%N 2 %J Energies %X This paper reviews the history of green building development and assessment standards in China, particularly from the perspective of energy saving. It is divided into four parts: (1) the development of policies of green building in China that have been proposed for meeting energy-conservation and emission-reduction targets; (2) the scientific research on green building by the Chinese government, including the promotion of maximum resource sustainability, environmental protection, and the reduction of pollution; (3) the development of assessment standards for green building in China; and (4) the development of green building technologies in China. %V 11 %A Y Zhang %A J Kang %A H Jin %K Science & Technology, Technology, Energy & Fuels, energy-saving, history of green building, assessment standard %T A Review of Green Building Development in China from the Perspective of Energy Saving %O © 2018 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). %D 2018 %I MDPI %L discovery10046943