Ensuring energy security is inseparable from international cooperation

In the face of the current international energy situation, strengthening and deepening international energy cooperation is undoubtedly conducive to ensuring China's energy security and sustainable development
.
To strengthen international cooperation in all directions, we must adhere to the "introduction" of oil and gas resources, promote the "going out" of renewable energy, and deeply participate in global energy governance
。

The Russian-European "fighting spirit" game continues to escalate
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Gazprom recently said that due to the discovery of multiple equipment failures, the "Nord Stream-1" gas pipeline will completely stop gas transmission until troubleshooting
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This move makes the energy prospects of European countries, which are already facing a "gas shortage", even more worrying
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Since the beginning of this year, as the energy crisis has continued to worsen, major countries around the world have begun to re-examine energy security and international energy cooperation strategies, and the uncertainty of the international energy pattern has intensified
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In the face of the complex external situation, the new situation of internal economic development and the process of energy transformation of the "double carbon" target, China has raised energy security to a strategic height of equal importance as food security, and has placed more emphasis on firmly holding the rice bowl of energy in its own hands
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Some people believe that emphasizing energy security is to rely entirely on domestic resources to ensure energy supply and completely get rid of external risks
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This statement is obviously biased, and the pursuit of energy security is by no means behind closed doors
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The Party Central Committee attaches great importance to energy security issues and emphasizes the need to strengthen international cooperation in all directions and achieve energy security
under open conditions.
Under the premise of being mainly based on the domestic base, strengthen international cooperation in all aspects involved in the revolution in energy production and consumption and make effective use of international resources
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On September 1, 2022, Han Zheng, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and vice premier of the State Council, once again said at the opening ceremony of the 2022 Taiyuan Energy Low Carbon Development Forum in the form of a video link, "China is willing to work with other countries in the world to promote the construction of an open and win-win new pattern of international cooperation in energy.
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In the face of the turbulent international energy situation, strengthening and deepening international energy cooperation is undoubtedly conducive to ensuring China's energy security and sustainable development
.

Our energy endowments and stages of development require us to open the door
to international energy cooperation.
In order to achieve the "double carbon" goal as scheduled, China's energy green and low-carbon transformation has accelerated, and the installed capacity of new energy such as wind power and photovoltaics has increased rapidly, but from the current technical level and economic conditions, the large-scale replacement of traditional fossil energy by new energy cannot be achieved
overnight.
Subject to resource endowments, China's foreign dependence on oil is as high as 72%, and the external dependence of natural gas is 44.
4%.

As China's modernization process continues to advance, this high dependence is difficult to resolve
in the short term.

The complex and changeable international situation and the development trend of low-carbon energy also require us to open the door
to international energy cooperation.
Risk factors such as geopolitical events and large fluctuations in international oil prices have existed for a long time, and China's oil and gas import sources and transmission channels are relatively concentrated, which requires us to seek more diversified international energy cooperation and avoid putting eggs in one basket
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In addition, in order to achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement, green and low-carbon has become the main theme of global energy development, and countries around the world are vigorously promoting in-depth changes in energy production and utilization methods, which is expected to reshape the international energy pattern and create a broad market space
for green energy cooperation.
Deepening international energy cooperation is not only conducive to China's expansion of new economic growth points, but also conducive to enhancing national competitive advantages and leading the global energy transformation
.

To strengthen international cooperation in all directions, we must persist in "bringing in"
oil and gas resources.
A country's ability to obtain foreign energy resources is a comprehensive reflection of national strength, and a higher ability to obtain foreign energy resources means a higher level of
national energy security.
It is necessary to further promote cooperation with major oil and gas resource countries, strengthen the interconnection of transnational oil and gas infrastructure, and ensure the safety
of energy import and transportation。 It is necessary to steadily expand the "circle of friends", and on the basis of maintaining the existing sources of oil and gas imports, continue to expand new channels for crude oil and natural gas imports, and reduce excessive dependence on
a single country and region.
And through the development of in-depth cooperation in the whole industry chain in the fields of resources, technology, capital and other fields, to ensure the healthy and sustainable development of overseas oil and gas projects, and constantly enhance China's voice and influence
in the field of international oil and gas resources.

To strengthen international cooperation in all directions, we must promote the "going out"
of renewable energy。 Different from the characteristics of fossil energy that is non-renewable and unevenly distributed, renewable energy has the characteristics of ubiquity, renewability, development flexibility, and low marginal cost, and the key to its development and utilization level lies in technical equipment
。 China's solar panel supply chain production capacity accounts for more than 70% of the world's production capacity, wind turbine production capacity is close to half of the world, energy storage and hydrogen electrolyzer and other costs are also at the world's low.

It is necessary to give full play to the advantages of China's new energy technology and equipment industry, promote the coordination of various new energy sources to the world, vigorously promote the landing of international clean energy cooperation projects, accelerate the international integration of China's clean energy technologies and standards, and provide all-round systematic solutions
for global energy transformation.

To strengthen international cooperation in all directions, we must deeply participate in global energy governance
。 In recent years, China has made good achievements in participating in global energy governance, and there are Chinese participation in
core positions in organizations such as the International Energy Forum, the International Gas Union, and the International Electrotechnical Commission.
In the future, it is necessary to further enhance China's global energy governance capabilities, promote the construction of a new pattern of more open and fair global energy governance, tell the Chinese story of green and low-carbon development on the international stage, and reflect the responsibility of major countries
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