. China’s Energy Policy — its Own Unique Features and the Impact of Japan’s Experience

Abstract

The principles of formation and implementation of China’s energy policy have undergone significant changes since the early 2000s, due to the strengthening of China’s geopolitical role in the world and its transformation into the largest exporter of primary energy resources, mostly crude oil and natural gas. Japanese experience played a noticeable role in this process — there is no doubt that the stages of development that Japan’s energy policy went through earlier are largely repeated now in China. The similarity of the countries, their export-oriented nature and the lack of their own fossil fuels affects them. Analysis and assessment of the specifics of China’s energy policy development, supplemented by Japanese experience, will allow us to more fully reveal the topic of the article, without focusing exclusively on internal Chinese problems.