The Coronavirus and Lessons Learned from RMI’s China Office

A letter from Ting Li, managing director of RMI's Beijing office, reflecting on the office's experience during the initial coronavirus outbreak in China and offering a message of solidarity and optimism to global colleagues.

• RMI's Beijing office was closed for 45 days starting in late January 2020, though it reopened three weeks prior to the date of the letter and is gradually returning to normal operations.
• Ting Li reports that Beijing and various other Chinese cities had recorded no new local coronavirus cases in the week preceding the letter, suggesting that the battle against the virus is winnable.

APA

Li, T. (2020). The Coronavirus and Lessons Learned from RMI’s China Office. RMI. https://rmi.org/resources/the-coronavirus-and-lessons-learned-from-rmis-china-office/

Chicago

Li, Ting. The Coronavirus and Lessons Learned from RMI’s China Office. RMI, 2020. https://rmi.org/resources/the-coronavirus-and-lessons-learned-from-rmis-china-office/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{li2020coronavirus, author = {Li, Ting}, title = {{The Coronavirus and Lessons Learned from RMI’s China Office}}, publisher = {RMI}, year = {2020}, month = mar, url = {https://rmi.org/resources/the-coronavirus-and-lessons-learned-from-rmis-china-office/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }