In 2023, Clean Air Asia, School of Environment at Tsinghua University, and the National Big Data Alliance of New Energy Vehicles jointly released this research report reviewing how Chinese trucks progressed in 2022 in terms of cutting their carbon and criteria pollutant emissions. The study was supported by Energy Foundation China and compiled by Clean Air Asia.

Based on multiple sources of data, the report focuses on the emissions of trucks, taking a third-party perspective to assess the progress and effectiveness of criteria pollutant and carbon emission reduction in the truck industry . It also identifies weak links in the green transformation of the industry and provides recommendations for its stakeholders.