Host Jason Bordoff sits down with Chairman Fu Chengyu to discuss the future of energy in China and its impact on the world. Chairman Fu is the former Chairman of China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation (Sinopec) and China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC), and he is a board member at CGEP.

This is an episode Center on Global Energy Policy’s Columbia Energy Exchange podcast series.

Perhaps no country is more important to understanding the future of energy than China. China is the largest investor in renewable energy, responsible for half of global coal consumption and production, the largest importer of oil, and a rising force in gas markets. And apart from the fundamentals of the nation’s energy consumption and production, China is using energy to achieve important foreign policy initiatives including investment in global energy infrastructure and projects through the One Belt One Road initiative, and in the global fight against climate change following President Trump’s decision to leave the Paris Agreement.

On a new episode of Columbia Energy Exchange, host Jason Bordoff sits down with Chairman Fu Chengyu to discuss the future of energy in China and its impact on the world. Chairman Fu is the former Chairman of China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation (Sinopec) and China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC), and he is a board member at CGEP.

Among many topics they discuss, several include:

• China’s One Belt One Road initiative and its strategy for energy development
• Renewable energy growth in China and the outlook for coal
• The state of China-Russia cooperation in the energy sector
• China’s relationship with the Trump Administration

Listen to the full conversation

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