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Sustaining Economic Growth in China under Energy and Climate Security Constraints
Author(s) -
Lu Xuedu,
Pan Jiahua,
Chen Ying
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
china and world economy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.815
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 1749-124X
pISSN - 1671-2234
DOI - 10.1111/j.1749-124x.2006.00047.x
Subject(s) - china , energy security , diversification (marketing strategy) , pace , economics , international trade , greenhouse gas , constraint (computer aided design) , natural resource economics , economic system , business , political science , geography , renewable energy , mechanical engineering , ecology , electrical engineering , geodesy , marketing , law , biology , engineering
After over a quarter of a century of high economic growth, there is no sign that China will slow its pace of economic development. In the meantime, domestic energy security and international climate security have become of increasing concern given China's growth patterns. In this paper, the authors look at the future prospects of growth of the economy, energy demand and greenhouse gas emissions. For China as a developing country, energy security constitutes a more immediate and challenging constraint for China in meeting its development target than the problem of emission reduction. Energy efficiency and diversification have been actively pursued for addressing energy security issue but with positive co‐benefit of climate security. International cooperation can promote both securities for a health growth of the economy. (Edited by Xinyu Fan)