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China's national oil companies build their presence in North and South America
Although CNPC’s first overseas investments in the early 1990s were in North and South America (Canada and Peru), these continents have not been prime targets for China’s national oil companies (NOCs).  Rather, the companies have been directing their attention to Central Asia, the Middle East and Africa. The period since ...

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Power sector reform in China

Funded projects

2000: European Commission and China's State Development Planning Commission, 300,000 Euros. Introducing competition in China's power sector.

1997: Nuffield Foundation, £4700, Impact on consumers of China's power reforms.

Publications

Andrews-Speed, P., (2009), "Power Sector Reform", in OECD Reviews of Regulatory Reform - China - Defining the Boundary between the Market and the State (Paris: OECD), pp. 229-266.

P. Andrews-Speed, S. Dow, A. Oberheitmann, B. Ramsay , V. Smith and B. Wei , (2003), 'First steps in power sector reform: the case of China 's Guangdong Province ', Utilities Policy 11 (3), 169-183.

Andrews-Speed, P. and Dow, S. (2000) 'Reform of China's electric power industry. Challenges facing the government', Energy Policy , 28, pp.335-347

Andrews-Speed, P. (1996) 'Privatisation of the electricity industry in the UK : a model for China's power sector?', in G.MacKerron and P.Pearson (eds) The UK Energy Experience: Model or Warning? ( London , Imperial College Press) pp.465-477.

Andrews-Speed, P. et al. (2001), Introducing Competition in Power Generation in China : the Case of Guangdong Province, Dundee : Centre for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law and Policy, CEPMLP Paper No. CP3/01.