Managing China's energy sector: between the market and the state

Abstract

As China has now become the largest energy consumer in the world, its energy sector has understandably huge domestic and global implications. In this Special Issue, which is an interdisciplinary one, comprising a set of eight in-depth empirical studies by leading international experts in the field, we set out to examine the management of the transformation of China's conventional and renewable energy sectors, with special attention to state–business relations and their link to the market.

Keywords::

• Asia
• China
• economics
• energy
• environment
• pollution
• PRC

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Notes on contributors

Hongyi Lai

Hongyi Lai is Associate Professor at the School of Contemporary Chinese Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Nottingham, UK. His research and multiple journal articles cover China's national and local reform strategies, regional development in China, as well as China's oil diplomacy and the internationalization of its energy firms. His books relating to China's political economy include Asian Energy Security: The Maritime Dimension. London: Palgrave-MacMillan, 2009 and Reform and the Non-State Economy in China. London: Palgrave-MacMillan, 2006.

Malcolm Warner

Malcolm Warner is Professor and Fellow Emeritus, Wolfson College, Cambridge and Judge Business School, University of Cambridge. He was the Editor-in-Chief, of the International Encyclopedia of Business and Management [IEBM], 8 vols. London: Thomson, 2002 and the author/editor of many books and articles on China. His latest work has recently been published: Understanding Management in China: Past, Present and Future. London and New York: Routledge, 2014. He is currently Co-Editor of the Asia Pacific Business Review.