The strategic thinking on energy should be an overall and long - term thinking which analyses all of the factors home and abroad including politics, economy, environment, resources and the establishment of new systems. It is important to take flail advantage of the recent breakthroughs of modern energy technologies, seek to establish a new energy mechanism contributive to the future development of the energy systems, pay much attention to the impacts of environment restrictions on energy in China and outline a national roadmap for the development of energy. To make the energy safely - supplying, environment - friendly, cost - effective, economic and reliable should be the goal of the energy strategy of our country in the new era.