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Kevin Jianjun Tu
Senior Associate , Energy and Climate Program

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Kevin Jianjun Tu is no longer with the Carnegie Endowment.

Kevin Jianjun Tu was a senior associate in the Carnegie Energy and Climate Program, where he led Carnegie’s work on China’s energy and climate policies. He is also a nonresident research fellow at the Canadian Industrial Energy End-Use Data and Analysis Centre.

Prior to joining Carnegie, Tu served as senior energy and environmental consultant from 2004 to 2011 for M. K. Jaccard and Associates, a premier energy and climate consulting firm in Vancouver. Before he moved from China to Canada in 2001, he was the director of marine operations at Sino-Benny LPG, China’s largest liquefied petroleum gas importer and distributor. From 1995 to 1997, he worked first as technical supervisor and then project manager for Sinopec, a Chinese national petroleum company. 

Tu is an experienced policy adviser and project manager who specializes in operations strategy and policy analysis of coal, oil, gas, and power sectors as well as in sustainable resource and environmental management. He has extensive connections with China’s energy industry, government, academia, and environmental NGOs. 

From 2007 to 2009, he was entrusted by the Canada School of Public Service to advise the Central Party School in Beijing on the environment and sustainable development. In 2009, he was appointed by the China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development (CCICED) as the lead consultant of the CCICED Task Force on Sustainable Use of Coal in China. 

He authored a report entitled “Industrial Organization of the Chinese Coal Industry” for the Program on Energy and Sustainable Development at Stanford University.


education
Master’s degree, Resource Management, Simon Fraser University, Bachelor’s degree, Chemical and Mechanical Engineering, Zhejiang University
languages
Chinese, English

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U.S.-China Coal Value Chain Exchange Conference
March 7, 2013

China and the United States are the world’s two largest coal producing economies and account together for more than 60 percent of global coal consumption.

In the Media
Export Shale Revolution Rather Than Gas

While many export applications await approval to ship U.S. gas abroad, Washington should prioritize exporting the technology and expertise needed to responsibly replicate American shale success in other parts of the world.

· February 25, 2013
Scientific American
In the Media
United States Should Welcome Chinese Energy Investment

Domestic politics have stifled how the United States and China handle energy investment from one another. As the dynamics of the U.S. and Chinese energy sectors change, new opportunities for cooperation will arise.

· January 28, 2013
Energy Tribune
In the Media
China’s Coal Plan Needs Political Accountability and Accurate Statistical Reporting

To successfully meet China's goals of capping coal production and consumption, Beijing must pursue reforms in how energy data is reported. Statistical reporting should be done independent of local government officials to insure more accurate results.

· January 28, 2013
China Oil Trader
In the Media
Chinese Coal: Key to a Global Climate Solution

Chinese coal emissions are a major contributor to climate change. Although the Chinese government has pledged to cap coal production and consumption by 2015, more effective policies are needed to reduce the use of coal in the country.

· January 7, 2013
East Asia Forum
In the Media
Only a New Bloc Can Save the Climate

It is time to move the global climate agenda forward by exploring alternative platforms for collaboration.

· December 26, 2012
National Interest
In the Media
Letter from Doha

With UN climate talks seemingly losing momentum, China should step up domestic mitigation ambitions, not least because they serve the country’s own interests.

· December 24, 2012
China Economic Review
In the Media
Looking Beyond the Boundaries

Chinese nuclear companies should explore overseas project opportunities by teaming up with leading international players.

· November 2, 2012
China Daily
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Overseas Investment and Engineering Services of China’s Petroleum Industry
October 31, 2012

As China’s quest for natural resources grows more urgent, the country’s State Owned Enterprises are evolving their foreign investment strategy and expanding their geographical horizons.

In the Media
Beijing’s Problem With Shale

Shale gas can improve China's environment and energy security, but there are many barriers that will hinder China from duplicating America's shale revolution.

· October 24, 2012
Wall Street Journal