중국의 에너지 수급 정책과 한중 에너지 산업 협력

Abstract

China’s energy policy, for the most part, can be said to be risk-averse and is largely premised upon the concern with self-sustainable. China’s policy primarily focuses on energy conservation and natural resource development. It is also centered on discovering alternative sources, increasing more efficient consumption, developing environment-friendly energy sources, and strengthening diplomatic ties for energy dependence trade. One of the major long-term issues facing China is how to resolve the unbalanced supply and demand stemming from the disproportionately large concentration of natural resources in the western parts of the country and the rising level of energy consumption in the southeastern coastal regions. Despite the increasing energy need accompanied by China’s economic growth, the country faces a number of problems, including inefficient consumption, dearth of up-to-date equipment for resource development, lack of business competitiveness, and general weakness of the energy industry. In order to meet the current demand, China seeks how to develop recycle energy resources and seeks to discover multipurpose or diversified ways of energy use. In addition, China’s official policy is characterized by the following concerns: reforming the management of the energy industry, revamping the industrial organizations, improving the structure of business management, liberalizing the energy market, and diversifying the energy supply through foreign cooperation. Key factors that affect China’s future energy situation include population increase, the rate of economic growth and developmental policy, urbanization and industrialization. Considering the distribution of natural resources in China, it is likely that the supply and demand of energy among different industrial sectors, driven by economic growth and policy, will become more uneven. It is projected that this will have a significant impact on the market for oil and other energy sources in the greater Northeastern region of the world. In light of China’s current situation, some relevant research is needed not only to analyze its industry-specific structures of the supply and demand for energy, but also to reevaluate and reformulate Korean government’s official stance toward the bilateral industrial cooperation.