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The dragon awakens: innovation, competition, and transition in the energy strategy of the People’s Republic of China, 1949-2017
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posted on 2023-06-09, 06:58 authored by Long Zhang, Benjamin SovacoolBenjamin Sovacool, Jingzheng Ren, Adrian ElyAdrian ElyBased on a mix of original archival research and an extensive review of the contemporary peer reviewed literature, this article reviews the history of the People’s Republic of China’s national energy policies since 1949. We divide this history into six phases: Emergence (1949–1957), Socialist construction (1958–1965), Turbulence (1966–1978), Reform (1979–2000), Contestation (2001–2014), and transition (2015-present). Over the whole history of more than sixty years, China’s energy production and consumption grew at a surprising speed, while energy intensity exhibited early fluctuations and a subsequent gradual decrease after the turbulence phase. In tracing this history, the article offers new historical and policy insights into the world’s largest developing country and a theoretical contribution to the role of the state in shaping economy and society through energy policy. The article lastly offers an in-depth exploration of how command-and-control style administrative intervention and low levels of market liquidity have had a prophylactic effect on innovation and competition.
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Energy PolicyISSN
0301-4215Publisher
ElsevierExternal DOI
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108Page range
634-644Department affiliated with
- SPRU - Science Policy Research Unit Publications
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2017-07-03First Open Access (FOA) Date
2018-06-23First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date
2017-06-30Usage metrics
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