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AbstractThis paper examines the immigrant–native achievement gap in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields in college in the USA. Using student survey data from the Beginning Postsecondary Longitudinal Studies 2004/09, I find that on average immigrant students have significantly higher rates entering and persisting in STEM fields compared to their native counterparts. There is, however, considerable variation across immigrant generations and race and ethnicity. The immigrant attainment advantage is particularly large among first‐generation Asian and white immigrant students who attended foreign K–12 schools. I explore the channels leading to the achievement gap, including socioeconomic status, individual preferences, and academic preparation in math and science. Results suggest that the immigrant STEM advantage is largely due to better academic preparation in math and science in high school. This indicates that improvements in students' college STEM attainment may depend crucially on policy efforts devoted to strengthening the quality of high school math and science education.

AbstractCarbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS), as a technology with large-scale emission reduction potential, has been widely developed all over the world. In China, CCUS development achieved fruitful outcomes. CCUS gained further broad attention from the announcement of the carbon neutrality target by 2060, as CCUS is an indispensable important technology to realize carbon neutrality. It helps not only to build zero-emission and more resilient energy and industry systems but also provides negative emission potential. This paper discusses the new demand for carbon capture, utilization, and storage development brought by the carbon neutrality target analyzes the development status. As there remain various challenges of CCUS development, this paper focuses on several key issues for CCUS development in China targeting carbon neutrality: 1) how to reposition the role of CCUS under the carbon neutral target? 2) how shall we understand the technology development status and the costs? 3) what role shall utilization and storage play in future? 4) potential strategy applied to solve challenges of source-sink mismatch and resources constraints; and 5) new business model that suits large scale deployment of CCUS. This paper puts forward several policy suggestions that should be focused on now in China, especially to raise awareness under the vision of carbon neutrality that the role and contribution of CCUS are different, to accelerate the establishment of a comprehensive and systematic enabling environment for CCUS.