Sino-German Cooperation on Low Carbon Transport

A Study on the Promotion and Application of New Energy Logistics Vehicles in China

The study identifies the key challenges of NELV adoption in China, provides a detailed analysis of future trends and application scenarios, and outlines a set of comprehensive policy recommendations for promoting NELVs in the development of a lowcarbon urban delivery sector. In order to produce these outputs, the study has examined China’s current NELV development […]

Promoting China’s Transition Towards Sustainable Transport Integration

This study aims at laying out the institutional foundations for the creation of a MaaS ecosystem, integrating MoD and traditional transport modes with the goal of contributing to more effective, seamless, inclusive, and climate-friendly transport systems in China. Policy recommendations at the institutional level are therefore provided, aimed at ensuring the sustainable promotion and regulation […]

A Study on the Optimization of the Bus Network and Exclusive Bus Lane Planning for the City of Tianjin

The objective of this study is to assist the transport authorities of Tianjin to comprehensively improve the service level of Tianjin’s bus system through bus network and bus lane planning, and thus improve the efficiency and climate friendliness of the city’s public transit network. The study assesses identified problems related to Tianjin’s bus network and […]

Study on Traffic Flow Optimisation in Smart Cities

Smart cities seek to transform urban spaces to be technologically advanced, more efficient, sustainable and socially integrated. Countries around the world, spearheaded by China, which has adopted smart city development as a national strategy and a focus of its future economic and urban development strategy, are driving the global smart city market. By using smart […]

Overview on China’s 14th Five-Year Plans in the Transport Sector

This paper aims at providing a comprehensive overview of the 14th Five-Year Plans (FYPs) relevant to the development of China’s transport sector until 2025 and beyond. The paper summarises the key elements, priorities and goals of the plans and draws a picture of the general development direction of transport in China. The focus of China’s […]

Insights from China: How can we decarbonise the transport sector?

During the global online conference Transport and Climate Change Week 2022, the Sino-German Cooperation on Low Carbon Transport (CLCT) project was pleased to invite Mr Xu Honglei, vice president at the Transport Planning and Research Institute (TPRI) of the Ministry of Transport of the People’s Republic of China, to share insights on the key challenges […]

Policy Briefing & Translation: Work Plan for Promoting the Development of Multimodal Transport and Optimizing and Adjusting the Transport Structure (2021-2025)

This documents provides the briefing and English translation of the the five-year Work Plan for Promoting the Development of Multimodal Transport and Optimizing and Adjusting the Transport Structure (2021-2025), which was issued by the State Council of the People’s Republic of China on 7 January 2022. According to the goals set out in the Work […]

Sustainable Urban Mobility Planning [CN Version] 2/2

To promote smart and integrated urban mobility planning, the European Commission, in 2013, published the “Guidelines on Developing and Implementing A Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan”. Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans, also known as SUMP, aim at satisfying the mobility needs of people and businesses while improving the quality of life. The SUMP concept has been successfully applied […]

Sustainable Urban Mobility Planning [CN Version] 1/2