January 19, 2014, the Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research held a press conference in Beijing releasing a series of research reports on "2014 Energy Economic Forecast and Outlook" including "China mid-long-term energy demand forecasting and prospects", "2014 International crude oil price trend analysis and forecasting "," China's regional energy poverty index "and " National Energy security analysis and outlook ".
The findings of the studies attracted wide media attention; Xinhua News Agency Economic Information Daily, Wenhui News, Science and Technology Daily, Science China Press, China Energy News, China Petroleum Daily, Financial Times, China Securities Journal and dozens of other well-known media carried a report on the conference in different forms; Guangming Network, Economic politics, China energy Network, Xinmin Network, China industry Research Network and a dozen other online media have reproduced, and caught wide attention from the society.