As the past few decades have seen China become the world’s second-largest economy and Chinese multinationals take leading roles in various sectors, China’s corporate governance (CG) has evolved and brought about new methods of ESG evaluation. This paper examines China’s CG development status through case studies, looks at current Chinese ESG evaluation systems designed by MSCI and local Chinese institutes, and suggests four unique factors that should be integrated into future Chinese ESG evaluation system development.

China’s Corporate Governance Development and ESG Evaluation

This paper is under review for Cornell University Emerging Market Institute EMI Report