Dr. Yun Zhou is a principal environment specialist at Office of Safeguards of ADB, mainly focusing on environmental safeguard due diligence of ADB financed projects in China and Mongolia. Prior to joining ADB, she was the Director of International Cooperation Center at the Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, the largest research institution under the Ministry of Ecology and Environment (MEE), where she provided support to different research teams in the implementation of bilateral/multilateral environmental cooperation projects, and conducted research on energy and climate change. She also worked as Deputy Director of the Administrative Office in the Appraisal Center for Environment and Engineering, which is a major technical support institution in the field of environmental impact assessment for MEE.