Energy education policy analysis of China: A perspective of multiple streams theory

Abstract

Since the 1970s, energy education (EE) has become one of the effective ways to solve the energy crisis in developed countries. China’s increasingly severe energy issue requires China to strengthen energy conservation while establishing a conservation-oriented society and to draw on international experience in solving energy questions by vigorously developing EE. The development of EE in China commences late. Although some achievements have been made, there is a lack of legislative protection and platform support in further promoting EE. This paper analyzes China’s EE policy using the multiple streams theory, examines the reality of problematic policy and political streams of China’s EE policy, discusses the issue of addressing the three main streams in China’s EE development, summarizes the necessary conditions fbr opening the EE policy window, and puts forward suggestions fbr erecting China’s EE system.