The Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. (NRDC) is an international environmental non-profit organization with more than 1.2 million members and online activists. We are headquartered in New York , and have offices in Beijing , Washington , D.C., San Francisco , Los Angeles and Chicago . Our staff of over 375 includes attorneys, scientists, policy analysts and educators working to protect the environment and public health through advocacy and education.

NRDC has worked in China with government agencies, research institutes and civil society organizations to protect the environment for nearly 12 years. In China , NRDC is working in the areas of environmental public participation, NGO capacity building, environmental law and litigation, energy efficiency, clean power, green buildings, sustainable transportation, and public health. We work through research, international exchanges and trainings, collaboration on the formulation of policies, regulations and standards and a variety of other approaches.