Open AccessChina’s Role in the Transition to a New International Energy Order
Author(s) -
Zewei Yang
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
groningen journal of international law
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2352-2674
DOI - 10.21827/5a86a7f890cb0
Subject(s) - energy law , order (exchange) , china , international law , international trade , energy security , energy consumption , energy market , energy (signal processing) , business , energy transition , political science , electricity , law , engineering , renewable energy , environmental law , statistics , electrical engineering , mathematics , finance , medicine , alternative medicine , pathology , panacea (medicine)
With the shift of energy production centres and oil consumption markets the international energy order has been changing, indicating four trends: the Arctic region and the international seabed area will become new energy sources; the exploitation of unconventional energy sources - a new focus; and the rulemaking right in the energy market - a new battlefield. Contemporary international law promotes, regulates, and safeguards the transition to a new international energy order, in which China should make efforts to shift its role from a passive recipient to an active innovator of international energy rules; from an onlooker to an active participant in international energy affairs; and from a receiver to a contributor of international energy public goods.