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Rixin Zhu is a Methane Policy Fellow at the California-China Climate Institute (CCCI), UC Berkeley. He has worked on a broad range of environmental issues, such as methane control in China, air pollution, and corporate social responsibility.

Before joining CCCI, Rixin worked as a research assistant in an Environment Economics and Law Interdisciplinary Research Group at the Renmin University of China, conducting interdisciplinary research on environmental policies and helping construct an environment-law database. During his graduate work at Yale University, he served as a corporate social responsibility consultant at the Yale School of Management.

Rixin has rich experience in researching environmental economics and policy issues. He has co-authored a report about the environmental and economic effects of an air pollution control policy in northern China. The report was submitted to the Ministry of Ecology and Environment of China and noted by former Minister Ganjie Li.

He has also conducted research on various topics, such as China’s water price setting, biodiversity, and methane emission control in China. His areas of interest are methane emission reduction, China’s decarbonization path, and the function of policy design in promoting sustainable economic development and joint effort to tackle climate change.

Rixin holds a master’s degree in Environmental Science from the Yale School of Environment and a Bachelor’s degree in Economy of Resources and Environment from the Renmin University of China.