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| China's Global Energy Strategy:from Energy Strength to Energy Power |
| Prof. Xu Qinhua |
| Centre for International Energy and Environment Strategy Studies, Renmin University of China |
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Abstract Since the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, China's global energy strategy has experienced three stages:"infancy", "growth" and "maturity". Chinese foreign energy cooperation has also gone through three periods chronologically, which include (1) the period when China got rid of its high dependence on oil imports from the Soviet Union, achieved self-reliance and even became a net exporter; (2) the period when China first focused on "bringing in" and then turned itself into a net importer of crude oil and refined oil; and (3) the period when China "went global" to engage in energy cooperation in diverse areas, gradually shifting into a leading role before launching the Belt and Road Initiative, which marked the full establishment of the Chinese global energy strategy. The objective of the Chinese global energy strategy has gradually changed from merely pursuing "energy strength" to transforming "energy strength" into "energy power"; the mission is mainly to "promote energy cooperation and energy revolution"; to implement this mission, China will provide international public goods to global and regional energy governance through energy diplomacy and services; and the areas covered by the strategy are countries and regions along the "Silk Road Economic Belt".
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Published: 20 September 2017
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2017, Vol. 24 
