As the global energy market is now highly integrated, “in an interdependent situation, rational
and self-interest-driven actors will take the international mechanism as a way to increase their
ability to reach a mutually beneficial agreement”.
(2) China has the responsibility to form a
community of common interests and promote common energy security through
regional and multilateral cooperation
China has the responsibility to develop deep
cooperation with global and regional organisations and establish stable cooperative relations
with others in energy supply and demand. As
China participates in regional multilateral governance, it has the responsibility to promote
common regional energy security and the joint
development of all parties’ energy economies.
(3) In the future, China will have the responsibility to assume different governance
roles at regional and multilateral levels
Experience shows that China can promote and
lead multilateral energy governance. China’s role
varies in different governance frameworks. In the
future, China will have the responsibility to
shoulder different governance roles.
(4) China has the responsibility to promote
equal and mutually beneficial bilateral
and multilateral cooperation
Bilateral, multilateral and global energy cooperation can be described as: “bilateral cooperation
lays the foundation, multilateral cooperation
improves quality, and global governance seeks
common ground”. Bilateral cooperation has fewer
requirements and is easier to achieve. It serves as
the foundation for more extensive and deeper
international energy cooperation and global energy
governance. At present, China has the responsibility to manage its relationship with those countries with which it has close energy cooperation.
In the medium and long terms, China will
have the responsibility to evolve bilateral forms
of energy cooperation into a more extensive and
deeper multilateral cooperation.
11.2.3 China’s Responsibilities Are
to Improve Its Energy
Security and Make Global
Energy Security More
Inclusive and
Collaborative
(1) China’s energy security is critical to global
energy security
China ensures its energy security by participating
in global energy governance. This is beneficial to
energy suppliers and to countries dependent on
energy imports. Global energy governance with
multilateral participation, including China’s, is
more inclusive and more likely to achieve common energy security.
(2) Better international energy cooperation
and global energy governance would
strengthen China’s energy security, energy
transition and long-term development
The Chinese government has a new security
strategy based on mutual trust, mutual benefits,
equality and coordination. The government
emphasises the need to address differences,
enhance mutual trust through dialogue, resolve
disputes through negotiation, and strengthen
security through cooperation. Globally, China
should take as its starting point the need to
improve the basic rules of the international system, actively advocate or lead the improvement
of international mechanisms or establish new
ones, improve its ability to set agendas and
become a major policymaker in international
regulations, and become an active contributor to
global energy governance—one perceived as
responsible and predictable.
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and self-interest-driven actors will take the international mechanism as a way to increase their
ability to reach a mutually beneficial agreement”.
(2) China has the responsibility to form a
community of common interests and promote common energy security through
regional and multilateral cooperation
China has the responsibility to develop deep
cooperation with global and regional organisations and establish stable cooperative relations
with others in energy supply and demand. As
China participates in regional multilateral governance, it has the responsibility to promote
common regional energy security and the joint
development of all parties’ energy economies.
(3) In the future, China will have the responsibility to assume different governance
roles at regional and multilateral levels
Experience shows that China can promote and
lead multilateral energy governance. China’s role
varies in different governance frameworks. In the
future, China will have the responsibility to
shoulder different governance roles.
(4) China has the responsibility to promote
equal and mutually beneficial bilateral
and multilateral cooperation
Bilateral, multilateral and global energy cooperation can be described as: “bilateral cooperation
lays the foundation, multilateral cooperation
improves quality, and global governance seeks
common ground”. Bilateral cooperation has fewer
requirements and is easier to achieve. It serves as
the foundation for more extensive and deeper
international energy cooperation and global energy
governance. At present, China has the responsibility to manage its relationship with those countries with which it has close energy cooperation.
In the medium and long terms, China will
have the responsibility to evolve bilateral forms
of energy cooperation into a more extensive and
deeper multilateral cooperation.
11.2.3 China’s Responsibilities Are
to Improve Its Energy
Security and Make Global
Energy Security More
Inclusive and
Collaborative
(1) China’s energy security is critical to global
energy security
China ensures its energy security by participating
in global energy governance. This is beneficial to
energy suppliers and to countries dependent on
energy imports. Global energy governance with
multilateral participation, including China’s, is
more inclusive and more likely to achieve common energy security.
(2) Better international energy cooperation
and global energy governance would
strengthen China’s energy security, energy
transition and long-term development
The Chinese government has a new security
strategy based on mutual trust, mutual benefits,
equality and coordination. The government
emphasises the need to address differences,
enhance mutual trust through dialogue, resolve
disputes through negotiation, and strengthen
security through cooperation. Globally, China
should take as its starting point the need to
improve the basic rules of the international system, actively advocate or lead the improvement
of international mechanisms or establish new
ones, improve its ability to set agendas and
become a major policymaker in international
regulations, and become an active contributor to
global energy governance—one perceived as
responsible and predictable.
680
W. Jigang and P. Webb