讲座回顾：全球能源转型中的中国角色：郑毓盛教授探讨可再生能源海外投资逻辑 讲座题目：中国可再生能源的全球投资：来自一个项目级新建数据库的证据 主讲人：郑毓盛 香港浸会大学可持续发展研究中心主任，会计、经济与金融系教授 主持人：徐秀丽 中国农业大学人文与发展学院教授/国际发展与全球农业学院 院长 讲座时间：2025年11月10日（星期一）10:30-12:00 讲座地点：中国农业大学东校区新图书馆7318会议室 讲座内容：能源转型被广泛视为应对气候变化和实现可持续发展的关键路径。中国在可再生能源领域的技术进步与产能扩张显著优化了国内能源结构。与此同时，中国企业通过多种形式的投资大幅拓展了海外业务。然而，由于缺乏数据，其投资动机、策略与成效尚未得到系统研究。为填补这一空白，我们经过全面识别与严格校验，构建了“中国可再生能源全球投资数据库”（CGIRE）。该数据库持续更新，目前已涵盖过去二十年间分布于63个国家的1000多个投资项目，其中约900个为发电项目，100个为制造设施。回归结果表明，中国企业更倾向于投资那些具备可再生能源支持政策，且以人均碳排放衡量的脱碳压力更大的国家。
主讲人简介：郑毓盛是香港浸会大学的经济学教授，阿德莱德大学博士。他于2014年至2021年担任经济学系主任，2023年9月至2024年12月担任商学院暂任院长。他在2022年7月创立可持续发展研究中心，并担任创始主任至今。郑教授长期研究中国的制度和发展问题，包括收入不平等、农村制度、财政分权、地区差异、国有企业、对外贸易、能源和环境，并在 《Economic Journal》, 《Journal of Development Economics》, 《Transportation Research》, 《Energy Policy》等国际知名期刊上发表了多篇文章。他的研究成果也发表于包括《China Quarterly》和《Asian Survey》在内的区域国别类期刊，以及《中国社会科学》、《经济研究》、《中国农村经济》等权威中文期刊上。他曾深入研究香港金融中心在中国经济发展和转型中的作用，尤其在推动人民币国际化方面，2017年和合作者发表了英文专著 《Hong Kong's Global Financial Centre and China's Development: Changing Roles and Future Prospects》(Routledge)。曾四次主持香港特别行政区政府研究资助局研究项目。近年致力于研究中国对外援助和投资对全球南方国家的影响，搭建中国新能源产业对外投资的数据库。
Title:Chinese Global Investments in Renewable Energy: Evidence from a New Project-Level Database
Speaker: Yuk-Shing Cheng, Director, Centre for Sustainable Development Studies, Professor, Department of Accountancy, Economics and Finance, Hong Kong Baptist University
Moderator: Xu Xiuli, Dean of CIDGA, Professor of COHD, CAU
Time:10:30-12:00, Monday, November 10th, 2025
Venue: Room 7318, New Library, East Campus of CAU
Overview: Energy transition has been widely recognized as a crucial approach to addressing climate change and achieving sustainable development. China’s technological progress in renewable energy and the expansion of production capacity significantly transformed its domestic energy mix. Chinese companies have also expanded their overseas activities tremendously through various forms of investment. However, their motivations, strategies and outcomes have not been rigorously analyzed, primarily because of a lack of data. To fill this gap, we have constructed a unique database—the China Global Investment in Renewable Energy database (CGIRE)—through comprehensive identification and rigorous validation. The database is continually updated and already covers more than 1,000 investment projects across 63 countries over the past two decades. These investments comprise roughly 900 power-generation projects and 100 manufacturing facilities. Regression results suggest that Chinese companies invest more in countries that have renewable-energy support policies and greater decarbonization pressure, proxied by per-capita carbon emissions.
Introduction to the Speaker: Yuk-Shing Cheng is Professor of Economics at Hong Kong Baptist University. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Adelaide. From 2014 to 2021 he served as Head of the Department of Economics, and from September 2023 to December 2024 he was Interim Dean of the School of Business. In July 2022 he founded the Centre for Sustainable Development Studies and has been its Director ever since.
Professor Cheng's research focuses on China's institutions and development, covering income inequality, rural institutions, fiscal decentralisation, regional disparities, state-owned enterprises, foreign trade, energy and the environment. He has published extensively in leading international journals such as the Economic Journal, Journal of Development Economics, Transportation Research and Energy Policy, as well as in area/country studies outlets including The China Quarterly and Asian Survey, and in top Chinese-language journals such as China Social Sciences in China, Economic Research Journal and Chinese Rural Economy.
He has examined Hong Kong's role as a financial centre in China's economic development and transformation, particularly in promoting the internationalization of the renminbi. In 2017 he and co-authors published the English monograph Hong Kong's Global Financial Centre and China's Development: Changing Roles and Future Prospects (Routledge). He has led four research projects funded by the Research Grants Council of the Hong Kong SAR Government. In recent years he has concentrated on the impact of China's foreign aid and investment on Global South countries and is building a comprehensive database on Chinese outward investment in the new-energy sector.
