In 2014, China proposed a new era energy strategy of “Four Energy Revolutions and Strengthening International Cooperation”. The clean and low-carbon transformation of energy consumption has been accelerated, energy supply capacity and quality have been significantly improved, energy technology innovation capacity has been continuously enhanced, the reform of the energy system and mechanism has been steadily advanced, and the layout of international energy cooperation has been more optimized. China’s energy legal system has laid a solid foundation for China’s energy revolution and formed an enormous energy legal system, but there are also defects in structures, contents, supporting rules and coordination among the rules. The development focus of China’s energy legal system is to formulate the basic energy law, improve the top-level design of the energy legal system, remove institutional obstacles, promote energy market-oriented reform, promote green and low-carbon development, and optimize energy structure and efficiency. Meanwhile, the development of renewable energy is the core of China’s energy revolution, and the green and low-carbon energy legal system also requires promoting the development of China’s renewable energy legal system. In future, The Renewable Energy Law should establish the total target system, the renewable energy planning system, the full guaranteed purchase system, the classified electricity price system, the cost sharing system, the renewable energy development fund system, etc. The renewable energy legal system should be based on the market, promote the development of renewable energy, vigorously develop distributed energy systems, and focus on improving the storage capacity of renewable energy.

This study was financed in part by the coordenação de aperfeiçoamento de pessoal de nível superior - Brasil (capes) - Finance code 001.