China had been singled out by Western politicians and media for dragging its feet on international climate negotiations at Copenhagen, the accusations previously always targeted on the U.S. To put such a criticism into perspective, this paper provides some reflections on China's stance and...

With its rapid economic growth, China's primary energy consumption has exceeded domestic energy production since 1994, leading to a substantial expansion in energy imports, particularly of oil. China's energy demand has an increasingly significant impact on global energy markets. In this paper...

The substitutability between traditional fuels and modern fuels is essential for examine the possibility of energy transition. The existing literature on China's interfuel substitution is mainly based on the translog function form and often the global curvature is not imposed. There is also a...

Many are interested in China's energy situation, however, numerous energy related issues in China still remain unanswered. For example, what are the potential forces driving energy demand and supply? Previous reviews focused only on fossil fuel based energy and ignored other important elements...

This paper reviews the literature on China's energy economy, focusing particularly on: i) the relationship between energy consumption and economic growth; ii) China's changing energy intensity; iii) energy demand and energy-non-energy substitution; iv) the emergence of energy markets in China;...

Global warming and the acute domestic air pollution in China have necessitated transition to a sustainable energy system away from coal-dominated energy production. Through a systematic review of the national policy documents, this study investigates the policy mix adopted by the Chinese...

Facing the issues of global climate change, the European Union introduced the mandatory global carbon emissions trading mechanism under the Kyoto protocol model. In the Copenhagen Conference, China has promised that CO2 emissions per GDP in 2020 would decrease by 40% to 45% than that in 2005. In...