A new energy strategy for China

摘要

The country must transform itself into a nation of "security, greenery, and efficiency" by the year 2030, or China will be facing seriously unreliable energy supplies and many insurmountable environmental challenges, says The State Council, Chinas leading think tank, which has outlined a revamped energy strategy highlighting new energy and calling for industrial transformation. A recent article titled "Foreseeing and Analyzing Chinas Future Energy Development" published by the Peoples Daily, the flagship newspaper of the Communist Party of China, on February 13th, The Head of Chinas Development Research Center of the State Council, Li Wei said the country must transform itself into a nation of "security, greenery and efficiency" by 2030 or be faced with erratic supplies and insurmountable environmental challenges. The article by Li is based on two years of extensive research, which was led by the center and suppertedby more than 70 experts from Royal Dutch Shell Pic, Harvard University in the US and Chinas Tsinghua University, among others, reports China Daily. The report says that the growth of China's energy demand will slow remarkably due mainly to the cooling of the country's economy. However, there will be a higher dependency on impact of oil and natural eras.