Prof.  Changwei  Pang
International Center for Petroleum Politics and Strategy, China University of Petroleum (Beijing),  China

Title: China and the Middle East Energy Cooperation: Achievements, Problems and Prospects

Abstract:

The Middle East, rich in global core oil and gas resources, is a key partner for China to ensure energy security and expand energy cooperation, among which the six countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) are the core carrier of bilateral energy cooperation. After years of in-depth development, China-Middle East energy cooperation has achieved leapfrog development from single trade to whole industrial chain collaboration, and from traditional oil and gas to low-carbon diversification, yielding fruitful results and becoming an important cooperation model in the global energy governance system. Against the background of accelerating global energy transition and complex geopolitical situation, bilateral cooperation not only faces practical problems such as structural contradictions, geopolitical risks and operational shortcomings, but also contains broad space for low-carbon transition, mechanism upgrading and win-win results. This paper systematically sorts out the core achievements of China-Middle East energy cooperation, deeply analyzes the existing problems, and prospectively plans the future development path, so as to provide theoretical reference and practical ideas for promoting the quality and upgrading of bilateral energy cooperation and achieving mutual benefit and win-win results.
Keywords
Energy Cooperation; Middle East; GCC; Energy Security; Low-carbon Transition; Cooperation Prospect

Biography:

Pang Changwei, PhD in Law, postdoctoral fellow in Resource Economics at the Energy Systems Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Director of the Russian and Central Asian Research Center at China University of Petroleum, registered with the Ministry of Education, Vice Dean of the China Russia Energy Joint Research Institute at China University of Petroleum (Beijing), doctoral supervisor of the first level discipline of Marxist theory, regional and country studies on the Sinicization of Marxism, and interdisciplinary international energy law, research field: ecological civilization and energy security; Great power relations, Russia Central Asia issues, etc. Completed more than ten projects funded by the National Social Science Fund, including "Research on Russia's Energy and Resource Strategy and Oil and Gas Diplomacy" (03BGJ023), major projects of Beijing Municipality, Ministry of Education, and PetroChina, and published multiple academic papers in core journals such as "Russian Studies", "Journal of Xinjiang Normal University", "Northeast Asia Forum", and "People's Forum". Director of the China Russia Eastern Europe and Central Asia Society, and Director of the China Russia Relations History Society; Executive Director of the International Political Branch of the Beijing Higher Education Association and Director of the China Society of International Relations. Elected as a foreign academician of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences in April 2018. Editorial board member of Russian magazines "Industrial Production Safety", "Russian Higher Education Oil and Gas Journal", "Drilling and Petroleum", and "Energy Management".