本文第一部分从2015年国际天然气市场着手，采用丰富、翔实的数据对北美、欧洲、亚太等主要天然气市场的供需、贸易、价格以及年度热点、重点问题进行定性和定量分析。在此基础上，对2016年世界天然气市场进行展望，对全球天然气供需状况和区域市场价格做出研判。第二部分对2015年中国天然气消费、供应状况、市场特点进行了阐述，并分析了当前制约天然气发展的几方面因素，最后对短期内中国天然气市场的发展趋势进行了展望。
This paper analyzes，both qualitatively and quantificationally，the supply and demand，trade，prices，hot topics as well as important issues of the natural gas markets of 2015 in North America，Europe，and Asia-Pacific firstly. Based on that，the paper then forecasts the future situation of world natural gas market in 2016，predicts the supply and demand of global natural gas market，and estimates the prices of regional natural gas markets. Besides，the paper discusses the supply，consumption，and features of China’s natural gas market in 2015，and also analyzes the constraints of current natural gas market in China. Finally，the paper makes an outlook of short-term tendency of the natural gas market in China.
