Environmental Economics Program in China (EEPC)

Environmental Economics Program in China (EEPC) College of Environmental Sciences, Peking University History The Environmental Economics Program in China (EEPC), headed by Professor Xu Jintao, was initiated in 2002, and was originally affiliated with Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy, Chinese Academy of Sciences. In spring 2006, EEPC is relocated to College of Environmental Sciences, Peking University. Core funding is provided by Swedish SIDA, via collaboration with Environmental Economics Unit, Department of Economics, Gothenburg University, Sweden. Objective The aim of the program is to build capacity in modern environmental economics in China. By doing so it is expected that staff of the program will be able to conduct rigorous economic analysis into environmental issues facing developing China Research capacity Currently EEPC focuses on applied policy research. In particular it attempts to address policy needs in conducting social and economic assessment of ongoing public programs and transformation of state-owned forest enterprises and central forestry authority. Issues under investigation by EEPC include national forest management, forest governance in collective forests, collective forest tenure reform, pollution control policy, environmental indicators, water and soil conservation as well as water resource allocation, etc. With these efforts EEPC has contributed to the design of policy framework which aims at improving economic performance while maintain sustainable use of forest resources in forest areas. All involved research fellows have rigorous modern economics training and are aspired to carrying out rigorous environmental economic analysis. Over the past two years the staff have published 12 peer reviewed journal papers and edited 10 books (both in English and in Chinese), and have made more than 20 international conference presentations. Staff members have taught in Peking University in China. Academic program There are about 2 professors, 1 senior visiting scholar, 1 post doc fellow, 4 research assistants, 3 Ph.D. students (joint program) and 2 master s students working with EEPC. Policy link Senior members of the program sit on several important government advisory bodies and give advices on several major issues, mainly forest tenure reform, carbon management, afforestation quality, forest health, as well as environmental indicators. Staff members are also invited as afforestation adviser of China s State Forestry Administration, and member of the lead expert group of China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development, directly giving advice to central government leaders on environmental and development issues. Staff members are also frequently asked to give seminars to government held conferences. Affiliation

The EEPC at the beginning was affiliated with Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Starting from March 2006, it has found new home at the College of Environmental Sciences, Peking University. The EEPC disseminates its findings via provision of policy briefs, circulation of formal publications, conference presentations and training courses, as well as an improving web page. Studies Collective Forest Tenure Reform: A joint research project between EEPC and the department of policy and legislation of State Forestry Administration has been established to study the process and performance of the collective forest tenure reform in China. The project aims at conducting surveys in several provinces and will be completed in 2007. Currently the project is funded mainly by Ford Foundation, Rights and Resources Initiatives, and Gothenburg University. A survey in Fujian, the largest collective forest province, has been completed. The survey covered 10 counties, 30 townships, 60 villages and 600 rural households involved with the tenure reform. Data entry is complete. State forest reform: After the 2005 survey of three provinces (Heilongjiang, Jilin and Inner Mongolia) in Northeast China State Forest Regions, a comprehensive data base was established. One Chinese journal article was published. Two more papers (in Chinese) are under preparation. Theoretical framework for an English paper has been discussed among EEPC researchers. Environmental Indicators: An EKC analysis is underway using data compiled for the indicator report. In addition, a total factor productivity analysis incorporating environmental variables has been conducted and a master s degree thesis has been finished on this green TFP issue. A paper in Chinese has been accepted to publish by the journal of Quantitative and Technical Economics. Follow-up examination of Sloping Land Conversion Program: A paper in Chinese has been accepted to publish in Chinese Rural Economy. The impact of SLCP on rural migration is under study. Evaluation of Forest Health Program: Data from the economic side survey and the ecological side survey have been combined and descriptive analysis has been carried out. A Ph.D. student is going to take this project as her dissertation research subject and had defended her proposal. Funding source and allocation so far in 2006 Project Sida/EEU Ford RRI Chinese Source Administration 90% 10% Collective Forests 10% 35% 50% 5% Total Funding in 2006 so far: USD 200,000. Dissemination and policy dialogue:

International Workshop on Forest Tenure Reform, September 21, 2006, Friendship Hotel, Beijing. Cosponsored by SFA, RRI and EEPC. A high level workshop on collective forest tenure reform was held in Sanming City Fujian Province, on May 12-14, by SFA. Jintao Xu was invited as a keynote speaker to the workshop. Recent Publication (in English) Peer Reviewed 1. Uchida, Emi, Jintao Xu, Zhigang Xu and Scott Rozelle, 2006, Are the Poor Benefiting from China s Land Conservation Program?, Environmental and Development Economics, accepted. 2. Bennett, M.T. 2006, China s Sloping Land Conversion Program: Institutional Innovation or Business as Usual? Ecological Economics, forthcoming. 3. Xu, Jintao, Runsheng Yin, Zhou Li and Can Liu, 2006, China s ecological rehabilitation: unprecedented efforts, dramatic impacts, and requisite policies. Ecological Economics, 57:595-607. 4. Xu, Zhigang, Jintao Xu, Xiangzheng Deng, Jikun Huang, Emi Uchida and Scott Rozelle, 2006, Grain for Green and Grain: the Impact of China s Conservation Reserve Program on Grain Prices and Food Security, World Development, Vol.34, No. 1, pp.130-148 5. Uchida, Emi, Jintao Xu, and Scott Rozelle, 2005, Grain for Green: Cost-effectiveness and Sustainability of China's Conservation Set-aside Program, Land Economics,May issue 6. Xu, Jintao, and Andy White, 2004, Editorial: Understanding the Chinese Forest Market and its Global Implications, International Forestry Review, Vol. 6, Issue 3-4. 7. Nilsson, S, G. Bull, A. White and Jintao Xu, 2004, China s Forest Sector markets: Policy Issues and Recommendations, International Forestry Review, Vol. 6, Issue 3-4: 299-306 8. Xu, Zhigang, Michael Bennett, Ran Tao and Jintao Xu, 2004, China s Sloping Land Conversion Program Four Years on: Current Situation, Pending Issues, International Forestry Review,Vol. 6, Issue 3-4: 317-327 9. Xu, Jintao, Ran Tao and Gregory S. Amacher, 2004, An Empirical Analysis of China s State-Owned Forests, Forest Policy and Economics, 6: 379-390 10. Yin, Runsheng and Jintao Xu, 2003, Identifying the Inter-Market Relationships of Forest Products in the Pacific Northwest with Cointegration and Causality Tests, Forest Policy and Economics, 5: 305-315 11. Xu, Jintao, William F. Hyde, and Gregory S. Amacher. 2003. "China's Paper Industry: Growth and Environmental Policy during Economic Reform", Journal of Economic Development 28(1):49-78. 12. Yin, Runsheng, Jintao Xu and Zhou Li, 2003, Building Institutions for Markets: Experiences and Lessons from China s Rural Forest Sector, Environment, Development and Sustainability, 00, 1-19. 13. Yin, Runsheng and Jintao Xu, 2002, Welfare Assessment of China s Rural Forestry Reform in the 1980s, World Development, Vol 30. No. 10. pp. 1755-1767

Book Chapter 1. Xu, Jintao and William F. Hyde, 2005, From Central Planned Economy to Vigorous Rural Enterprise: China, in Garforth and Mayers (eds), Plantations, Privatization, Poverty and Power: Changing Ownership and Management of State Forests, Earthscan: London. 2. Xu, Jintao, Nuyun Li and Yiying Cao, 2004, Impact of Incentives on the Development of Forest Plantation Resources in China, in Enters and Durst (eds), What Doest It Takes? The Role of Incentives in Forest Plantation Development in Asia and the Pacific, RAP Publication 2004/27, Asia-Pacific Forestry Commission/FAO: Bangkok. 3. Gong, Yazhen and Jintao Xu, 2004, Chapter 7: Farmland Conversion in Dafang County, Guizhou, in Katsigris, Xu and Schmitt, (eds.) 2004, Implementing the Case Studies, China Forestry Publishing House: Beijing 4. William F. Hyde, Jintao Xu and Brian Belcher, 2003, Chapter 1: Introduction, in Hyde, Belcher and Xu (eds), China's Forest: Global Lessons from Market Reforms, Resources for the Future Press, Washington DC 5. William F. Hyde, Jintao Xu, Brian Belcher, Runsheng Yin and Jinlong Liu, 2003, Chapter 10: Conclusions and Policy Implications, in Hyde, Belcher and Xu (eds), China's Forest: Global Lessons from Market Reforms, Resources for the Future Press, Washington DC 6. Xu, Jintao and Yiying Cao, 2002, Chapter 4: the Socioeconomics Impacts and Sustainability of the SLCAP, in Xu, Katsigris and White (eds), Implementing the Lessons and Policy Recommendations, China Forestry Publishing House, Beijing 7. Xu, Jintao and Thomas A. White, 2002, Part III: Conclusions and Recommendations, in Xu, Katsigris and White (eds), Implementing the Natural Forest Protection Program and the Sloping Land Conversion Program: Lessons and Policy Recommendations, China Forestry Publishing House, Beijing 8. Krutilla, K, Jintao Xu, D. F. Barnes, and W. F. Hyde, 2000, Estimates of Economic Study from Physical Measures fo the Forest Stock: An Example from Eight Developing Countries, in Hyde and Amacher (eds.), Economics of Forestry and Rural Development: An Empirical Introduction from Asia, University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor. Book 1. Eugenia Katsigris, Xu Jintao and Ulrich Schmitt, (eds.) 2004, Implementing the Case Studies, China Forestry Publishing House, Beijing 2. William F. Hyde, Brian Belcher and Jintao Xu, 2003, China's Forest: Global Lessons from Market Reforms, Resources for the Future Press, Washington DC. 3. Xu Jintao, Eugenia Katsigris, Thomas A. White, 2002, Implementing the Lessons and Policy Recommendations, China Forestry Publishing House, Beijing 4. Lu Wenming, Natasha Landell-Mills, Liu Jinlong, Xu Jintao, Liu Can, 2002, Getting the private sector to work for the public good: instruments for

