China | IIASA

NMO Institute

The National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)
Member since 2002
Council Member

Xincheng Xie

National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)

83 Shuangqing Road
100085, Haidian, Beijing

NMO Secretary

Wencong Li

National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)

83 Shuangqing Road
100085, Haidian, Beijing

The National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) is China’s National Member Organization (NMO).

Main areas of collaborations:

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Sustainable agriculture and food security

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Projecting changing population and human capital in China

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Terrestrial carbon management in China

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Tackling climate change and sustainable energy sources

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Applying network analysis to study urban metabolism in Chinese cities

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Developing strategies to clean up China’s air

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News

Diverse group of students studying at a table in library

16 September 2022

Expand your horizons with a postdoctoral fellowship at IIASA

IIASA offers a range of postdoctoral opportunities for early career researchers. The institute is currently accepting applications for two of its postdoctoral offerings: the IIASA Postdoctoral Fellowship and the Peking University (PKU)–IIASA Postdoctoral Program.

Wind turbines in Hebei Province, China.

14 February 2022

Pursuing carbon neutrality and water security in China

China has promised to become carbon neutral before 2060 and has coupled this ambitious target with stringent limitations on industrial water use by 2030. An international team of IIASA researchers and Chinese colleagues explored the effects of simultaneously pursuing these goals.

Biodiversity and Natural Resources (BNR)

Water Security (WAT)

Rice terraces reflecting blue and red colors

18 October 2021

Exploring the global environmental impacts of China's growing demand for food

Ensuring China’s future food security will have huge environmental impacts, both domestically and globally. A study by IIASA researchers and Chinese colleagues shows that carefully designed policies across the whole of China’s food system, including international trade, are crucial to ensuring that future demand can be satisfied without destroying the environment.

Biodiversity and Natural Resources (BNR)

Integrated Biosphere Futures (IBF)

Events

30 November 2021 Online via Zoom

IIASA-China Expert Dialogue on Long-term and Integrated Modeling Analysis

Focus

Urbanization concept showing high-rise buildings around the planet

04 July 2022

Estimating global urbanization trends over the 21st century

Qingxu Huang shares insights from a recent article published in Nature Scientific Data on updating global urbanization projections under future scenarios of socioeconomic and climate change. The study was conducted in collaboration with Raya Muttarak from the IIASA Population and Just Societies Program.

Network Population and Just Societies (POPJUS) Migration and Sustainable Development (MIG) China

12 June 2022

Where are they now: Junguo Liu

Options Magazine, Summer 2022: We talk to IIASA alumnus, Junguo Liu, who is currently affiliated with the institute as a senior guest researcher.

Chinese water landscape

Publications

Heilig, G.K. (1997). Anthropogenic Factors in Land-Use Change in China. IIASA Research Report (Reprint). IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria: RR-97-008. Reprinted from Population and Development Review, 23(1):139-168 [March 1997].

Zhao, D., Hubacek, K., Feng, K., Sun, L., & Liu, J. (2019). Explaining virtual water trade: A spatial-temporal analysis of the comparative advantage of land, labor and water in China. Water Research 153 304-314. 10.1016/j.watres.2019.01.025.

Liu, S., Li, X., & Zhang, M. (2003). Scenario Analysis on Urbanization and Rural-Urban Migration in China. IIASA Interim Report. IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria: IR-03-036

Heilig, G.K. (2003). Sustainable Regional and Rural Development in China: Where do we stand? IIASA Interim Report. IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria: IR-03-026

Heilig, G.K. (1996). Anthropogenic Driving Forces of Land-Use Change in China. IIASA Working Paper. IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria: WP-96-011

Northway, S., Bull, G.Q., Shvidenko, A., & Bailey, L. (2009). Recent Developments in Forest Products Trade between Russia and China: Potential Production, Processing, Consumption and Trade Scenarios. Forest Trends Association, Washington, DC, USA (March 2009)