The Affordability of Natural Gas Price in China: A Literature Review

摘要

Natural gas price affordability reflects natural gas users willingness to pay for natural gas, and its price form is characterized by affordable natural gas prices. Unlike market prices, affordable natural gas prices cannot be quantified through market supply and demand relationships, and they reflect the highest price a user can afford to purchase natural gas. For the study of natural gas price affordability, Chinese scholars have established the theory of natural gas price affordability system. This paper summarizes the Chinese natural gas price a affordability literature, and systematically sorts out the theoretical system of natural gas price affordability, and proposes the main directions of future research and development.