sustainable private sector forestry in China, Earthprint Limited: Hertfordshire, UK. (Forthcoming) (in Chinese) Paper 1. Yi, Fujin, Zhigang Xu and Zhiying Chen, 2006, Analysis of Off-farm Job Impact of Sloping Land Conversion Program, China Soft Sciences, accpected. 2. Jiang, Xuemei and Jintao Xu, 2006, Factors That Affect Forest Resources Change in State Forest Areas, Forestry Economics, accepted. 3. Qiu Ju, Yan Sun, Ling Li and Jintao Xu, 2006, Forest Management Models after Tenure Reform: Survey Findings in Fujian Province, Forestry Economics, forthcoming. 4. Sun, Yan, Jintao Xu and Ling Li, 2006, Forest Management Models after Tenure Reform: Survey Findings in Jiangxi Province, Forestry Economics, No. 8 August (Serial No. 169): 7-11. 2. Chen, Xiaoguang, Jintao Xu and Yongjie Ji, 2006, Analysis of the Factors Influencing Urban Residential Water Demand, Natural Resource Journal, accepted. 3. Ji, Yongjie and Jintao Xu, 2006, Environmental Policy and Mill Level Efficiency, Journal of Beijing Forestry University (Social Sciences), June 2006, Vol. 5, No. 2.. 4. Huang, Biao, Jintao Xu and Yongjie Ji, 2006, TFP Incorporating Environmental Change: Examination of Quality of Economic Development for Provinces in China: 1989-2002, Research of Quantitative & Technical Economics, accepted. 5. Yi, Fujin, Jintao Xu and Zhigang Xu, 2006, Re-Examination of Socio-Economic Impact of Sloping Land Conversion Program, Chinese Rural Economy (monthly), No. 10, (Serial No. 262): pp28-36. 6. Xu, Jintao, Xuemei Jiang and Yongjie Ji, 2006, Empirical Study of Reform and Development in the Key State-owned Forest Areas, Forestry Economics, No.1, January. 7. Chen, Xiaoguang, Jintao Xu and Yongjie Ji, 2005, Research on Determinant Factors in Residential Water Demand, Journal of Economics of Water Resources, Vol. 23, No 6: pp23-24, 66. 8. Sun, Dingqiang and Jintao Xu, 2005, An Analysis of Efficiency of China s Timber Market through the Test of Market Integration, Chinese Rural Economiy (monthly), No.6 (Serial No.246): pp37-45. 9. Wei, Jiegen, Zhigang Xu and Jintao Xu, 2005, Labor Market Development, Land Tenure Reform and Deforestation in China, Journal of Beijing Forestry University (Social Sciences),Vol.4, No.2: pp44-50. 10. Xu, Jintao, Ran Tao and Zhigang Xu, 2004, Sloping Land Conversion Program: Cost Effectiveness, Structural Change and Economic Sustainability-Analysis Based on Rural Household Survey in Three Provinces in the West, China Economics Quarterly, Vol.4, No.1: pp139-142. 11. Tao, Ran, Zhigang Xu and Jintao Xu, 2004, Grain for Grain Project: Grain Policy and Sustainable Development, Social Sciences in China (bimonthly), November 2004(6): pp25-38. 12. Xu, Jintao, Rantao and Jiegen Wei, 2004, Information Asymmetry, Profit-Sharing Contract and Over-the-Quota Harvesting, Economic Research Journal, Vol.39(3): pp37-46.

