China-Myanmar Energy Cooperation Under The Belt And Road Initiative: Status Quo, Challenges And Prospects

Since the initiation of one belt one road was firstly proposed by China,it have attracted worldwide attention.International energy cooperation is critical in this initiation.Myanmar occupies a unique geographical advantage among the countries along the belt one road,and the construction of power grids is an important part of the belt one road.However,there is no any research concerning about the energy cooperation between China-Myanmar under the initiation of one belt one road.This paper aims to provide a comprehensive analysis on China-Myanmar energy cooperation under one belt one road initiative.Firstly,the current status of the two countries' energy systems is investigated to show their motivations for cooperation.Secondly,the background,energy development,planning,prospects,and policies of China and Myanmar in the one belt one road cooperation are analyzed.Then,strengths-weaknesses-opportunities-threats(SWOT)method from the strength and weakness in internal factors and opportunities and threats in external factors are applied to combine with political-economical-social-technological(PEST)method considering the aspects of politics,economic,society,and technology for analyzing the development prospects of China-Myanmar energy cooperation.And the impact of these factors on the formulation of national-level strategies is evaluated.Moreover,the reasons of the success or failure of energy projects in the past or ongoing in Myanmar are analyzed.And the impact of the latest COVID-19 and China-US trade war on China-Myanmar energy cooperation are discussed.Besides,analytic hierarchy process(AHP)combined with SWOT analysis are applied to carry out in-depth quantitative and qualitative analysis of China-Myanmar energy cooperation,so as to make quantitative and visual analysis of various factors affecting China-Myanmar energy cooperation and further determine the strategic positioning of China-Myanmar energy cooperation as well as provide reasonable and scientific strategic suggestions for its strategic development path.Lastly,some suggestions about China-Myanmar energy cooperation are given with respect to political,economic,social,and technological aspects.