Abstract: The energy sector, as the main battleground for achieving the goals of carbon peaking and carbon neutrality, is inevitably trending towards cleaner and low-carbon transformation and development.China and ASEAN place high importance on energy cooperation, and under the major trend of carbon reduction, the green and low-carbon energy transformation cooperation between China and East Asia has tremendous potential.Although China and the ASEAN countries have diversified foundations for cooperation in green and low-carbon energy transformation, including geographical advantages and political trust, consistent demands for green energy transformation, complementary advantages and supply-demand matching, and fruitful results in green cooperation, they still face real challenges. These include the instability of the international energy situation, relatively weak foundational conditions for green and low-carbon energy transformation, difficulties in unifying cooperation mechanisms due to country-specific differences, the still-developing state of the green and low-carbon energy transformation system, and increased cooperation resistance due to the machinations of major powers.In response to this, it is proposed that China and ASEAN should maintain diversified energy supplies, strengthen the foundation for green energy transformation, innovate cooperation mechanisms, improve relevant policies and systems, and enhance political mutual trust.

Keywords: carbon peaking and carbon neutrality; China and ASEAN; cooperation on green and low-carbon energy transformation

Reprinted from Guangxi Economic Journal, 2024,42(01):34-42.