ABSTRACT

Since Obama Administration took office, the USChina cooperation on clean energy has become one of the major issues that have been shaping US-China relations. No matter when President Obama came to China for the first time or when his Secretary Clinton or Kerry visited Beijing in the past six years, clean energy has always been the centerpiece of their dialogues, including the US-China Energy Policy Dialogue (EPD) and US-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue (S & ED). While clean energy draws great attention from governments, businesses, and policymakers, it has also become the hot spot of academic communities from both sides of the Pacific Ocean.