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    Research on Energy Issues in China
    Research on Energy Issues in China
    Research on Energy Issues in China
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    Research on Energy Issues in China

    By Jiang Zemin

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    China’s rapid economic expansion raises questions internally and externally about how it will acquire the energy it needs to sustain growth. Currently it is the largest producer and consumer of coal; how much will it continue to rely on its abundant natural resource in the face of increasing environmental concerns? Will it embrace new clean coal technologies developed by others or invest in its own? Currently it imports 50% of the oil it consumes; will it invest in technologies that scrub the ocean floor for petroleum deposits? Will it develop new distribution technologies to bring its natural gas reserves closer to population centers? What role will conservation play? And how will China relate to the rest of the international community as it addresses these critical issues.

    Research on Energy Issues In China presents one prominent insider’s view of China’s key energy issues and his strategy for addressing them. A collection of papers authored by Jiang Zemin, former president of the People’s Republic of China, it appears here in English for the first time. Jiang’s message is an exhortation to the Chinese to invest in science and technology, and research and development, to ensure the steady supply of energy so crucial for sustaining and driving development. He outlines this energy strategy for China: "we need to steadfastly conserve energy, use it efficiently, diversify development, keep the environment clean, be technology driven and cooperate internationally in order to establish a system of energy production, distribution and consumption that is highly efficient, uses advanced technology, produces few pollutant, has minimal impact on the ecosystem, and provides a steady and secure energy supply."

    Within ten to twenty years, China may well be the world’s largest energy consumption and supply system. This volume offers policy makers, energy industry analysts, researchers, and investors an inside view of how it plans to get there.

    • Compares China’s current energy situation with the developed world
    • Details specific challenges and opportunities in China with respect to coal, oil, nuclear, natural gas, solar, biomass, hydrogen, geothermal, wind, and ocean
    • Presents an eight point energy development policy
    • Provides a guide to China’s future investment in research and development
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAcademic Press
    Release dateAug 7, 2009
    ISBN9780123786203
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      Research on Energy Issues in China - Jiang Zemin

      Research on Energy Issues in China

      Jiang Zemin

      Brief Table of Contents

      Copyright

      Chapter Speech at a Meeting with Experts Attending a Forum on Reflections on Energy Issues in China

      Chapter Reflections on Energy Issues in China** Originally published in the Journal of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, No. 3, 2008.

      Chapter Energy Development Trends and Major Energy Conservation Measures** Article published in the Journal of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, No. 3, 1989, a revision of the presentation Jiang Zemin made at the university in March 1989 on his appointment as professor there.

      Index

      Table of Contents

      Copyright

      Chapter Speech at a Meeting with Experts Attending a Forum on Reflections on Energy Issues in China

      I. Origins of the article

      II. The great importance of energy issues

      III. Focusing on research into energy issues

      IV. Stressing research into energy policies

      Chapter Reflections on Energy Issues in China** Originally published in the Journal of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, No. 3, 2008.

      I. Significance of Energy Issues

      1. Energy as a material base for modern economic and social development

      2. Energy as a major constraint on economic and social development

      3. Energy security as a vital element in economic and national security

      4. The increasingly prominent impact of energy consumption on the ecosystem

      II. Domestic and International Energy Overview

      1. The basic global energy situation and development trends

      2. China's current energy development

      III. Strategic Thinking on China's Energy Development

      1. The strategic orientation for energy development

      2. Long-term strategy of giving high priority to energy conservation

      3. Effective development and use of primary energy sources

      4. Development of an advanced electric power system

      IV. Energy Development Policy

      1. Give energy development policies an important place in national economic policies

      2. Make advance arrangements for major energy construction projects and energy science and technology projects in key fields

      3. Increase funding for energy development and scientific and technological innovation through multiple channels

      4. Establish a rational pricing mechanism for energy resources

      5. Implement fiscal policies favorable to sustainable energy development

      6. Improve the system and mechanisms for energy management

      7. Incorporate energy development and management into the legal system

      8. Further enhance international cooperation on energy resources

      Acknowledgments

      Chapter Energy Development Trends and Major Energy Conservation Measures** Article published in the Journal of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, No. 3, 1989, a revision of the presentation Jiang Zemin made at the university in March 1989 on his appointment as professor there.

      I. The Energy Situation and Development Trends

      1. History of world energy development

      2. The world energy situation and its development trends

      3. The condition and characteristics of our country's energy resources

      II. China's Energy Conservation Potential

      1. Forecasts for China's energy conservation potential

      2. Basic causes of high energy consumption in China

      III. Major Energy Conservation Measures

      1. Increase energy conservation publicity and raise public awareness

      2. Rely on scientific and technological progress and vigorously carry out upgrading to conserve energy

      3. Adopt forceful measures; strengthen the overall management of energy conservation; and use administrative, economic, and legal means to promote energy conservation

      Index

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      Chapter Speech at a Meeting with Experts Attending a Forum on Reflections on Energy Issues in China

      Jiang Zemin with experts attending a forum on Reflections on Energy Issues in China on April 9, 2008.

      Most of you participating in today's forum are experts on energy issues, including a number of my former classmates and colleagues, as well as the Party secretary and president of my alma mater, Shanghai Jiao Tong University. This forum presents a rare opportunity for you to carry out academic exchanges on a topic of common interest, and I wish to express my sincere thanks for your attendance. We have just heard reports from Comrade Ma Dexiu; Li Jinghai, vice president of the Chinese Academy of Sciences; Du Xiangwan, vice president of the Chinese Academy of Engineering; and Comrade Zhang Guobao on how the academic world views my article, Reflections on Energy Issues in China. It now seems that most of the opinions expressed in it have been met with general acceptance, although of course there may also be some differing views.

      It took nearly six months to write this article, during which time I invited a number of experts to discuss it with me on fifteen separate occasions; Ma Fucai, Ning Jizhe, Zhou Dadi, Han Wenke, and other comrades also helped with specific work on it, and I accordingly convey my thanks to all of them.

      I. Origins of the article

      Why did I write this article? Its origins can be traced back to when I was studying in the Soviet Union. My tutor, M. I. Trehov, published a book on energy conservation at machinery manufacturing plants, and after returning to China, I translated it into Chinese in my spare time. However, as a result of the Cultural Revolution and other reasons, my translation was not published at that time.

      While serving as director of the power plant at the First Automotive Works (FAW) in Changchun, my work directly concerned energy issues. This was a time when I integrated theory with practice and began to study and think about energy and energy conservation. Later, while working in Shanghai, I was appointed a professor at Shanghai Jiao Tong University and published Trends in Energy Development and Important Energy Conservation Measures in the Journal of Shanghai Jiao Tong University in 1989. This article chiefly reviewed the history of worldwide energy development, forecast its future course, and drew on my experience with FAW to set forth a number of energy conservation measures.

      During the last 20 years, the field of energy resources has undergone tremendous change, but the goal of energy conservation has not, and

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