Research on the Composite Index of the Modern Chinese Energy System

Wanjing Cheng, Dongxu Mo, Yajun Tian, Wenqiang Xu and Kechang Xie
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Wanjing Cheng: National Institute of Clean-and-Low-Carbon Energy, Beijing 102211, China
Dongxu Mo: School of Statistics and Management, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, Shanghai 200433, China
Yajun Tian: National Institute of Clean-and-Low-Carbon Energy, Beijing 102211, China
Wenqiang Xu: National Institute of Clean-and-Low-Carbon Energy, Beijing 102211, China
Kechang Xie: Chinese Academy of Engineering, Beijing 100088, China

Sustainability, 2018, vol. 11, issue 1, 1-17

Abstract: The Chinese government is going to “push ahead the revolution of energy production and consumption, and establish a clean, low-carbon, secure, and efficient energy system”, which points out a direction for the energy industry in the new era. Using the analytic hierarchy process of the system analysis method, we constructed an indicator system of the modern Chinese energy system, and by determining the weighting of each indicator, we obtained the composite index of the modern Chinese energy system, as well as four sub-indexes of clean, low-carbon, secure, and efficient. Then, we investigated policy changes and energy development characteristics of important periods, and performed historical trend analysis. Finally, we forecasted the composite index and four sub-indexes by 2050, and proposed an energy development path and policy suggestions to achieve a modern Chinese energy system as soon as possible.

Keywords: modern Chinese energy system; analytic hierarchy process; index (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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