Energy Sustainable Security In China: Concept Shaping,Status Analysis And Path Construction

“The great changes unseen in the world in a hundred years” in the field of energy is reflected in the fact that mankind is experiencing a new round of energy revolution.Since the 18 th National Congress of the Communist Party of China,China’s energy security undertakings have achieved leaps in many dimensions,and the national energy security guarantee capability has been significantly improved.However,due to the complexity of domestic energy issues,the volatility of international energy environment,and the negative impact of various emergencies on energy issues and other factors,China is still faced with the risk of instability and uncertainty of energy security,which lays a hidden danger for the stable development of the "Transition period of energy transformation".In this context,how to ensure energy security in the long-term dimension and create a stable environment for the "Transition period of energy transformation" has become an important topic in the research of energy security capacity building.The concept of sustainable security proposed by the President Xi Jinping at the CICA Summit in Shanghai.It advocates the pursuit of long-term and lasting security.It is in line with the directional demand of energy security and can also provide ideas for further deepening energy security capability.The core question of this paper is "How to shape China’s energy sustainable security in the current stage?" Around this core question,five other specific questions arise: What is the concept of sustainable security? What is the concept of energy sustainable security? What is the background for shaping energy sustainable security in China? What is the status of energy sustainable security in China? How to further promote the shaping of energy sustainable security in China at this stage?Firstly,the connotation and ideological source of sustainable security are summarized,and the connotation of sustainable security is that it advocates peaceful cooperation to realize the pursuit of lasting security.It is composed of four parts: "common" "comprehensive" "cooperation" and "sustainable",which are specifically derived from the internalization of China’s diplomatic experience,absorption of the concept of sustainable development,and rethinking the phenomenon of "security alienation" caused by traditional security concept.Secondly,based on the summary of the development of the concept of energy security,energy security is considered to be composed of supply security,consumption security and other contents,which plays a fundamental role in the “A holistic view of national security”.From different perspectives,the emphasis of energy security is also different.For example,energy producers pay attention to energy profitability,while energy consumers pay attention to energy affordability.On the basis of mutual respect and cooperation,the core essence of energy sustainable security is to reconcile the energy security differences between energy producers and consumers,and enhance the commonality of energy security between them,so as to achieve lasting energy security of both sides.Energy sustainable security consists of energy price sustainable security,energy channel sustainable security,energy environment sustainable security and other specific contents.At the same time,based on the research and judgment of the current stage in the "Transition period of energy transformation",the paper summarizes the new trends of the world’s energy development,including renewable energy will become an important support for future energy production and consumption,fossil energy will still be the dominant fuel for a long time,and emerging economies will further strengthen their leading role in global energy consumption.New trends have also created new impacts,mainly seen in the transforming role of energy producers and consumers,the deepening of cooperation between fossil energy producers and emerging economies,and the strengthening of the energy influence of the United States in the short and medium term.Thirdly,the shaping of sustainable energy security in China is facing different situations in different fields.In terms of energy price sustainable security,although the cost advantage of renewable energy is constantly prominent,China is more vulnerable to the fluctuations of international fossil energy prices due to its energy consumption structure and the lack of international pricing power.In terms of energy channel sustainable security,China’s diversified import strategy has certain deficiencies.The domestic channel has officially entered the stage of rapid development,but it is still hindered by the "technological competition" policy of the United States and Western countries and the inability to fully release some renewable energy capacity.In terms of energy transportation sustainable security,the "Malacca dilemma" of China’s international energy corridor has not been effectively alleviated,and the uncertainty risk of land corridor still exists.The construction of the domestic energy channel project has begun to bear fruit,but the construction of the power grid still needs to be strengthened.In terms of energy use sustainable security,China has achieved significant improvement in energy efficiency from fossil fuels,but the volatility and indirection of renewable energy needs to be addressed.In terms of energy environmental sustainability security,China’s energy consumption structure is accelerating towards "rationalization",which is reflected in the reduction of the proportion of coal consumption and the increase of the proportion of clean energy consumption such as natural gas and primary electricity.Finally,on the basis of the analysis of the external background and the current situation,China should under the guidance of the new energy security strategy of "four revolutions and one cooperation" put forward by the General Secretary Xi Jinping,give full play to the advantages of domestic energy consumption market scale,renewable energy scale and technology,and start from the three core areas of promoting international energy cooperation,improving own energy supply capacity,and formulating flexible energy import and adjustment strategies,so as to make up for the disadvantages existing at the present stage,and then create good guarantee conditions for the long-term energy sustainable security in the future.