State Energy Transition German and American Realities and Chinese Choices

This book places a current topic—energy transition—within the historical background of human social development and explores the value and significance of energy transition for economic transition in the course of economic growth. It sheds light on the basic logic and the distinguishing characteristics of energy transition by reviewing the history of energy transition development in order to provide a new perspective for understanding and analyzing China's energy transition considering lessons from the German and American energy transition experiences. This book will be of interest to environmentalists, economists, and journalists.

Tong Zhu is Director and associate research fellow at Energy Economic Research Office, Institute of Industrial Economics of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, China, supervisor of master students of industrial economics, MBA supervisor at Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, and special research fellow at the China Society of Economic Reform.

Lei Wang is associate research fellow at Energy Economic Research Office, Institute of Industrial Economics of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, China.