Cooperation in the Energy Futures of China and the United States (Chinese version, 2000)

Summary: This paper is the work of a collaboration between the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Chinese Academy of Engineering, the US National Academy of Sciences, and the US National Academy of Engineering. Together China and the United States account for one-quarter of the world’s population and one-third of its energy use. The objective of the effort was to identify both challenges and opportunities where collaboration on the accelerated development and deployment of energy technologies and appropriate institutional innovations can contribute to meeting the goals of both countries. In particular, the committee worked to identify mutual benefits that could be derived from jointly pursuing some of these opportunities.