Abstract: Natural gas fired power generation is an important area for expansion of natural gas application in China. Currently, natural gas is used as main energy for electricity generation in developed countries, such as the United States, Japan, South Korea and part of Europe. Natural gas fired electricity generation is still under the preliminary stage in China. This paper briefs about the present conditions and trend of natural gas fired electricity generation in developed countries, summarizes and compares the policies and experiences of gas fired electricity in some countries, and elaborates China’s policies on natural gas fired electricity. It points out a number of problems at the present time, such as imperfect policies and inadequate preferential treatment. The paper also comes up with a series of suggestions to clearly define China’s natural gas fired electricity industrial development, perfect the relative policy system, promote independent research and development of technology, keep the ratio between gas and electricity prices reasonable, establish the pricing mechanism, enhance market analysis and risk evaluation, and formulate the global strategy.

摘要： 天然气发电是我国未来扩大天然气利用规模的重要领域。当前美国、日本、韩国及欧洲部分发达国家已 将天然气作为发电主要能源，我国天然气发电尚处于起步阶段。文章介绍了主要发达国家天然气发电现状与趋势，归 纳比较了一些国家天然气发电政策与经验，梳理了我国天然气发电政策情况，指出目前仍存在政策不完善、支持力度 不够等问题，就促进我国天然气发电产业发展提出了明确定位、完善相关政策体系、推进自主技术研发、理顺气电比 价关系、建立定价机制、加强市场分析与风险评估、制订全球战略等针对性政策建议。

关键词: 天然气发电, 产业政策, 发达国家, 发展战略, 建议