China's Global Energy Expansion

A Regulatory Assessment
Erscheinungsjahr 2026
ISBN: 978-1-5099-6623-3
Verlag: Bloomsbury Academic

Buch, Englisch, 256 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 454 g

Should Chinese energy investments be excluded from the liberal economic system based on geopolitical assessments only? This book explores the potential regulatory control by the Chinese government over foreign energy investments to achieve their perceived strategic objectives.

Host states in which Chinese energy companies make investments have increasingly opposed Chinese energy investments in their national security reviews, based on concerns that these investments have strategic objectives. The book analyses China's investment-related law, regulations, and energy policies to examine how overseas energy investment-making is governed. The book also explores the role of the Chinese government in energy investment promotion and protection.

Uniquely, the examination of China's potential regulatory control provides an objective criterion, rather than geopolitical considerations, for host states to assess the nature of Chinese energy investments.

The book helps readers to open the 'black box' of Chinese energy investments from a regulatory perspective. It is a useful resource for researchers as well as practising lawyers assisting their Chinese clients through national security reviews, or when trying to determine whether China's SOEs can bring cases before investor-state arbitration tribunals.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gong, Xiaohan

Cameron, Peter D

Bekker, Pieter

Roeben, Volker

Reins, Leonie

Baltag, Crina

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Ausländisches Recht Common Law (UK, USA, Australien u.a.)
• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationales Handels-, Wirtschafts- und Gesellschaftsrecht

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction
2. China's External Energy Strategy
3. The Conceptualisation of Commercial Investments
4. State Guidance and Support
5. Administrative Law Requirements for Outbound Investments
6. Corporate Governance and Investment-Making
7. Case Studies of China's Foreign Energy Projects
8. The Chinese Government's Efforts to Facilitate Companies' Access to Foreign Energy Markets
9. Energy Investment Protection: Depoliticisation or the Strong Role of the Chinese Government?
10. Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Gong, Xiaohan
Xiaohan Gong is Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Law, Macau University of Science and Technology, China.