Energy Governance in China: The Structures and Processes of Government Decision-Making

Chen, Dongmei; Mollet, P.; Efird, Brian

doi:10.30573/ks--2019-dp56

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“…The authority to plan and approve major network projects was initially held by the NDRC, together with a few other central ministries such as, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), Ministry of Finance (MOF), and Ministry of Ecology and Environment (MEE). Some of this authority has gradually been relegated to provincial governments over the past few years in an effort to attract investment in large-scale projects and strengthen the role of provincial government in supervising projects during their construction phase (Chen et al, 2019). The significant conflicts of interest and lack of effective coordination among various public agencies across different levels of government have been identified by some studies as one of the key reasons for the slower-than-expected progress of several large ultra-high voltage direct current (UHVDC) transmission projects (Cui et al, 2020;Li, 2014;Liu et al, 2018;Su, 2019), which form the backbone of the southern corridor of the West-East Electricity Transfer Project, aimed at exporting hydropower from Yunnan to Guangdong (Liu et al, 2019).…”

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“…This issue has already been recognised by the Chinese government, and a Central Leading Group chaired by the Vice Premier Han Zheng has recently been created to promote cooperation on the development of the Greater Bay Region. The Central Leading Group is a special institutional arrangement in China for promoting closer coordination across the boundaries of state institutional structures in redressing strategically important and complex policy issues (Chen et al, 2019).…”

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Explaining the slow progress of coal phase-out: The case of Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Region

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Prompted by the urgency of climate change, this paper analyses the impediments for coal phase-out, by using the Greater Bay Region in China as a case study. Rather than factors specific to coal production, transport and consumption (e.g., subsidies, and vested interests), as suggested by existing literature, the analysis of this paper demonstrates that coal phase-out in the region has encountered a range of market (e.g., high gas price), infrastructure (such as, inadequate network), and regulatory (e.g., prolonged project approval) impediments; these impediments have hindered the effective deployment of alternative energy sources, raising concern about coal phase-out and its crippling impacts on the security of energy supply.Redressing these impediments is therefore a key priority for promoting a smooth coal phaseout in the region. This requires a mix of policies addressing two dimensions: 1) those aimed at squeezing out coal from the energy-mix to create room for alternative low-carbon energy sources; and 2) those aimed at supporting the uptake of these sources. Implementing these policies is however a challenging task as it relies on close-centre-local, and inter-and intraregional cooperation, especially in a resource-poor region with a disperse energy endowment.Achieving this is difficult because the energy policy process of the country has long been characterised by fragmented authority and territorial administrative divisions with a proclivity for local governments to work in isolation from each other.

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