Abstract:

Energy security is the key to a nation’s development. The energy security challenges facing China，increase of
China’s national strength and international influence，promotion of China’s awareness of international responsibility，China’
s integration into international community and participation in global governance practices，and the experience of hosting
important international meetings have allowed China to participate in setting the international agenda of energy security. When
setting the agenda of energy security，China should adhere to the“balance between national interests and global interests”
principle，clearly define issues，develop operational options，and promote non-security issues. Of course，in the practice of
setting international agenda of energy security，China will inevitably face restrictions and impacts of agenda-setting itself and
other factors. So，when setting the international agenda of energy security，China should take the competition in international
agenda setting process into consideration，and be well prepared in defining issues，selecting optional plans and promoting intersubjectivity
construction，so as to clarify the nature of issues，improve the significance and relevance of issues，establish issues
union，and to introduce highly operational and generally accepted alternative programmes and promote the inter-subjectivity
construction. With such efforts，China can guarantee its national energy security.

Key words: energy security, international agenda setting, energy development strategies, international energy cooperation,
global governance mechanism