Resolve to shift to clean fuel must not waver

Good time to switch from coal to gas

As a country that has relatively low natural gas reserve, China mostly depends on imports to meet the market demand. Apart from using ocean-liners, China also imports natural gas through cross-border pipelines-mainly the west route from Central Asian countries, the north route from Russia, and the southeast route-to meet its demand.
To ensure energy security, China has been building its storage capacity. There is a shortage of gas partly because China does not have enough gas storage facilities, many of which are still under construction. However, geopolitical threats shouldn't be a big cause for concern, because the relationship between buyers and sellers today is one of mutual dependence and quite stable.
This is a good time for China to accelerate its switch to clean fuel to better protect the environment, because the international market boasts adequate supply of natural gas for a reasonable price and, more importantly, because China is leading the global march toward clean energy, by aggressively generating solar and wind power to diversify its energy consumption mix.
Ma Xiaojun, a researcher at the Institute for International Strategic Studies of the Central Party School of the Communist Party of China