The “Green Development” Research Institute of Jiangsu Province was established in November 2010 at the authorization of the Society of Philosophy and Social Sciences of Jiangsu Province. The aims of the institute are to strengthen academic cooperation in green development, to promote research and to help make decisions in the area of green development.

Major scientists of the institute include Senior Researcher Niu Wenyuan, Professor Yu Hongxia and Professor Huang Xianjin. Currently, the chief scientist is Professor Huang Xianjin, from the School of Geographic and Oceanographic Sciences, Nanjing University.

Since its establishment, the institute has been in charge of major projects of the national social science foundation of China, key projects of philosophy and social science foundation of Jiangsu Province, projects of society of philosophy and social science of Jiangsu Province and some other research projects of the Ministry of Land and Resources, the Department of Land and Resources of Jiangsu Province and the Economic Information Committee of Jiangsu Province. Moreover, the research institute has strengthened the cooperation with University College London in UK (on regional governance) and University of Waterloo in Canada (on sustainable systems of food supply). It has also published a collection of books and completed research reports on green development in Jiangsu Province from 2000 to 2015, offering reference for provincial and ministerial governments.

Contact

Associate Professor Chen Zhigang

Email: jyczg@163.com

School of Geographic and Oceanographic Sciences, Nanjing University, 163, Xianlin Road, Nanjing, 210023