13. Xu, Jintao, Ying Yu, Chen Xie, Changgang Li, Baolin Chen and Lei Kou, 2003, The Natural Protection Program has a great impact on the development of collective forest and community economy, Forestry Economics, No. 6 June 2003, pp 28-32. 14. Dai, Guangcui, Jintao Xu, Yuehua Wang and Yu Wang, 2002, Study on current situation and security of collective forest property rights in China, Forestry Economics, No. 11, Nov. 2002, pp 30-33. 15. Xu, Jintao and Yiying Cao, 2002, The Sustainability of Converting the Land for Forestry and Pasture, International Economic Review (Chinese Academy of Social Sciences), 3-4 2002, pp 56-60. Book 1. Chen, Jiancheng, Jintao Xu and Minghua Tian, 2006, Theory and Practices of Forest Technical Economics in China, China Forestry Publishing House, Beijing. 2. William F. Hyde, Brian Belcher and Jintao Xu, 2005 China's Forest: Global Lessons from Market Reforms, Chinese Version by China Forestry Publishing House, Beijing. 3. Xu Jintao and Qin Ping, (eds.) 2004, Implementing the Natural Forest Protection Program and the Sloping Land Conversion Program: Case Studies (Chinese Version), China Forestry Publishing House, Beijing 4. Xu Jintao, Eugenia Katsigris, Thomas A. White, (eds.) 2004, Implementing the Lessons and Policy Recommendations (Chinese Version), China Forestry Publishing House, Beijing 5. Wei Diansheng, Xu Jintao and Li Nuyun (eds.) 2003, Afforestation and Climate Change: Study of Carbon Sink Problem, China Forestry Publishing House: Beijing. 6. Lu Wenming, Natasha Landell-Mills, Liu Jinlong, Xu Jintao, Liu Can, 2002, Getting the private sector to work for the public good: instruments for sustainable private sector forestry in China (Chinese Version), China Forestry Publishing House: Beijing. 7. Xu Jintao and Ulrich Schmitt (eds.), 2002, International Forum on Chinese Forestry Policy: Proceedings, China Forestry Publishing House: Beijing. 8. Xu Jintao and Ulrich Schmitt (eds.), 2002, Workshop on Payment Schemes for Environmental Services: Proceedings, China Forestry Publishing House: Beijing.

Member of EEPC Name Time at EEPC Current Designation Education Background Xu, Jintao 2003- Professor Ph.D. Nat.Res.Econ. Virginia Tech Bennett, Michael T. 2004-2007 Senior Visiting Scholar Ji, Yongjie 2002-2007 Senior Research Yi, Yuanyuan (Vivian) 2006 Administrative Li, Jie 2006- Senior Research Jiang, Xuemei 2004- Post Doc Fellow Ph.D. Env..Econ.Wisconsin Contact +86-10-62767629, +86-10-62767657(fax). xujt@pku.edu.cn, +86-10-62767369, michaeltbennett@earthlink.net M.S. Res Econ. CAS +86-10-62767369, yongjie_ji79@yahoo.com.cn B.A. Beijing 2 nd Foreign Language Univ. M.A. Development, Sussex Ph.D., M.S. Forest Econ. Northeast Forest. Univ. +86-10-62767657, eepc@pku.edu.cn +86-1-62767893, Li_maomao_22@hotmail.com +86-10-62767369, joyxuemei@hotmail.com Sun, Yan 2004- Ph.D. Student B.A. Beijing Forest. Univ. +86-10-62767893, reddefish@163.com Xia, Shen 2006- Ph.D. B.A. PKU Student He, Hui 2005- Master s B.S. Physics. PKU +86-10-62767893, Student Yang, 2006- Master s B.S.Foresty, +86-10-62767893, Xiaojun Student Shenyang Univ. Feng, Liangming 2006 Visiting Scholar M.A. Forest Econ. Fujian Ag & Forest. +86-10-62767893, Li, Ling 2006- Research Univ B.A. Management +86-10-62767893, Contact: Jintao Xu, EEPC, College of Environmental Sciences, Rm 322, Old Earth Science Building, Peking University, +86-10-62767629, +86-10-62767657(fax). xujt@pku.edu.cn, also, Ms. Vivian Yi, +86-10-62767657, eepc@pku.edu.cn