The China Energy Research Report is one of the leading works of Prof. Dr. Yi-Ming Wei's team in the Center of Energy & Environmental Policy Research. The report is a publication of series in every two years with a specific theme at one time, based on China's critical energy strategies, aiming to provide scientific and

technical support Technical support (abbreviated as tech support) is a call centre type customer service provided by companies to advise and assist registered users with issues concerning their technical products. Traditionally done on the phone, technical suppor ...

for public and private policy decisions. 2014 saw the release of its fifth installment.

Released reports

* China Energy Report (2006): Strategy and Policy Research * China Energy Report (2008): CO₂ Emissions Research * China Energy Report (2010): Energy Efficiency Research * China Energy Report (2012): Energy Security Research * China Energy Report (2014): Energy Poverty Research

Review of reports

China Energy Report (2014): Energy Poverty Research

The 2014 Report is the fifth in a series of such reports. It is based on the fact that China, as the largest developing country, has been challenged with the more serious and more complicated

energy poverty Energy poverty is lack of access to modern energy services. It refers to the situation of large numbers of people in developing countries and some people in developed countries whose well-being is negatively affected by very low consumption of e ...

issue. This report reviews and summarizes the tools and methods of evaluating the global energy poverty, then establishes an indicator system of measuring and assessing China's

from a temporal and spatial perspective. Besides, many critical issues like the relations between energy poverty and economic growth,

climate change In common usage, climate change describes global warming—the ongoing increase in global average temperature—and its effects on Earth's climate system. Climate change in a broader sense also includes previous long-term changes to ...

and energy accessibility,

clean energy Clean may refer to: * Cleaning, the process of removing unwanted substances, such as dirt, infectious agents, and other impurities, from an object or environment * Cleanliness, the state of being clean and free from dirt Arts and media Music A ...

and energy poverty, solid fuels and health, policies and acts on energy poverty elimination, are also discussed in this report.

China Energy Report (2012): Energy Security Research

China has been more relying on the import of fossil fuels since 2009 soon after China became the biggest energy consumer and second largest oil importer, giving rise to more crisis and risks. Under such circumstances, the 2012 Report systematically discusses a series of topics pertaining to

energy security Energy security is the association between national security and the availability of natural resources for energy consumption. Access to (relatively) cheap energy has become essential to the functioning of modern economies. However, the uneven d ...

, such as the complexity of the global energy market, risks assessment of China's energy import, policies for strategic energy reserves,

energy crisis An energy crisis or energy shortage is any significant bottleneck in the supply of energy resources to an economy. In literature, it often refers to one of the energy sources used at a certain time and place, in particular, those that supply n ...

and

China's China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

economic growth,

renewables Renewable energy is energy that is collected from renewable resources that are naturally replenished on a human timescale. It includes sources such as sunlight, wind, the movement of water, and geothermal heat. Although most renewable energy ...

and energy poverty, the environmental and health effects of energy consumption, energy conservation potentials for key sectors and regions, energy supply security warning and studies of international

China Energy Report (2010): Energy Efficiency Research

Energy, followed by CO₂ emissions, is not only an

environmental problem Environmental issues are Human impact on the environment, effects of human activity on the biophysical environment, Climate change, most often of which are harmful effects that cause environmental degradation. Environmental protection is the prac ...

, but recognized as an

economic An economy is an area of the production, distribution and trade, as well as consumption of goods and services. In general, it is defined as a social domain that emphasize the practices, discourses, and material expressions associated with the ...

political Politics (from , ) is the set of activities that are associated with making decisions in groups, or other forms of power relations among individuals, such as the distribution of resources or status. The branch of social science that stud ...

, and

social Social organisms, including human(s), live collectively in interacting populations. This interaction is considered social whether they are aware of it or not, and whether the exchange is voluntary or not. Etymology The word "social" derives from ...

strategic issue. In a global path of sustainable development, it is aware that achieving energy conservation as well as energy efficiency improvements is one of the most important and effective way to address

and energy challenges. The 2010 Report proposes the connotation as well as the measurements of energy efficiency based on a comprehensive study of international energy situation. It is well extended to several analyses such as the effects of economic structure on the macro energy efficiency, the difference between

urban Urban means "related to a city". In that sense, the term may refer to: * Urban area, geographical area distinct from rural areas * Urban culture, the culture of towns and cities Urban may also refer to: General * Urban (name), a list of people ...

and

rural In general, a rural area or a countryside is a geographic area that is located outside towns and cities. Typical rural areas have a low population density and small settlements. Agricultural areas and areas with forestry typically are descri ...

residential energy consumption and characteristics of regional residential energy consumption, energy efficiency of major industries and sectors, the effects of fuel price on oil demand, energy efficiency policy design, and

simulation A simulation is the imitation of the operation of a real-world process or system over time. Simulations require the use of models; the model represents the key characteristics or behaviors of the selected system or process, whereas the s ...

China Energy Report (2008): CO₂ Emissions Research

The global climate change has posed a hard question of how to use fossil fuels wisely to human beings. In this context, the 2008 Report focuses on energy use and CO₂ emissions. the characteristics of China's energy consumption and CO₂ emissions, factors of CO₂ emissions under different economic growth levels, the emissions

trajectory A trajectory or flight path is the path that an object with mass in motion follows through space as a function of time. In classical mechanics, a trajectory is defined by Hamiltonian mechanics via canonical coordinates; hence, a complete tra ...

of China's

carbon Carbon () is a chemical element with the symbol C and atomic number 6. It is nonmetallic and tetravalent—its atom making four electrons available to form covalent chemical bonds. It belongs to group 14 of the periodic table. Carbon mak ...

-intensive sectors and regions, global carbon market, mitigation technologies and policies.

China Energy Report (2006): Strategy and Policy Research

Energy has been considered same as labor and capital, a basic productive factor and strategic resource. The 2006 Report, the first installment of the series, focuses on China's energy strategies and management and provides implications according to different policy portfolios.

References

*Y. M. Wei, H. Liao, K. Wang, Y. Hao. China Energy Report (2014): Energy Poverty Research, Science Press, Beijing 240 pages (2014) (in Chinese). *Y. M. Wei, G. Wu, et al., China Energy Report (2012): Energy Security Research, Science Press, Beijing, 280 pages (2012) (in Chinese). *Y. M. Wei, H. Liao, et al., China Energy Report (2010): Energy Efficiency Research, Science Press, Beijing, 239 pages (2010) {{ISBN, 978-7-03-028838-7 (in Chinese). Energy in China Energy research