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1. Introduction

verfasst von : Hengyun Ma, Les Oxley

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Abstract

The motivations for this study come from two aspects. Firstly, the importance of China’s energy economy, which is rooted in China’s aggregate national economy, which is still in transition The second is the fact that China’s energy economy is still in its infancy and therefore there are a number of important topics to be considered, revised and revisited.

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Fußnoten
1
Exchange rate of Chinese¥ to US$ is 6.9:1 in the 2006 price base.
 
2
The energy intensity is simply defined as the ratio of energy consumption to output (gross domestic products-GDP), which reflects the energy efficiency.
 
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Metadaten
Titel
Introduction
verfasst von
Hengyun Ma
Les Oxley
Copyright-Jahr
2012
Verlag
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-25887-9_1