished the project “Research on 13th -Five-Year Planning Ideas and Objectives of Addressing Climate Change of China”, funded by NDRC, “Program of Studies on Low Carbon Development of the People's Republic of China and India”, funded by ADB, “the key research on the South-South Cooperation to cope with the climate change – the evaluation and suggestion on the results of the research from 2011 to 2013”, funded by NDRC, and “The assessment study on China's low-carbon development policy”, Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Her group has paid attention to the planning method and policy research of low-carbon pilots on regional level and accumulated large amount of data and materials on Guangdong and Chongqing low-carbon development. Especially, a series of decision-making policy recommendations such as “The Case studies of low-carbon applied in the Energy, Chemical, and Automotive Manufacturing sectors in the low-carbon development in Chongqing” have raised highly attention of Chongqing Municipal Government. The results and policy recommendations have been publicized and spread broadly, which will promote low-carbon awareness of Chongqing. Through the consistent attention and research on Chongqing and Guangdong low-carbon development, her group has established good corporation basis with Provincial Development and Reform Commission and other government departments.

In 2015, Prof. Tan was invited to the US as a visiting scholar in John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. During one year’s time, she focused on the study of low-carbon development policy system of China and the comparative study of climate change policies of China and the US in key sectors. She has finished two reports, “Evaluate best practice of low-carbon pilots in China, based on the case study of Chongqing” and “Progress in Systemic Building for Low-Carbon Development in China and Suggestions”. On the basis of the study above, her group has settled up a complete policy evaluation system which combines bottom-up and top-bottom methods.

Academic Positions

• 2015 – 2016, Visiting Scholar of John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
• 2011 – presentProfessor in Low-carbon Economy, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Policy and Management
• 2006 – 2011 Associate Professor in Low-carbon Economy, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Policy and Management
• 2004 – 2006 Post-doctoral Researcher in Industrial Engineering, Tsinghua University (Department of Management Science and Engineering)
  Affiliations & Nonacademic Positions
• 2010 – present Director, Energy and Economic Management Branch, Chinese Society of Optimization, Overall Planning and Economic Mathematics
• 2008 – present Committee Member, Emergency Management Specialized Commission, Chinese Society of Optimization, Overall Planning and Economic Mathematics
• 2006 – present Director, Complex System Research Commission, Chinese Society of Optimization, Overall Planning and Economic Mathematics

