“一带一路”在政策、设施、贸易、金融、民心五大领域齐头并进,是中国推动与亚太周边国家互联互通,实现经贸、社会、文化合作带的大规划。2015年3月28日,国家发改委、外交部、商务部共同发布的《推动共建丝绸之路经济带和21世纪海上丝绸之路的愿景与行动》中提到沿线各国之间需加强能源方面互联互通的合作。能源资源合作不单是海外投资的政策机遇,更是中国推动“一带一路”倡议的重要支柱。本文将分析“一带一路”规划下的能源合作与外部因素。
The Belt and Road Initiative is a huge and inclusive big policy initiative built by Chinese leadership to deal with the perceived growing negativity in China’s neighbourhood. The initiative will include five areas of connectivity:policy,infrastructure and facilities,trade,currency,and people. According to the Chinese statement,the Belt and Road Initiative has an economic objective. It can also be understood as a new round of China’s opening up in response to the challenges of overproduction and overcapacity,rise in labour cost,backward development in western part of China,and transforming to a net capital exporter. The implementation of the initiative would involve huge investments in infrastructure development and regional economic cooperation,with energy as an important pillar. This chapter examines the energy cooperation in the Belt and Road Initiative,its implication and the Western factor.