Dongmei is a research fellow with more than 20 years of professional experience in China’s energy and climate change policy development. At KAPSARC, she carries out research on global oil trade, investment under the Belt and Road Initiative, industrial energy productivity in Saudi Arabia, and China’s energy govenance. She previously worked in a state-owned company, and in governmental and non-governmental agencies. As a senior adviser and head of IIP’s China office, she engaged with Chinese industrial stakeholders in best practice development and dissemination. As director of the WWF China Climate Change and Energy Program, she designed the Low Carbon City Initiative in partnership with local governments and international networks.

China’s Energy Investment Through the Lens of the Belt and Road Initiative
The Chinese government launched the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in 2013 as a vision to promote growth and cooperation among the economies of Asia and Europe. Over the five years since its inception, the BRI has expanded in both geographic and strategic scope. As of early 2019, 141 countries and 29 international organizations have joined the initiative, which has broadened from targeting infrastructure connectivity and logistics to wider goals of unimpeded trade, financial integration, policy coordination and people-to-people bonds. Thousands of BRI projects have already been approved, with a total investment potential of $1.2-1.3 trillion by 2027 (IDSA 2019, Morgan Stanley 2018).
12th January 2020