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What are China's policies on energy security?
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Information Office of the State Council of the People's Republic of China, 2006
China is now the world's second-largest energy producer and consumer and plays an increasingly important role in maintaining global energy security. This government White Paper sets out China's policy to develop a modern energy industry that takes both resource conservation and environmental protection into consideration.
The paper covers:
- the current situation of energy development in China
- China's strategy and goals regarding energy development
- the country's all-round promotion of energy conservation
- improving China's energy supply capacity
- accelerating the progress of energy technology
- co-ordinating energy and environment development
- deepening energy system reform within China
- how to strengthen international cooperation in the field of energy
The paper concludes by asserting that the world needs to strengthen cooperation to safeguard global energy security. It states that China will, together with all other countries, make unremitting efforts to safeguard the stability and security of world energy supplies.
