Newsletter By 2022-11-04
The new round of the UN climate change negotiations (COP27) will kick off in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt this weekend. The world once again is full of expectations and doubts. The focuses at COP27 summit should then be on formulating pragmatic solutions without being too criticized each other. Two aspects are worth keeping notice. The first is the further optimization of the United Nation’s cooperation and consultation mechanism. It is essential to work with private companies, non-profit organizations, civil society, academia, and especially think tanks in developing countries. Market openness and fair competition too will be indispensable in this. The second is concentrating on hydrogen energy solutions. In 2020, ANBOUND released the report
Concept and Path of China's Development of Hydrogen Energy Society, analyzing and expounding the strategic significance of the country's development of a "hydrogen energy society" in detail. As things stand, the UN will need a set of key performance indicators (KPIs) to supervise the actions of those pacts of climate change. COP27 should not become yet another diplomatic gathering that does not contribute to actual problem-solving, discussed
Yi Wang, Head of Global Development Program at ANBOUND.
>>The visit of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz to China will be an opportunity to deepen the relationship between the two countries. Intense geopolitical turmoil and the war in Ukraine have pushed the pendulum of international relations to one extreme after another. As the situation develops, the pendulum of international relations will return to a state of equilibrium. The same is true for Germany-China relations, which have both a center of balance. So long as such a balance is maintained, the situation will not get out of control. In maintaining the relationship between the two countries, the German industry plays a highly crucial role. Deep communication is anticipated between the Chinese government and the Chinese and the German industries, said
He Jun, Director of Macro-Economy Research Center and Senior Researcher at ANBOUND.
>>New emerging technologies make extremely convenient to create and disseminate information, both true and fake. The world that is connected to each other through the internet, has gradually become "real-time" and "uniform" in information acquisition, with the exception of countries and regions that implement closed internet access. The ubiquity of information also makes crowd-gathering social networking platforms a carrier of political power. Tech mogul Elon Musk’s acquisition of Twitter is the latest development in the transformation of political activities in the Age of the Internet. It remains to be seen what its subsequent impacts would be.
>>The “comeback” of China’s supply and marketing cooperatives (SMCs) is raising quite a lot of the disputes. Over the almost two decades, this sort of planned mechanism was disintegrated, instead, the market mechanism alive in China. However, rural areas are along with great regional differences, where rural supply and marketing system remains incomplete. This, to some extent, is also a public welfare matter. The market-oriented reform has improved efficiency, while there are still certain issues with it. In the process of industrialization and urbanization, China's neglect of rural development has also exacerbated the problems. The 20th National Congress held not long ago that repeatedly emphasized that the country will adhere to reform, opening up and will not close the door. This appears to be a move to dispel such concerns, explained
Li Lantao, economist at ANBOUND.
>>ANBOUND Consulting and the
Chinese Academy of Sciences will jointly organize the 2022 forum entitled
Hydrogen Energy Society and Industry Policy Initiatives in Chengdu, Sichuan Province of China. This event both in-person and virtual will take place on November 28-30. Around 300 participants, including policymakers, business leaders, technical researchers, and city administrations come to engage multi-facet discussions. Audiences can well learn the impacts of geopolitics on energy patterns, how the Chinese decision-makers address key issues including market collaboration. On behalf of the organizing committee, we cordially invite you to attend the forum, a unique opportunity to understand China's energy security strategy and industry policy tendency. For more information, please click
here.