Zhencheng Xing
Research Scientist
xzc@nju.edu.cn
Education:
Visiting Scholar: September 2018‒October 2019, Department of Geography, University of Maryland, USA
Ph.D.: September 2016‒September 2020, Management Science and Engineering, Hohai University
Master's (Transferred to Ph.D.): September 2015‒June 2016, Management Science and Engineering, Hohai University
Master's (withdrawn) September 2014‒October 2014, Chemical Engineering, Southeast University
Bachelor's: September 2010‒June 2014, Applied Chemistry, Jiangsu University of Technology
Employment:
Assistant Researcher: December 2020 ‒ Present, School of Atmospheric Sciences, Nanjing University
Associate Professor: September 2020‒December 2020, School of Economics and Management, Nanjing Forestry University
Research Interests:
Ecological-Economic Cycling; Climate Change; Environmental Pollution; Climate-Environmental-Health Risks; Food, Energy, and Ecological Security
Projects:
1. National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) Young Scientists Fund, Project No. 42301351: Research on Cross-Regional Cooperative Emission Reduction Mechanisms in China Based on Eco-Economic System Carbon Cycles, 2024.01‒2026.12, 300,000 RMB, Ongoing, Principal Investigator.
2. National Social Science Foundation of China (NSSFC) Young Scientists Fund, Project No. 22CJY052: Research on the Definition of Carbon Emission Responsibilities and Compensation Mechanisms among China's Provinces, 2022.9‒2025.12, 200,000 RMB, Ongoing, Principal Investigator.
3. “GeoX” Interdisciplinary Project by the Frontier Science Center for the Key Earth Material Cycles, Project No. 0217-14380197: Simulation and Regulation of Eco-Economic System Carbon Cycle Processes, 2023.01‒2025.12, 200,000 RMB, Ongoing, Principal Investigator.
4. Ministry of Education Humanities and Social Sciences Fund, Project No. 21YJC790130: Research on Trade Carbon Inequality and Compensation Strategies among China's Provinces within the Embedded Dual Value Chain, 2021.08‒2024.07, 80,000 RMB, Ongoing, Principal Investigator.
5. Jiangsu Provincial Social Science Foundation Young Scientists Fund, Project No. 22GLC007: Research on Carbon Compensation Mechanisms for Jiangsu Cities under the Vision of Carbon Neutrality, 2022.07‒2024.12, 50,000 RMB, Ongoing, Principal Investigator.
Selected Publications:
Zhencheng Xing, Yanyan Ma, Lan Luo, Haikun Wang. "Harmonizing economies and ecologies: Towards an equitable provincial carbon quota allocation for China's peaking emissions." Humanities & Social Sciences Communications, 2024, 11: 964.
Zhencheng Xing, Ziheng Jiao, Haikun Wang. "Carbon footprint and embodied carbon transfer at city level: A nested MRIO analysis of Central Plain urban agglomeration in China." Sustainable Cities and Society, 2022, 83: 103977.
Zhencheng Xing, Ruirong Chang, Zhengcheng Song, Yanxu Zhang, Marilena Muntean, Kuishuang Feng, Yifan Liu, Zongwei Ma, Jigan Wang, Jie Zhang, Haikun Wang. "International trade shapes global mercury-related health impacts." PNAS Nexus, 2023, 2(5): pgad128.
Zhencheng Xing. "Collaborative governance of trade-driven transboundary air pollution in China: A responsibility-based fair compensation mechanism." Journal of Environmental Management, 2023, 348: 119327.
Zhencheng Xing, Jigan Wang, Kuishuang Feng, Klaus Hubacek. "Decline of SO2 emission intensity in China's thermal power generation: Decomposition and attribution analysis." Science of The Total Environment, 2020, 137367.
Zhencheng Xing, Jigan Wang, Kuishuang Feng, Klaus Hubacek. "Decomposition and attribution analysis for assessing the progress in decoupling industrial development from wastewater discharge in China." Journal of Cleaner Production, 2020, 266, 121789.
Zhencheng Xing, Wang J, Zhang J. "Expansion of environmental impact assessment for eco-efficiency evaluation of China's economic sectors: An economic input-output based frontier approach." Science of the Total Environment, 2018, 635: 284-293.
Zhencheng Xing, Wang J, Zhang J. "Total-factor ecological efficiency and productivity in Yangtze River Economic Belt, China: A non-parametric distance function approach." Journal of Cleaner Production, 2018, 200: 844-857.