China Energy Sector Survey Part III: Foreign Inbound Investment

January 31, 2004 | BY

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The authors examine the legal framework for foreign investment in energy across the oil and gas, electric power and coal industries.

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By Michael Arruda, Partner and Ka Yin Li, Legal Consultant, Fulbright & Jaworski, Hong Kong

A thread that has run through the first two instalments in this series has been China's challenge in confronting its burgeoning demand for energy.  Since this series was conceived, China has moved from being the third to the second largest consumer of energy in the world, and has edged ahead of Japan.