• 2006 – present Deputy Director, Center of Overall Planning, Safety and Security Management, Institute of Policy and Management, Chinese Academy of Sciences Fields of Competence  Public Policy: Environment, Resources, Energy, Transportation  
  1. Regional Low Carbon economy transition and planning
  2. Low Carbon economy of the regional industries transition and policies
  3. Policy research of the adaption to the climate change
  4. Environmentally conscious manufacturing (ECM) 
  Education 
  1. Ph.D., Environmentally Conscious Manufacturing, Chongqing University, September, 2001 – June, 2004
  Publications 
  1. 2016. Greenhouse gas emissions of motor vehicles in Chinese cities and the implication for China’s mitigation targets, Applied Energy (SCI), Available online 2 July 2016, ISSN 0306-2619
  2. 2016. China’s Regional CO2 Emissions Reduction potential—a study of Chongqing city. Applied Energy (SCI), 2016, (162): 1345–1354.
  3. 2015. Empirical research on key influencing factors of CO2 emission in the running process of urban residential buildings. The 45th International Conference on Computers & Industrial Engineering (CIE45) (EI), 2015, 10, 28, France.
  4. 2014. The evaluation of the effect on ecological civilization construction. Science Press. 2014,4
  5. 2014. The potential and contribution factors analysis of CO2 emission reduction in China’s electric power industry. Ecology.  2014,3
  6. 2014. Low Carbon Industrial Development in Chongqing: Automotive Industry as Example. See: Mu Rongping, Reinhard Meckl, Innovation for Green Growth. Sciences Press. 2014, 1.
  7. 2014. Influencing factors analysis of carbon dioxide emission in China’s chemical industry: base on LMDI from product perspective.  Chinese Journal of Management Science.  2014, 1.
  8. 2013. Research on Low-carbon Economy Transition in Western China: the case of Chongqing. Science Press. 
  9. 2013. China's regional carbon emission differentiation characteristics and low-carbon development countermeasures. Annual Report on China's Low-carbon Economic Development. 2013: 109-121.
  10. 2013. A Carbon Dioxide Reduction Potential Model for Chemical Industry. Chinese Journal of Management Science. 2013, 21(5): 139-148.
  11. 2011. Improved Methods for Production Manufacturing Processes in Environmentally Benign Manufacturing. Energies. 2011, 4: 1391-1409. (SCI & EI)
  12. 2011. Study on whole-life cycle automotive manufacturing industry CO2 emission accounting method and Application in Chongqing. Procedia Environmental Sciences. 2011, 5: 167–172. (EI)
  13. 2011. Application of Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) in evaluating energy consuming of Integrated Oxidation Ditch (IOD). Procedia Environmental Sciences. 2011, 5: 29-36. (EI)
  14. 2010. Low-carbon Transition Target and Path of Heavy Industrial cities in Western China: the case of Chongqing. Reform. 2010,11:80-85 (CSSCI)
  15. 2010. The low-carbon technology roadmap and appliance in Regional automotive industry on the basis of scenario analysis. IEMSS 2010 
  16. 2009. A methodology for selecting a green technology portfolio based on synergy. International Journal of Production Research. 2010, 48(24): 7289-7302. (SCI & EI)
  17. 2008. A Decision-making framework model of cutting tool selection for green manufacturing and its application. Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Systems. 2008, 7(2): 257-260. EI: 084711717998)
  18. 2008. A Risk Assessment Model of Flight Tensity at the Last Week of a Month in Airways. The 38th International Conference on Computers & Industrial Engineering (Beijing).2008,10:1958-2964. (ISTP :000262289601025)
  19. 2008. Green manufacturing practices and green innovation. The 38th International Conference on Computers & Industrial Engineering (Beijing). 2008, 10:2218-2224. (ISTP:000262289601139)
  20. 2007. Research on the Diagnosis and Improvement Method of Process Route in Enterprise Production Process in terms of Sustainable Development III. International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology. 2007, 33(12): 1256-1262. (SCI & EI)
  21. 2007. Study on the optimization method of technical factors in process planning for green manufacturing and its application. Proceedings of the 37th International Conference on Computers and Industrial Engineering. October 20-23, 2007, Alexandria, Egypt. 490-496.
  22. 2006. Improved methods for process route in enterprise production process in terms of sustainable development II. Tsinghua Science and Technology. 2006, 11(6): 693-700. (EI)
  23. 2006. Research on the Sustainable Development oriented Regional Logistics Planning. International Journal of Services Operations & Informatics. 2006.Vol.1,Nos.1/2:174-186.(SCI & EI)
  24. 2006. Research on the sustainable development oriented regional logistics planning based on the environment capacity evaluation. International Journal of Services Operations and Informatics. 2006, 1(2):174-186. 
  Selected Project Experience
  25. 2016-2019, Principal Investigator, “Research on Low-carbon Economy Policy Overall Analysis and Optimization Model based on Bottom-up and Top-down Method” National Natural Science Foundation of China, Grant No.: 71573249.
  26. 2016-2017, Principal Investigator of sub project, “Research on the Roadmap of China's Carbon Emissions Peak around 2030”, Institute of Science and Technology Strategy Consulting, Chinese Academy of Sciences Major consulting project. 
  27. 2015, Principal Investigator, “Program of Studies on Low Carbon Development of the People's Republic of China and India”, Asian Development Bank project, Grant No.: TA-8534 REG.
  28. 2014, Principal Investigator, “Research on 13th -Five-Year Planning Ideas and Objectives of Addressing Climate Change of China” 2014 Key projects of Department of Planning, National Development and Reform Commission.
  29. 2014.1-2014.12, Principal Investigator, “the key research on the South-South Cooperation to cope with the climate change – the evaluation and suggestion on the results of the research from 2011 to 2013”, funded by National Development and Reform Commission, Grant No.:Y301301801.
  30. 2014, Principal Investigator, “The assessment study on China's low-carbon development policy”, Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
  31. 2013-2014, Co-principal Investigator, “Research of Low carbon planning of Guangdong province”, US Energy Foundation.
  32. 2013-2014, Principal Investigator, “Evaluating low carbon policies in 12th FYP and planning for 13th FYP”, UK FCO Strategic Prosperity Fund, Grand No.:PPY-CHN-1105
  33. 2013-2014, Principal Investigator, “The research on regional low-carbon development policies in China”, funded by National Development and Reform Commission, Grant No.:Y300591801
  34. 2012-2015, Principal Investigator, “The study on low-carbon development project and route map” the “One-Three-Five”, funded by the Planning and Deployment Subproject of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Grant No.:Y201131Z03.
  35. 2012-2014,Principal Investigator, “Risk Assessment Methods on Manufacturing System for Green Manufacturing”, National Natural Science Foundation of China, Grant No.:71101137
  36. 2011-2015, Principal Investigator, “Research on the Potential for Regional Carbon Emission and the Realization Path”, Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
  37. 2012.1-2013.1, Principal Investigator, “Research on the Low-carbon Economy Pilot Experience and Extended Countermeasures in Chongqing”, Chongqing Major Decision-making Consulting Research Project, Grant No.: 2012-ZB13.
  38. 2011-2012，Principal Investigator, “Low Carbon Upgrading of Industrial Parks in Weatern China”, UK FCO Strategic Prosperity Fund.
  39. 2010-2011, Principal Investigator, “Research on the Low-carbon Transition of Heavy Industrial Cities in the West”, National Natural Science Foundation of China, Grant No.: 71041012.
  40. 2009-2010, Co-principal Investigator, “Chongqing: A Low Carbon Transition, with Case Studies in the Energy, Chemical, and Automotive Manufacturing sectors”, The UK FCO Strategic Prosperity Fund, Grant No.: TSF-LCHG-0604.
  41. 2009-2010, Principal Investigator, “Studies of the Path and Countermeasures on the Low-carbon Economy in Chongqing”, Chongqing Major Decision-making Consulting Research Project, Grant No.: 2010-WT-06. 
  42. 2009-2010, Co-principal Investigator, “A Project Proposal of Development of Low-Carbon Economy in Chongqing Municipality”, The US Energy Foundation.
  43. 2008-2009, Principal Investigator, “Diagnoses of Green Manufacturing Progress Route”, Director’s Research Fund for the Institute of Policy & Management of Chinese Academy of Sciences.
  44. 2007-2008, Co-principal Investigator, “The study of several major issues of science and technology innovation in Chinese Energy Field”, National Energy Office Commissioned Project.
  45. 2006- 2009, Principal Investigator, “The Development of Flight Safety Management System”, Air China Commissioned Project.
  46. 2005-2006, Co-principal Investigator, “Research on Manufacturing Chain and its Integrated Information System in the Demand Chain”, The Science and Technology Key Project of Beijing City.
  47. 2003-2004, Co-principal Investigator, “Key Technologies of Process Planning Support System for Environmentally Conscious Manufacturing and Its application”, the CIMS Subject of National 863 Plan.
  48. 2002-2004, Co-principal Investigator, “Research on the Role of Science and Technology Innovation in Promoting Competitive Industries of Eastern Developed Area of China”, The National Key Technologies