List of figures List of tables List of contributors Foreword Prologue Acknowledgment Chapter 1: Reframing China-GCC Energy Economic Relations Dongmei CHEN, Fuqiang YANG Chapter 2: China-GCC Trade and Investment Interconnections Tao MA, Philipp Galkin, Majid Almoneef Chapter 3: China and GCC: Prospects for Upstream/Midstream Oil and Gas Cooperation Colin Ward, Majed Alsuwailem, Lining WANG, Kailei LIU Chapter 4: Advancing the China-GCC Strategic Partnership in the Refining and Petrochemical Industries Abdulwahab Al-Sadoun, Guanglian PANG, Shuang WANG Chapter 5: China and GCC: Progress in Industrial Capacity Cooperation Philipp Galkin, Jing SONG Chapter 6: Infrastructure Cooperation Between China and the GCC Xia SUN, Nora N. Nezamuddin Chapter 7: Potential for China-GCC Cooperation Through the Lens of the Circular Carbon Economy Mari Luomi, Xi LIANG, Fatih Yilmaz Chapter 8: China - GCC Cooperation: Trends in Sustainable Financing and Transition Investment Peiyuan GUO, Claudia Belahmidi Chapter 9: China-GCC Collaboration on Renewable Energy Supply Chain, Haiyan QIN, Li-Chen Sim, Steven Griffiths Chapter 10: Prospects in China-GCC Energy Efficiency Cooperation Dongmei CHEN, Mohammad Aldubyan, Hong ZHU Chapter 11: China and GCC: Prospect of Globalizing Hydrogen Markets Robin Mills, Maryam Salman, Min WANG, Jiangpeng FENG Chapter 12: Challenges and Opportunities in CCUS: Synergizing Efforts in China and GCC Countries Xiaoliang YANG; Abdullah Alkhedhair; Abdullah Alabduly Chapter 13: China-GCC Cooperation on Nuclear Energy Jie ZHOU, Dongmei CHEN, Noura Mansouri Chapter 14: Strategic Partnerships Between China and the GCC States on Geothermal Development Zhenqian CHEN, Majed Alsuwailem, Wenxin LI Chapter 15: Potential for China-GCC Collaboration on Critical Minerals Dongmei CHEN, Jianping GE Chapter 16: Innovative Digital Energy Trajectories and Benefits: China-GCC Partnership for a Sustainable Future Sulayman Al-Qudsi, Shaikha Al-Fulaij, Weiquan WANG.