Strategic analysis and framework design on international cooperation for energy transition: A perspective from China

The progressive cooperation among countries in terms of energy transition has been strongly boosted under the background of global energy security and environmental protection. China also has strong aspirations to give impetus to the international cooperation framework for sustainable energy transition. Such a framework, however, is ambiguous so far, especially for China. Therefore, this paper summarizes the current cooperation and the policy environment of China with other countries in regard to the energy transition scheme, and then uses SWOT approach to study the strategic positioning of China’s international cooperation for energy transition. The cooperation framework is designed according to the strategic analysis. The results show that: (1) China’s main experience in promoting the international cooperation of energy transition comes from the different positioning of early roles and the continuous improvement of policies. (2) The strategic analysis reveals a fact that the international cooperation of energy transition advocated by China is attractive but challenging. (3) The main modules of the cooperation mechanism roughly consist of the negotiation mechanism, the interest coordination mechanism, the legal protection mechanism, and the talent exchange mechanism.