1. China and IIASA Highlights (2008-2014) April 2014

2. CONTENTS 1.Summary 2.National Member Organization 3.Some Leading Chinese Personalities Associated with IIASA 4.Research Partners 5.Research Collaborations: Selected Highlights 6.Capacity Building 7.Further Information

3. SUMMARY (2008-2014) National Member Organization National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) Membership start date 2002

4. SUMMARY (2008-2014) National Member Organization National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) Membership start date 2002 Research partners 29 organizations in China

5. SUMMARY (2008-2014) National Member Organization National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) Membership start date 2002 Research partners 29 organizations in China Areas of research collaborations Food security in China Smart ways to clean up China’s air Advancing energy and integrated assessment modeling in China Global Energy Assessment and China Water scarcity in China Projecting changing population and human capital in China Enhancing disaster preparedness in China Terrestrial carbon management in China Evolution of cooperation Advanced systems analysis

6. SUMMARY (2008-2014) National Member Organization National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) Membership start date 2002 Research partners 29 organizations in China Areas of research collaborations Food security in China Smart ways to clean up China’s air Advancing energy and integrated assessment modeling in China Global Energy Assessment and China Water scarcity in China Projecting changing population and human capital in China Enhancing disaster preparedness in China Terrestrial carbon management in China Evolution of cooperation Advanced systems analysis Capacity Building 47 young scientists from China have participated in IIASA’s Young Scientists Summer Program 2 in IIASA’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program 5 in the Southern African Young Scientists Summer Program

7. SUMMARY (2008-2014) National Member Organization National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) Membership start date 2002 Research partners 29 organizations in China Areas of research collaborations Food security in China Smart ways to clean up China’s air Advancing energy and integrated assessment modeling in China Global Energy Assessment and China Water scarcity in China Projecting changing population and human capital in China Enhancing disaster preparedness in China Terrestrial carbon management in China Evolution of cooperation Advanced systems analysis Capacity Building 47 young scientists from China have participated in IIASA’s Young Scientists Summer Program 2 in IIASA’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program 5 in the Southern African Young Scientists Summer Program Publication output 193 publications

8. NATIONAL MEMBER ORGANIZATION National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) Professor Congqiang Liu, Vice President of the NSFC, is the IIASA Council Member for China China NMO committee : –Prof. Jiming Hao, Tsinghua University –Prof. Kejun Jiang, Energy Research Institute, NDRC –Prof. Xiubin Li, IGSNRR, Chinese Academy of Sciences –Prof. Jiahua Pan, IUES, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences –Prof. Rusong Wang, RCEES, Chinese Academy of Sciences –Prof. Shouyang Wang, AMSS, Chinese Academy of Sciences –Prof. Yiming Wei, Beijing Institute of Technology –Prof. Dawen Yang, Tsinghua University –Prof. Wei Zhang, Tianjin University The NMO Secretary for China is Mr. Chuang Zhao, NSFC

9. SOME LEADING CHINESE PERSONALITIES FROM ACADEMIA AND GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATED WITH IIASA Jie Wang Zhenghua Jiang Dadi Zhou Jing-Yun Fang Liangyu Hui Siwei Cheng

10. COLLABORATING, RESEARCH & FUNDING PARTNERS 29 institutions in China, including: Beijing Forestry University Beijing Normal University Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS) Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and many of its institutions Energy Research Institute, National Development and Reform Commission Peking University Shanghai Meteorological Bureau The State Forestry Administration of the People's Republic of China (SFC) Tianjin University Tsinghua University

11. RESEARCH COLLABORATIONS Selected Highlights: Planning the Future of China’s Agriculture Mapping Nitrogen Scarcity Modeling Green and Blue Water Cutting Air Pollution and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Simultaneously in China Greenhouse Gas Emissions 2000-2100 Global Energy Assessment and China Projecting Changing Population in China

12. PLANNING THE FUTURE OF CHINA’S AGRICULTURE Projections for China’s production of maize and rice in 2030 (volume per hectare)

13. MAPPING NITROGEN SCARCITY Nitrogen Input, Output, Balance

14. MODELING GREEN AND BLUE WATER World water use in 2000

15. CUTTING AIR POLLUTION AND GREENHOUSE GASE EMSSIONS SIMULTANEOUSLY

16. Integrated Assessment Modeling Consortium includes IIASA & Chinese partners: GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS 2000-2100 16 MESSAGE (IIASA) AIM (NIES) GCAM (PNNL) IMAGE (PBL) Source: van Vuuren, D.P., Edmonds, J., Kainuma, M., Riahi, K., Weyant, J. (eds) (2011). Special Issue: The Representative Concentration Pathways in Climatic Change. Climatic Change, 109(1-2).

17. GLOBAL ENERGY ASSESSMENT AND CHINA 17 Source: GEA, 2012: Global Energy Assessment - Toward a Sustainable Future, Cambridge University Press and IIASA

18. GLOBAL ENERGY ASSESSMENT AND CHINA 18 Source: GEA, 2012: Global Energy Assessment - Toward a Sustainable Future, Cambridge University Press and IIASA 2009 to date: GEA provides critical input to UN Secretary-General’s Sustainable Energy For All Initiative including defining the aspirational yet feasible objectives: 1.Ensure universal access to modern energy services 2.Double the global rate of improvements in energy efficiency 3.Double the share of renewable energy in the global energy mix

19. PROJECTING CHANGING POPULATION IN CHINA

20. PROJECTING CHANGING POPULATION IN CHINA SUSTAINABILITY

22. PROJECTING CHANGING POPULATION IN CHINA

23. PROJECTING CHANGING POPULATION IN CHINA FRAGMENTATION

25. CAPACITY BUILDING 47 Chinese students won places on IIASA’s Young Scientists Summer Program (YSSP) between 2008 and 2013

26. POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWS Wei Liu (2012 to present): How changing land use affects ecosystem service provision and natural hazard vulnerability in Wolong Nature Reserve in China. (1 journal article) Xiaojie Chen (2010-2012): Focused on evolutionary dynamics in biological and social systems, especially the emergence and stability of cooperation in social networks, using evolutionary game theory and adaptive dynamics. (16 journal articles).

27. FURTHER INFORMATION IIASA and China www.iiasa.ac.at/china National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) www.nsfc.gov.cn zhaochuang@nsfc.gov.cn