China faces potential trade wars with the U.S., grappling with its North Korean neighbor's nuclear program, and expansion of its artificial intelligence to become the world leader of the trade. And yet, in a self-sustaining effort to maintain political stability, to pursue economic growth and to keep citizens happy, Chinese President Xi Jinping is trying to see – and show local officials – that there is green to be found in going green, experts say."China and the U.S. are basically taking different paths with respect to environmental protection," says Scott Moore, a senior fellow at the University of Pennsylvania's Kleinman Center for Energy Policy. "China has decided that it's actually really important both for its economic growth as well as for its political stability to do much more in terms of environmental protection and to ensure that its citizens have clean water, clean air."

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