Table 2.

Membership associations of certain Chinese HEIs.

No.	HEI Name	Provincial Region	Membership	Description	Since	Source(s) of Information
1	Peking University	Beijing	University Alliance for Sustainability (UAS)	An alliance of 5 HEIs from five different countries started by Freie Universität Berlin to promote collaboration in sustainability research, teaching and campus management	2015	Website
2	Tsinghua University	Beijing	Global Alliance of Universities on Climate (GAUC)	An alliance of 13 HEIs from nine countries focusing on climate-related joint research, student activities, talent training, green campus and public engagement	2019	Sustainability report; Website
3	Communication University of China	Beijing	International Academic Network for a Community with Shared Future (IAN-CSF)	A network of Institute for a Community with Shared Future of the Communication University of China and 16 international research centers in 15 countries	2019	Website
4	Fudan University	Shanghai	FD-QM Online Course Quality Standard Alliance	An alliance of more than 60 Chinese HEIs for the formation of online course quality standards comparable to international standards	2018	Sustainability report
			Yangtze River Delta University Alliance for Sustainability	An alliance of 8 Chinese HEIs to promote cooperation in sustainability teaching, research, social services, international communications and advisory	2021	Website
5	Tongji University	Shanghai	Yangtze River Delta University Alliance for Sustainability	Same as above	2021	Website
6	Southeast University	Shanghai	Yangtze River Delta University Alliance for Sustainability	Same as above	2021	Website
7	Shandong University	Shandong	UNIDO “Clean Energy Innovation” University Alliance	An alliance of UNIDO and a group of Chinese HEIs to strengthen international exchanges and cooperation to achieve UN's clean energy sustainable development goals	2023	Website
8	Sichuan University	Sichuan	UNIDO “Clean Energy Innovation” University Alliance	Same as above	2023	Website