The 13th International Conference on Northeast Asian Gas and Pipeline，3rd – 4th September, 2013

Chairman's Summary Statement
By Dr. HUANG WeihePresident, North Asian Gas and Pipeline Forum(NAGPF)
President, Asia Gas and Pipeline Cooperation Research Center of China(AGPRCC)

Distinguished guests, Ladies & Gentlemen,With our joint efforts, the 13th International Conference on Northeast
Asian Natural Gas and Pipeline is going to complete all items on theagenda. Although the schedule is not long, within 1 and half days,
delegates from NAGPF member countries and near 40 companies andinstitutes took Multilateral and Win-win Mechanism for Natural Gas andPipeline Cooperation in Northeast Asia as the theme, and had discussionsof current status, trends, heated topics and questions on NEA gas
development, including energy policies and gas development strategy, gas
resource potential and direction and path of the market, and opportunities
and challenges brought by global gas development. Taking the conference
as a platform, we made extensive and pragmatic discussions and reach thegoal of mutual communication and inspiration. The conference has mademany achievements.
The conference has the following characters.
Firstly, except for NAGPF member country delegates, we also haveexperts from oil companies and famous international research institutes,
and officials from Chinese government and foreign embassies in China.
This suggests that the development of natural gas in Northeast Asia has
attracted widespread attention. This also produces positive results forexpanding exchanges and broadening their horizons. I’d like to thank you
for your participation.
Secondly, 17 guests made insightful speeches, covering three topics.
I believe the delegates and guests will derive a wealth of information andnew revelation. Thank all Speakers for your efforts and contributions.

Thirdly, we had discussions on the current situation and future
development of natural gas in Northeast Asia and the world, and put
forward many constructive opinions and suggestions regarding
strengthening natural gas cooperation in Northeast Asia and energy
supply security.
Global Gas pattern is undergoing profound changes. Asian countries
are in the rapidly growing demand for natural gas, while natural gas
supply capability in North America will be increased dramatically.
Meanwhile, LNG trade is accelerating the development of the natural gas
market globalization. The world's three natural gas regional markets willcontinue to deepen interaction among each other. Especially the Central
Asia (Turkmenistan - China) pipeline and the upcoming construction of
the China-Russia pipeline have formed Eurasian integration of pipeline
network.
As the world's strongest regional growth in natural gas consumption,
the market in Northeast Asia is vast, but five countries in Northeast Asia
faced many challenges in the natural gas and pipeline: Russia has
identified Far East development strategies, but faced with funding,environment and technology issues. Japan and Korea face increasing
LNG demand growth, and the natural gas premium has affected theirnational competitiveness. Gas premium will also affect imported gas
prices in China. Mongolia hopes to resolve gas supply shortage throughcross-border gas pipeline. China, Japan and South Korea and othercountries are all facing gas supply problems caused by rising importdependency.
In addition, territorial and diplomatic disputes, as well as different
interest among different countries, will seriously affect the natural gasand pipeline cooperation in Northeast Asia. Therefore, a careful study tounderstand our aspirations and interests, efforts to establish a commoninterest, and to build up mechanisms for cooperation, breaking thebarriers between partners, and promoting dialogue and cooperation within
the region are major issues facing us.
Currently we view the security of natural gas supply, gas premium,co-development of the Northeast Asian gas and pipelines, are ourcommon interests and goals. AGPRCC is willing to make morecontributions.
Strengthening exchanges and cooperation, mutual benefit andwin-win, are both the world trend for social development, and gasdevelopment trend in Northeast Asia. Regional Cooperation advantages
are obvious and of mutual benefit. Strengthening cooperation in upstream
to downstream is an important choice and a realistic way to vitalize
natural gas development in Northeast Asia.
The just announced Chengdu Call reflects the consensus reached by
the conference, and is an important achievement. I believe with our joint
efforts, the proposals and recommendations expressed in Chengdu Callwill gain attentions from all parties, and will have an impact on thepromotion of natural gas in Northeast Asia and the world sustained andstable development of the gas market.
Ladies and gentlemen, the successful convening of this conference
proves itself to be a platform of exchanging information, promoting
cooperation, and promoting international understanding on natural gasand pipeline in Northeast Asia. We are pleased to announce that theExecutive Board Meeting has determined the 14th International
Conference on Northeast Asian Gas and Pipeline be held in Korea in2015, which indicates the continuity and vitality of the conference. I
sincerely wish the 14th conference a great success.
We cannot achieve the successful convening of the conference
without the great support by Forum Secretariat, member countries, anddistinguished guests. On behalf of AGPRCC, once again, please allow meto express my sincere gratitude to all distinguished guests and organizing
staff.
Last but not least, wish every guest a good health and a happy life!
Thank you!