QI Ye is Distinguished Professor of Environmental Policy and Management at Tsinghua University School of Public Policy and Management since 2004. Before he joined Tsinghua, he was Cheung Kong Chair Professor of Environmental Science at Beijing Normal University. QI received his Ph.D. in Environmental Science in 1994 from State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry and Syracuse University in the US. He has published extensively on climate change and environmental policy in China.

• List of Figures and Tables1 Policy Implementation and Institutional Innovation of China’s Low-carbon Development 2 Mechanism Innovation in China’s Energy Conservation 3 Ways to Implement the Energy Conservation Target-oriented Accountability System 4 Performance of the Energy Conservation Target-oriented Accountability System5 Functional Mechanism of the Energy Conservation Target-oriented Accountability System6 Overview of Energy Efficiency Financing and Its Effec7 Energy Efficiency Financing 8 Features of Investment and Finance in Wind Power Generation and Photovoltaic Power Generation in China9 Wind Power Finance10 Photovoltaic Power Generation Finance 11 Demand for Renewable Energy Investment during the “12th Five-Year Plan” Period and the Policy Implications12 Policy Instruments Used for Low Carbon Pilots13 Summary of Low Carbon Pilots14 Low Carbon Development IndicatorAppendix I: GlossaryAppendix II: Comparison Table of English Abbreviations Index