The goals of peaking carbon emissions and achieving carbon neutrality represent major strategic decisions carefully deliberated and made by the Communist Party of China Central Committee. They bear on the sustainable development of the Chinese nation and the building of a community with a shared future for mankind. To attain this grand goal, the Institute of Climate Change and Sustainable Development of Tsinghua University organized a research team to look into China's long-term economic and social development, study the energy consumption, carbon emissions and non-carbon dioxide greenhouse gas emission scenarios of industrial sectors and key industries, evaluate the costs and investments of carbon neutrality, and put forward China's 2035 and medium-to-long-term low-carbon development goals, implementation paths and policy recommendations on the basis of researching and analyzing the carbon neutrality policies of various countries and the international climate governance. This book aims to provide reference and support for relevant government departments, enterprises and public institutions in formulating carbon peaking and carbon neutrality strategies and policy measures, and also offers knowledge and information to people from all walks of life concerned about the "dual carbon" goals.

LI Zheng is the Dean of the Institute of Climate Change and Sustainable Development at Tsinghua University, a Distinguished Professor under the Chang Jiang Scholars Program, and the Secretary-General of the Global Alliance of Universities on Climate; he has long been engaged in research on energy system analysis, low-carbon development and climate change policy and strategy, mathematical modeling and simulation of thermal power equipment and systems, as well as optimization and fault diagnosis technologies for thermal power plants and distributed energy systems.