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EDITOR EDITOR
Jennifer L. TurnerJennifer L. Turner
MANAGING EDITORSMANAGING EDITORS
Robert BattenRobert BattenLuan DongLuan Dong
ASSISTANT EDITORSASSISTANT EDITORS
Susan Chan ShifflettSusan Chan ShifflettDavid Tyler GibsonDavid Tyler GibsonElla Genasci SmithElla Genasci Smith
PRODUCTION EDITORS PRODUCTION EDITORS
Kathy ButterfieldKathy ButterfieldLuan DongLuan Dong
RESEARCH ASSISTANTS RESEARCH ASSISTANTS
Abi Barnes, Catherine Beck, Abi Barnes, Catherine Beck, Katie Lebling, Jake Reznick, Katie Lebling, Jake Reznick, Tara Sun Vanacore, Tara Sun Vanacore, Joyce Wenfang Wang, Joyce Wenfang Wang, Yuanchen Yang,Yuanchen Yang,Likangjin ZhengLikangjin ZhengFRONT COVER DESIGN:
This new cover design was created by Luan Dong and Kathy Butterfield to capture the special water-energy theme of this issue of the China Environment Series.
PHOTO BELOW:
Some members of the China Water-Energy Team (China WET) stand at the banks of the Yellow River in Wuhai City coal base in Inner Mongolia. The Woodrow Wilson Center’s China Environment Forum and the Chinese NGO Greenovation Hub created this team of five U.S. and four Chinese water and energy experts to participate in an exchange in China to discuss challenges and possible solutions for addressing China’s water-energy confrontations. In Beijing the China WET members gave two public presentations at Peking University and Beijing Energy and Environment Roundtable, and seven closed presentations at the Development Research Center of the State Council, Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs, Natural Resources and Defense Council, Syntao Co., Ltd, Institute for Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Energy Research Institute of the National Development and Reform Commission, and the Chinese Academy of Environmental Planning.After meeting with policymakers, business leaders, NGO professionals, and students in Beijing, the team traveled to Wuhai City, Inner Mongolia and Yinchuan City, Ningxia Province to see two coal base complexes in action. In recent years, many small- and medium-sized coal power plants have been subsumed by large state-owned enterprises such as the Shenhua Group. Mining, processing, and industry all happen within close proximity on a grand scale. Condensed within the cities are open pit mines, coal-fired power plants, and coal-to-chemical plants. See more photos documenting China WET exchange on page five. The China Water-Energy Team exchange was part of the Choke Point: China initiative created by the Wilson Center and Circle of Blue. The exchange was supported by the China Sustainable Energy Program, Skoll Global Threats Fund, USAID, and Vermont Law School.
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