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Rhodium Group’s China practice supports leaders in the public, corporate, and financial sectors with data-driven analysis of China’s economy, policy dynamics, and commercial ties with the world.

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Rhodium Group’s Energy & Climate practice analyzes the effects of policy and market developments on greenhouse gas emissions and energy systems, and provides actionable information about the impacts of climate change.

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Featured research from our Energy & Climate practice

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Clean Investment Monitor: US Q1 2026 Update

In the first quarter of 2026, clean energy and transportation investment in the United States totaled $61 billion, a 3% decline from Q4 2025 and a 9% decline from Q1 2025.

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Worlds Apart: Contrasting US-China Approaches to Scaling Clean Technology Manufacturing

Global clean tech manufacturing investment has moderated after a decade of extraordinary growth. China and the US were the primary drivers of that rise and the subsequent pullback—though the nature of each country's decline differs significantly.

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Building a Geothermal Powerhouse Region in the South-Central and Southwest United States

Targeted, well-designed, ambitious policies enacted by states can leverage the immense changes and investment opportunities on the horizon to drive deployment of geothermal on the grid.

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Forging a Global Clean Steel Economy: Leveraging Trade to Reduce the Green Premium

In steel production, fossil fuels are consumed primarily in the initial ironmaking step. We examine the major cost drivers of clean iron production and assess which countries are best positioned to produce it at low cost.

Featured research from our China practice

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Critical Mineral Chokepoints Extend Far Beyond Mining and Refining

China dominates manufacturing of intermediate goods that use critical materials as inputs, creating an additional layer of chokepoints, which Beijing is targeting in its most recent export controls—including outside of China.

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China’s Next-Generation Industrial Policy

China’s industrial strategy now touches almost every major sector in the economy and their underlying supply chains. These state interventions are accelerating China’s trade dominance and expanding foreign dependence on Chinese supply chains.

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Trump-Xi Summit: Whose (Red) Line is it Anyway?

By now, you’ve read countless articles about how little is expected to come out of the Beijing summit between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping from May 14 to 15: soybean and jet purchases, some lightweight pledges, and a gaggle of CEOs in tow for…

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China’s Demographic Future Is Now

We estimate China will lose nearly 60 million people in the next decade, roughly equivalent to the population of France. The impact on household consumption is obvious, but the larger problem for Beijing may be the hit to social security funds.