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An in-depth analysis of the evolution of the policy mix for the sustainable energy transition in China from 1981 to 2020
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Global warming and the acute domestic air pollution in China have necessitated transition to a sustainable energy system away from coal-dominated energy production. Through a systematic review of the national policy documents, this study investigates the policy mix adopted by the Chinese government to facilitate its energy transition and how that policy mix has evolved between 1981 and 2020. The chronological analysis emphasizes two dimensions of temporal changes in the policy mix: (1) changes in the policy intensity and density, and (2) the shift in policy instrument combinations. The policy mix has evolved from a few authority-based instruments to the current response that has a large density of instruments with a good diversity of instrument types. The Chinese government imposes an increasing policy intensity on air pollution abatement and a decreasing policy intensity on renewable energy support, and experiments with innovative policy instruments to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. The evolutionary trajectory features layering new policy instruments, calibrating existing ones and some degree of policy replacement and sequencing. Overall, the study shows that the Chinese government has adopted a complex mix of policy instruments to abate emissions (e.g. carbon dioxide and sulphur dioxide) in the coal-based energy system and to support renewable energy technologies. The study provides an in-depth understanding of Chinese policy design in the environment and energy fields and contributes to the public policy literature by filling a research gap – the comparative lack of empirical analyses on the temporal changes in the policy mixes.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Li, L., & Taeihagh, A.
- Affiliations
- National University of Singapore (SG)
- Corresponding author
- Taeihagh, Araz
- Venue
- Applied Energy
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2020-04
- Volume
- 263
- Pages
- 114611
- ISSN
- 0306-2619 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W3005896759
- Cited by
- 184
- References
- 95
- Citations by year
- 2026: 13 · 2025: 39 · 2024: 30 · 2023: 37 · 2022: 29 · 2021: 25 · 2020: 11
- FWCI
- 21.67
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Applied Energy (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- National University of Singapore (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- SSRN Electronic Journal (submittedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- National University of Singapore
- Ministry of Water Resources
- Environmental Protection Administration, Executive Yuan, R.O.C. Taiwan
- National Development and Reform Commission
- Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Climate Change Policy and Economics
- Physical Sciences › Energy › Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment › Renewable energy and sustainable power systems
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
- Keywords
- policy mix, energy transition, sustainable energy policy, China, policy instruments, policy intensity, policy evolution, air pollution abatement, CO2 emissions, sulfur dioxide emissions, renewable energy support, policy sequencing, environmental policy
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