Dr. Xiaoqian Song is a research fellow on resource and environmental management studies at the China Urban Governance Institution(CUGI), of the Shanghai Jiao Tong University. She finished her postdoctorate degree at Shanghai Jiao Tong University and obtained a PhD at the University of Science and Technology, Beijing. She holds a B.A. in Management from Xi’an University of Science and Technology, China. Her current research interests include low-carbon transition policy decision-making of resource-based cities in China, strategic resource management, urban governance, trash management, China’s energy diplomacy, China’s climate change policy, and climate change governance. etc.