China's Energy Decision-Making

Becoming more like the United States

Bibliographic Data

ID12422112
AuthorsBo Kong (0000-0003-3092-4135, corresponding author)
Year2009
Volume18
Issue62
Pages789-812
Publication date2009-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Contemporary China (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1067-0564 • E-ISSN: 1469-9400
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/10670560903172840
OpenAlexW2017463259
LanguageEN
Citations received10

This paper investigates why some energy decisions are made faster than others in a reformed and globalized China. This investigation uncovers five factors that determine whether a proposal becomes a decision in the Chinese political system: (1) associated benefits of the proposed decision for other policy problems; (2) presence of a consistent ‘issue champion’; (3) strength of mobilized and united ‘veto players’; (4) vertical and horizontal support; and (5) clear policy preferences of the central leadership. The paper argues that the Chinese decision-making process has become increasingly consultative, iterative, and participatory and that it is also increasingly prone to deadlock, inaction, and paralysis. Thus, the Chinese decision-making process is increasingly similar to that of the United States in the era of reform and globalization. While the capacity of the Chinese state to make and implement distributive policies has remained largely unchanged, reform and globalization has weakened its capacity to

China · Energy (signal processing · Physics · Political science · Quantum mechanics · China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance · Global Energy Security and Policy · Law · Political Influence and Corporate Strategies

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