中国天然气进口:上升之路进行时

China’s natural gas imports: on arising path

中国不断上升的能源需求和对能源结构多元化的渴求，促进了天然气需求的增长，同时也推动了天然气进口。

While Chinese gas demand stood at relatively limited levels a decade ago, domestic gas consumption has since grown rapidly. China’s rising energy use and desire to diversify its energy mix has driven this increase and boosted natural gas imports. In the long-term, development of China’s huge shale gas reserves could increase domestic gas output, but under the current Five Year Plan, the focus is on exploration only. Additionally, there remain signif icant technological challenges and environmental concerns over shale gas extraction in China. Given also that pressure to reduce carbon emissions has increased, a number of new regasif ication terminals are being built, and that domestic gas demand is continuing to grow strongly, China’s gas imports are likely to continue to grow quickly into the future.