Energy and Critical Mineral Security in China
This book focuses on the hotspots and frontier issues of China’s energy and critical mineral security strategy, aiming to develop a general framework to understand the new security landscape of constructing a modern energy system and accelerating the low-carbon transition. It attempts to sketch out the core issues of energy and critical mineral security in China’s current and future low-carbon transition process and then bring forward a combination of theoretical and empirical analysis on the essential issues. This book ranges from general discussions of current essential issues in China’s energy and critical mineral security to quantitative analysis of key themes, combining the strategy and planning of resource sectors with the practical experience of the energy and mining industry. It aims to present an overview of energy and critical mineral security in China’s low-carbon transition, facilitating the demands for both academic research and policy-making. While the materials can provide useful knowledge to policymakers, the book can also inspire new research ideas in the relevant area.
Xiaolei Sun is the deputy director of the Institute of Systems Analysis and Management at the Institutes of Science and Development, Chinese Academy of Sciences . She has been engaged in research work in the fields of energy security, national security, and risk governance. She is a member of the China Energy Finance Network, the International Society for Energy Transition Studies, and the Society for the Studies of Climate Finance. She served as co-editor, associate editor, and guest editor for a series of energy and financial journals, such as International Journal of Emerging Markets and International Review of Financial Analysis. She has published more than 90 articles in peer-reviewed journals and 4 academic monographs, and has won 1 first prize and 4 second prizes of provincial and ministerial-level awards.
Qiang Ji is the executive director of the support center for discipline research at the Institutes of Science and Development, Chinese Academy of Sciences. He presides over the program supported by the Excellent Young Scientists Fund of the National Natural Science Foundation of China and is awarded the title of Excellent Member by the Youth Innovation Promotion Association of Chinese Academy of Sciences. He has been engaged in research work in the fields of energy strategic management, energy and climate finance, energy forecasting and risk management for a long time. He is the co-founder of the China Energy Finance Network, the vice president of the International Society for Energy Transition Studies and the Society for the Studies of Climate Finance. He is a founding editor of the Journal of Climate Finance and serves as senior editor and associate editor for over ten energy and financial journals, such as Energy Economics, Finance Research Letters and International Review of Financial Analysis. He has published more than 150 SCI/SSCI indexed articles in peer-reviewed journals and been named in the global “Highly Cited Researchers” lists and the “World’s Top 2% Scientists” lists for 5 consecutive years since 2020.