Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the country has significantly strengthened ecological and environmental protection, making major strides in building a “Beautiful China” and advancing toward a comprehensive green transformation of its economy and society. To support broader participation in the green and low-carbon transition and the co-creation of livable cities, the Institute of Public & Environmental Affairs (IPE), with technical guidance from the Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences and support from the Energy Foundation, developed the City Green Synergy Index and launched a public participation platform. In the first evaluation covering 100 cities, Ningbo, Shenzhen, and Beijing ranked in the top three, followed by Guangzhou, Chengdu, Weihai, Fuzhou, Kunming, Yichang, and Xiamen in the top ten. Eastern coastal cities like Ningbo, Guangzhou, and Weihai stood out for overall performance, while Fuzhou and Xiamen led in environmental quality. Megacities such as Beijing and Shenzhen showed strong results in high-quality development. In the southwest, Chengdu and Kunming led on climate action through coal-to-electricity initiatives and non-fossil energy expansion, while Yichang in central China stood out for its ecological restoration efforts.

Multi-stakeholder efforts to promote legal disclosure of corporate environmental information — 30 cities actively respond to environmental organizations' recommendations, 111 companies added to the disclosure list

Since February 2023, several environmental organizations, including the Center for Legal Assistance to Pollution Victims, SIP Lvse Jiangnan Public Environment Concerned Centre, and IPE, have been closely monitoring the progress of legally mandated corporate environmental information disclosure. With the exception of 169 companies in Guangxi that have yet to publish their 2022 annual reports, the disclosure rate for annual reports in other regions has reached nearly 100%.

Since February 2023, the Center for Legal Assistance to Pollution Victims of Chinese University of Political Science and Law, IPE, Lvse Jiangnan and many other environmental organizations have been following the progress of the mandatory disclosure of corporate environmental information. As of now, 77,624 out of 85,000 enterprises have disclosed their annual reports for 2022, accounting for 91.32% of the total enterprises that are required for mandatory information disclosure.

Since February 2023, the Center for Legal Assistance to Pollution Victims of Chinese University of Political Science and Law, IPE, Lvse Jiangnan and many other environmental organizations have been following the progress of the mandatory disclosure of corporate environmental information. Among the enterprise environmental information disclosure platforms that have been made available to the public, all enterprises in Beijing, Liaoning and Henan have completed their disclosure of 2022 annual reports. Gansu, Tianjin, Zhejiang, Inner Mongolia and Guizhou regions have reached more than 99%, and the disclosure process in other regions is also accelerating. Compared with the previous report, an additional 43,910 enterprises have made their annual report public, making the total to 63,321, accounting for 74.50% of the total enterprises that are required for mandatory information disclosure.

Since February 2023, the Center for Legal Assistance to Pollution Victims of Chinese University of Political Science and Law, IPE, Lvse Jiangnan and many other environmental organizations have been following the progress of the mandatory disclosure of corporate environmental information. Through continuous observation, it has been found that many regions are speeding up the work of corporate environmental information disclosure. As of now, 19,411 out of 85,000 enterprises have disclosed their annual reports for 2022, accounting for 22.84% of the total enterprises that are required for mandatory information disclosure.

Since February 2023, the Center for Legal Assistance to Pollution Victims of Chinese University of Political Science and Law, IPE, Lvse Jiangnan and many other environmental organizations have been following the progress of the mandatory disclosure of corporate environmental information.