The BREP Cooperation Network will be an important part of BREP, for which the NEA will be playing a steering and coordination role. Within the intergovernmental energy cooperation framework as BREP, various social forces such as businesses, financial institutions, research institutions, academia and industrial associations will be mobilized to work with partners from BRI countries in all-sectoral and multi-tiered cooperation in diverse forms. Within five years, we plan to come up with a number of best practice cases, build several energy cooperation research bases, launch some quality think tank products, empower a number of world-renowned energy cooperation experts and young talents. Step by step, we will increase BREP’s international influence, deliver more concrete results in the Belt and Road cooperation.

2.Work Mechanism

A number of Working Groups will be set up within the BREP Cooperation Network, which will be consisting of members from businesses, financial institutions, research institutions, academia, industrial associations and other organizations. Each Working Group will be led by a Leading Organization, and will be working on sectors including but not limited to oil and gas, electric power, new energy and other conventional sectors. Working Groups on frontier sectors such as green finance and smart energy, and Work Group on Youth Innovation Network, will be highly encouraged. Scope of work will include but not limited to policy exchanges, development program alignment, technical cooperation, project development, capacity building, etc. Working Groups are encouraged to innovate the way they work together, for instance, they can jointly launch think tank products and build best practice cases so as to promote pragmatic energy cooperation.