讲座回顾：全球能源转型中的中国角色：郑毓盛教授探讨可再生能源海外投资逻辑 讲座题目：中国可再生能源的全球投资：来自一个项目级新建数据库的证据 主讲人：郑毓盛 香港浸会大学可持续发展研究中心主任，会计、经济与金融系教授 主持人：徐秀丽 中国农业大学人文与发展学院教授/国际发展与全球农业学院 院长 讲座时间：2025年11月10日（星期一）10:30-12:00 讲座地点：中国农业大学东校区新图书馆7318会议室 讲座内容：能源转型被广泛视为应对气候变化和实现可持续发展的关键路径。中国在可再生能源领域的技术进步与产能扩张显著优化了国内能源结构。与此同时，中国企业通过多种形式的投资大幅拓展了海外业务。然而，由于缺乏数据，其投资动机、策略与成效尚未得到系统研究。为填补这一空白，我们经过全面识别与严格校验，构建了“中国可再生能源全球投资数据库”（CGIRE）。该数据库持续更新，目前已涵盖过去二十年间分布于63个国家的1000多个投资项目，其中约900个为发电项目，100个为制造设施。回归结果表明，中国企业更倾向于投资那些具备可再生能源支持政策，且以人均碳排放衡量的脱碳压力更大的国家。
主讲人简介：郑毓盛是香港浸会大学的经济学教授，阿德莱德大学博士。他于2014年至2021年担任经济学系主任，2023年9月至2024年12月担任商学院暂任院长。他在2022年7月创立可持续发展研究中心，并担任创始主任至今。郑教授长期研究中国的制度和发展问题，包括收入不平等、农村制度、财政分权、地区差异、国有企业、对外贸易、能源和环境，并在 《Economic Journal》, 《Journal of Development Economics》, 《Transportation Research》, 《Energy Policy》等国际知名期刊上发表了多篇文章。他的研究成果也发表于包括《China Quarterly》和《Asian Survey》在内的区域国别类期刊，以及《中国社会科学》、《经济研究》、《中国农村经济》等权威中文期刊上。他曾深入研究香港金融中心在中国经济发展和转型中的作用，尤其在推动人民币国际化方面，2017年和合作者发表了英文专著 《Hong Kong's Global Financial Centre and China's Development: Changing Roles and Future Prospects》(Routledge)。曾四次主持香港特别行政区政府研究资助局研究项目。近年致力于研究中国对外援助和投资对全球南方国家的影响，搭建中国新能源产业对外投资的数据库。
Title:Chinese Global Investments in Renewable Energy: Evidence from a New Project-Level Database
Speaker: Yuk-Shing Cheng, Director, Centre for Sustainable Development Studies, Professor, Department of Accountancy, Economics and Finance, Hong Kong Baptist University
Moderator: Xu Xiuli, Dean of CIDGA, Professor of COHD, CAU
Time:10:30-12:00, Monday, November 10th, 2025
Venue: Room 7318, New Library, East Campus of CAU
Overview: Energy transition has been widely recognized as a crucial approach to addressing climate change and achieving sustainable development. China’s technological progress in renewable energy and the expansion of production capacity significantly transformed its domestic energy mix. Chinese companies have also expanded their overseas activities tremendously through various forms of investment. However, their motivations, strategies and outcomes have not been rigorously analyzed, primarily because of a lack of data. To fill this gap, we have constructed a unique database—the China Global Investment in Renewable Energy database (CGIRE)—through comprehensive identification and rigorous validation. The database is continually updated and already covers more than 1,000 investment projects across 63 countries over the past two decades. These investments comprise roughly 900 power-generation projects and 100 manufacturing facilities. Regression results suggest that Chinese companies invest more in countries that have renewable-energy support policies and greater decarbonization pressure, proxied by per-capita carbon emissions.
Introduction to the Speaker: Yuk-Shing Cheng is Professor of Economics at Hong Kong Baptist University. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Adelaide. From 2014 to 2021 he served as Head of the Department of Economics, and from September 2023 to December 2024 he was Interim Dean of the School of Business. In July 2022 he founded the Centre for Sustainable Development Studies and has been its Director ever since.
Professor Cheng's research focuses on China's institutions and development, covering income inequality, rural institutions, fiscal decentralisation, regional disparities, state-owned enterprises, foreign trade, energy and the environment. He has published extensively in leading international journals such as the Economic Journal, Journal of Development Economics, Transportation Research and Energy Policy, as well as in area/country studies outlets including The China Quarterly and Asian Survey, and in top Chinese-language journals such as China Social Sciences in China, Economic Research Journal and Chinese Rural Economy.
He has examined Hong Kong's role as a financial centre in China's economic development and transformation, particularly in promoting the internationalization of the renminbi. In 2017 he and co-authors published the English monograph Hong Kong's Global Financial Centre and China's Development: Changing Roles and Future Prospects (Routledge). He has led four research projects funded by the Research Grants Council of the Hong Kong SAR Government. In recent years he has concentrated on the impact of China's foreign aid and investment on Global South countries and is building a comprehensive database on Chinese outward investment in the new-energy sector.
