Challenges, opportunities, and countermeasures for China’s green transition in context of global reallocation of energy supply chains

Authors

• Yan SUN, Institutes of Science and Development, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China; School of Public Policy and Management, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, ChinaFollow
• Pu WANG, Institutes of Science and Development, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China; School of Public Policy and Management, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, ChinaFollow
• Yi WANG, Institutes of Science and Development, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China; School of Public Policy and Management, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China

Keywords

energy supply chains, green transition, carbon neutrality, climate change cooperation, energy security

Abstract

The stability and resilience of energy supply chains are directly linked to an orderly economy and society, national energy security, and global governance of climate change. Tensions and strategic competition in global geopolitics have accelerated regionalization, consolidation, and localization of global energy supply chains, posing significant challenges to China as a major energy consumer. Based on the latest situation of global energy changes, the study focuses on the new challenges in China’s green transition, and highlight four key areas for China in global energy supply chains, including critical mineral resources, clean hydrogen, electric vehicles, and power batteries. Policy recommendations are provided on how China can update climate goals, ensure energy security, promote industrial upgrading, drive scientific and technological innovation, and exercise climate leadership in the new context of global energy transition, with the aim of informing China’s efforts to achieve high-quality green development, and dual-carbon goals.

First page

1650

Last Page

1661

Language

Chinese

Publisher

Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.

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Recommended Citation

SUN, Yan; WANG, Pu; and WANG, Yi (2026) "Challenges, opportunities, and countermeasures for China’s green transition in context of global reallocation of energy supply chains," Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Chinese Version): Vol. 41 : Iss. 8 , Article 9.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3724/j.issn.1000-3045.20250825007
Available at: https://bulletinofcas.researchcommons.org/journal/vol41/iss8/9