The Center for Industrial Development and Environmental Governance (CIDEG) of Tsinghua University serves as a center of excellence for policy research, academic exchange, graduate education, and on-the-job training on industrial development, environmental governance, and institutional transition. The long-term goals of the Center are to promote education and research on public policy and management in China and to enhance the communication, understanding, and cooperation among the academic, business, non-profit, and public sectors. The Center for Industrial Development and Environmental Governance (CIDEG) is very grateful for the unconditional sponsorship provided by the Toyota Motor Corporation.

Since its establishment, CIDEG dedicated to organize various research projects and academic activities, with the involvement of numerous famous scholars, to construct its own research team and academic network, and to publish various research findings, which have made great achievements and significant influence. All these efforts prepared CIDEG for one of the world-class think tanks.