ABSTRACT
The most important energy strategy for China is to adopt policies that will ensure the completion of its energy production plan to guarantee the stable growth of the national economy and meet the demand for a higher standard of living. Levels of energy resource exploration and exploitation in China are low. Up to the end of 1985, only 31.33 percent of the total demonstrated coal reserves were thoroughly explored; among these reserves, 179.8 billion tonnes were in use by coal mines currently in production or under construction. The widespread use of coal as the main fuel in China's energy structure has resulted in severe strains on the transportation system as well as environmental pollution. Energy production and consumption forecasts for China indicate that there will be a sizable gap between energy supply and demand in the future, and shortages of electric power, oil products, and other high-grade energy sources will become more pronounced.
