China Energy 2020

To better understand the future trajectory of China's energy needs, the National Committee on United States-China Relations is hosting a public event, China Energy 2020, on September 11, 2014.

China’s energy policy exerts a profound influence on the global economy and the environment. The forum will explore how China - the world's biggest energy producer and consumer, and largest generator of greenhouse gas emissions - can reach its economic, environmental and energy goals. What are the environmental and energy implications of China's new plans for economic rebalancing and societal change? A panel discussion will explore what these developments mean for global energy markets, climate change goals and geopolitics.

China Energy 2020 is organized in cooperation with the China Energy Fund Committee and the Columbia SIPA Center on Global Energy Policy. 

Pre-registration is required for this event.
To register, please click here. 

Keynote remarks by:

David Sandalow, Inaugural Fellow, Center on Global Energy Policy and former U.S. Secretary of Energy (acting)

Zhang Guobao, Former Vice Chairman, National Development and Reform Commission and former Director of the National Energy Administration of China

Participants also include:

Jason Bordoff, Founding Director, Center on Global Energy Policy
Chan Chaoto, President, China Energy Fund Committee
Chen Weidong, Chief Energy Researcher, Energy Economics Institute, China National Offshore Oil Corporation
Kenneth Lieberthal, Senior Fellow, John L. Thornton China Center, Brookings Institution
Stephen Orlins, President, National Committee on U.S.-China Relations
Xu Xiaojie, Director, World Energy, Institute of World Economics and Politics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences