China's development
- Created by: Hannah Jeffery
- Created on: 18-01-15 17:12
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- China's energy hunger
- the start of development
- 1986 government developed 'open door policy' to overseas development
- companies attracted by low minimum wage, taxes and large working population
- 1990s government became more of a capitalist economy
- nearly free market economy meant individuals could accumulate wealth by producing goods and services
- large TNCs were state owned or partly state owned
- invested profits back into the country though the educational and heath system
- GDP grew 7.7%
- as economy increased become more dependant more energy to sustain the factory industry and transporting products
- exporting industry worth $2.21 trillion
- known as the 'manufacturing and trading powerhouse'
- influx of job opportunities in the city
- development gap within the country
- rich east poor north
- rural- urban migration of 8 million people each year
- brain train
- people spend a great deal of their disposable income on energy
- 16 per 1000 in 2002 to 270 per 1000 in 2030
- 40% of rolls Royce bought by Chinese
- increase in oil consumption
- 16 per 1000 in 2002 to 270 per 1000 in 2030
- development gap within the country
- 1986 government developed 'open door policy' to overseas development
- Future for China's energy
- increase to 6000 million tonnes of oil per year by 2030
- industry demands
- growing car ownership
- rapid urbanisation
- 8% decrease in coal use
- China's five year plan from 2015-2020
- 'declaring war on pollution'
- trying to encourage a more sustainable way of life
- 2013 government survey said 74 Chinese cities had pollution levels that exceeded the levels that the world health organisation deemed safe
- instituted fines for offenders of environmental standards
- non governmental organisations can sue polluters
- largest factories have to disclose pollution data to the public
- increase to 6000 million tonnes of oil per year by 2030
- source of China's electricity
- worlds biggest producer and consumer of coal
- 12% of the worlds coal reserve
- can source 70% of their energy domestically
- to match demand to supply they're building three coal power stations a week
- cheap but dirty source of energy
- 71%
- trying to source more energy from environmentally sound sources
- $54 billion invested in greener sources of energy in 2013
- well above the US which was $36 billion
- currently only 0.2%
- $54 billion invested in greener sources of energy in 2013
- greater deal of hydroelectric power
- Three Gorges dam
- 5%
- Three Gorges dam
- worlds biggest producer and consumer of coal
- China and energy security
- association between national security and the availability of natural resources of energy
- rapid development requires large amount of energy for industrialisation
- supplying energy for politically stable countries
- Canada and Australia
- foreign investment
- part of gwadar in Pakistan to protect oil supply
- upgrading its military airstrip on Hainan in the south china sea to protect against terrorists
- build a pipeline from Russia to china
- 'china-Russia natural gas pipeline'
- reduce reliance on OPECS
- the start of development
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