This study is prepared by the World Economic Forum to support the China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development (CCICED) Special Policy Study 3.2 on Major Green Technology Innovation and Implementation Mechanisms. The study brought together a leading group of experts to select a series of technologies in the areas of energy, building, mobility, land use, food and water, which can have an impact on the greening of cities in China and throughout the world.

The study also worked with the same group to provide policy recommendations to China's State Council via the CCICED on the development and scaling-up of green technologies during the 14th Five-Year Plan. These recommendations and many of the findings of this report are reflected in the official SPS submission, authored jointly by the China Academy of Urban Planning and Design and the World Economic Forum and available on the CCICED website, which was submitted to China's State Council. This is not the final joint report submitted to CCICED on behalf of SPS and does not necessarily reflect the views of the CCICED.