Hepeng Jia

Apr 25, 2024 | dialogue.earth | Jia Hepeng |Pan Yeheng |Hepeng Jia

During its provincial Two Sessions meetings early this year, the major coal-producing province of Shanxi announced targets for a just transition. It said social issues must be properly managed during the shift to a green and low-carbon society to avoid job losses or harming the interests of vulnerable populations. We think Shanxi’s stance is of huge importance for China’s response to climate change and its low-carbon transition.

Jan 19, 2024 | cen.acs.org | Hepeng Jia

The Chinese chemical industry's dream of a robust post-COVID-19 recovery wasn't realized last year. Just like other industries in China, the sector experienced a short rebound when the country lifted pandemic controls; then, the recovery quickly stalled. And although the government took some positive steps at the end of 2023, the outlook for this year remains largely cloudy. On Nov.

Mar 30, 2023 | cen.acs.org | Hepeng Jia

Two weeks after Saudi Arabia and Iran resumed diplomatic relations in a deal brokered by China, the Saudi state-owned oil giant Aramco disclosed plans to invest over $15 billion to expand its oil and chemical presence in China. On March 26, Aramco said it would spend $12.2 billion to set up a joint venture with Chinese partners in Panjin, in the northeastern province of Liaoning. The venture will build a refinery and chemical complex with capacity to process 300,000 barrels of oil per day.

Mar 13, 2023 | cen.acs.org | Hepeng Jia

Sinopec, China's state-owned oil and chemical giant, has embarked on what it says is the world's largest project to use green hydrogen for making chemicals from coal. To be built in Ordos in Inner Mongolia at a cost of about $830 million, the complex will produce 30,000 metric tons (t) of green hydrogen and 240,000 t of green oxygen annually. Unlike so-called grey hydrogen produced from natural gas or coal, green hydrogen is made by splitting water with renewable energy.

Feb 12, 2023 | mdpi.com | Ruifen Zhang |Jun Yan |Hepeng Jia |XI LUO

5. Theoretical Contribution and Practical ImplicationsThe main theoretical contribution of this paper is that it reveals an alternative landscape regarding the determinants of people’s willingness to vaccinate. This study expanded the existing body of literature that explores the politicization of the Chinese public’s attitude towards and intention for COVID-19 vaccination [13,16,35,39].