Industry Analysis: China’s belt and road initiative and its energy security dimensions – GGP

Industry Analysis: China’s belt and road initiative and its energy security dimensions – GGP

China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is officially neither a Chinese “Marshall Plan” nor a geopolitical master strategy. At present, it involves 84 countries, rising from 65 countries in 2015, and 15 Chinese provinces, accoridng to Global Gas Perspectives (GGP).

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Sustainability: Life expectancy goes up in China as pollution level drops

Sustainability: Life expectancy goes up in China as pollution level drops

The life expectancy of a Chinese citizen has gone up by half a year due to a significant drop in the air pollution level in the country, a study has claimed. Air pollution kills over a million in China where the average life expectancy is 76.4 years. A study by the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago says that the life expectancy of Chinese citizens has been extended by half a year due…

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Sustainability: “China plans more nuanced anti-coal pollution measures in 2019” – ministry

Sustainability: “China plans more nuanced anti-coal pollution measures in 2019” – ministry

China will adopt more efficient and targeted measures during its campaign against pollution next year, but will not relax the targets or ease the crackdown on violators, the environment ministry said in a statement on Monday night. The push for new measures follows an annual meeting of top leaders last week which noted that the world’s second-largest economy is facing downward pressures. “We will coordinate environmental protection with economic development and avoid simple and brutal…

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Global Markets: China‘s hunger for LNG confounds all forecasts

Global Markets: China‘s hunger for LNG confounds all forecasts

The growth in China’s LNG imports is fundamentally driven by the government. The prospects for the LNG market have changed dramatically in the last two years as China has more than doubled its LNG imports, confounding all expectations, according to the Petroleum Economist.

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