能源是支撑经济增长和社会进步的物质基础,保障能源稳定供应、实现能源供需平衡是世界所有国家,尤其是能源进口国所追求的共同目标。基于这一目标,许多国家将能源安全提升到国家战略的角度。中国已经成为全球最大的一次能源生产国和消费国,但所处的发展阶段和自然禀赋决定了能源供需缺口将长期存在。中国必须立足于本国国情,努力转变能源发展思路,在更高的水平上实现能源供需平衡。 Energy is the material basis for supporting economic growth and social progress. Ensuring a stable supply of energy and achieving the balance between energy supply and demand are the common goals pursued by all countries in the world, especially those importing energy. Based on this goal, many countries take energy security to the perspective of national strategies. China has become the world’s largest producer and consumer of energy. However, its development stage and natural endowment determine that the energy supply and demand gap will persist. China must base itself on its own national conditions, make efforts to change its thinking on energy development and achieve a balance between energy supply and demand at a higher level.