“Triple Bottom Line” of the 12th Five Year Plan: A Pathway for China’s Identity Construction through Energy Consumption

Change and reforms in the energy structure is realizable when new and renewable sources are developed with the mandate to support a policy on larger-scale basis. Energy consumption and economic development are household names in China and effects of both phenomena are present. For the purpose of achieving a green growth, China’s ambitious Twelfth Five Year Plan (2011-2015) was set to develop a new and renewable energy but faced several challenges due to the diversity and instability of new and renewable energy resources. The plan further stands for the first time, as a national plan that shifts away from development agenda with a focus toward a pattern of green growth. Taking the theory of triple bottom line of social equity, economic and environmental development as a base of the 12th FYP, this paper has analyzed the impact of the plan in achieving a green growth and an identity construction in China Keywords: Energy Consumption, Green Growth, Identity Construction, Triple Bottom line, Sustainability DOI: 10.7176/JRDM/69-07 Publication date:September 30th 2020