Energy Security and Sustainable Economic Growth in China

The Nottingham China Policy Institute series brings together cutting-edge scholarship, policy relevance and accessibility. It includes works on the economics, society, culture, politics, international relations, national security and history of the Chinese mainland, Taiwan and Hong Kong in the twentieth-and twenty-fi rst centuries. Books in this series are written in an accessible style, although they are based on meticulous research. They put forward exciting ideas and research fi ndings that specialist academics need to take note while policy-makers and opinion leaders will fi nd inspiring. They represent innovative multidisciplinary scholarship at its best in the study of contemporary China. "In recent years China has overtaken the United States as the world's leading producer and consumer of energy. Since 2009 China's energy requirements have grown exponentially, particularly for coal and electricity, sparking international and national debates on the sustainability of growth and the accompanying environmental implications. This unique study provides a comprehensive investigation into the Chinese energy market at both national and provincial levels covering issues such as energy security, institutional reforms, international relations, and environmental implications now and in the future. A host of international experts provide crucial analysis of the design of China's energy policies, examining how the imbalance between supply and demand, and a primitive transmission grid, influences the overall performance of the energy industry in China. They investigate the role played by institutions, renewable energies, ownership and open-door policy reforms as suitable mechanisms to reduce energy consumption and consequently to prevent climate change. The implications of such policies are also critically assessed in relation to economic growth. Energy Security and Sustainable Economic Growth in China is an invaluable reference source for those working in or researching the Chinese energy is also essential reading for economists and researchers working across China, development economics, environmental economics and the energy sector."-- Provided by publisher Front Matter....Pages i-xxvi International Comparison in the Energy Sector....Pages 1-30 The Chinese Energy-Intensive Growth Model and Its Impact on Commodity Markets....Pages 31-51 China’s Energy Diplomacy via the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation....Pages 52-73 The Institutional Setting of China’s Energy Policy....Pages 74-102 Energy Security in China: An Analysis of Various Energy Sources....Pages 103-131 Oil and China....Pages 132-151 China’s Alternative Energy Sources....Pages 152-169 Regional Electricity Consumption and Economic Growth in China....Pages 170-186 Regional Energy Intensity and Productivity in China....Pages 187-208 Energy Intensity and Its Policy Implications in China....Pages 209-234 Globalization and Energy Consumption in the Yangtze River Delta....Pages 235-247 Institutional Barriers to China’s Renewable Energy Strategy....Pages 248-264 Demand Effects on C02 Emission in China: A Structural Decomposition Analysis (SDA)....Pages 265-285 Environmental Protection and Sustainability Strategies in China: Towards a Green Economy....Pages 286-301 Back Matter....Pages 302-338 This book focuses on various issues of energy, energy efficiency and environmental policy in China. It discusses different aspects on how China may maintain its fast economic growth through good management of energy consumption and development of various energy sources.