Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/191360 
Year of Publication: 
2018
Series/Report no.: 
Working Paper No. 018.2018
Publisher: 
Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM), Milano
Abstract: 
The Chinese leadership has determined to assign the market a decisive role in allocating resources. To have the market to play that role, getting the energy prices right is crucial because this sends clear signals to both producers and consumers of energy. While the overall trend of China’s energy pricing reform since 1984 has been moving away from the prices set by the central government in the centrally planned economy and towards a more market-oriented pricing mechanism, the pace and scale of the reform differ across energy types. This article discusses the evolution of price reforms for coal, petroleum products, natural gas, electricity and renewable power in China, and provides some analysis of these energy price reforms, in order to have the market to play a decisive role in allocating resources and help China’s transition to a low-carbon economy.
Subjects: 
Energy Prices
Tiered Prices
Differentiated Tariffs
Coal
Electricity
Natural Gas
Petroleum Products
Renewable Power
Desulfurization and Denitrification
State-owned Enterprises
China
JEL: 
H23
H71
O13
O53
P22
Q41
Q43
Q48
Q53
Q58
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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