Abstract
This research is one of the very few studies that seeks to examine the association between China’s industrial development and its energy sustainability. It does so by discussing the impact of industrialization on energy security in the new era, during which the focuses of industrialization and energy security in China have changed. The former has shifted from quantity-based expansion to quality-based growth, while the latter has shifted from supply security to comprehensive security, including matching security. Since researchers have paid little attention to evaluations of industrialization and energy security from the perspective of the new era, this study aims to address this gap. An empirical study on the impact of industrialization on energy security is conducted, taking 30 provinces in China as research objects. The findings show that China’s energy supply security and consumption security have improved but that its matching security has deteriorated, which will eventually lead to an overall deterioration in energy security. Industrialization, however, can improve levels of energy security, supply security, and consumption security. Moreover, green technology efficiency and the capital–labor ratio both can improve levels of energy security and supply security, the former can also improve the level of consumption security and the latter can also improve the level of matching security. In contrast, an increase in GDP per capita inhibits energy security, supply security, consumption security, and matching security. This study will be helpful for policymakers seeking to resolve the issue of energy sustainability in the context of industrialization in China’s new era.
Highlights
Since the Industrial Revolution, energy has provided an inexhaustible power for the economic development of all countries in the world
Taking China’s 30 provinces as research object under the condition of the availability of data,we aim to study the impact of industrialization on China's regional energy security in the new era, which will help to achieve both goals of new industrialization and effectively ensuring regional energy security
This paper aims to examine the impact of industrialization on energy security in the new era based on the above scenario
Summary
Since the Industrial Revolution, energy has provided an inexhaustible power for the economic development of all countries in the world. Threatened by international politics and wars, the availability and stability of energy supply have been challenged. Problems such as lack of motivation for energy technology innovation, carbon emissions, and environmental pollution in consumption have attracted widespread attention from all over the world. The total energy consumption (calorific value calculation) in China increases from 3.064 billion tons in 2008 to 4.161 billion tons in 2017 (CESY, 2018), with an annual growth rate of 3.46%. Primary energy production increased from 2.630 billion tons in 2008 to 3.259 billion tons in 2017, with an annual growth rate of 2.41% (CESY, 2018). As the world's largest energy-consuming and producing country, China views energy security as the core issue of sustainable development and utilization of resources in the 21st century and thinks of it as the key to sustainable economic and social development
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