Abstract: “Natural Gas Renminbi” is proposed in this article to aim at using RMB for calculation and settlement in international natural gas trade, promoting internationalization of RMB, helping China win her discourse right for natural gas pricing, and better maintaining China’s energy and financial security and economic interests. Selection of natural gas as the carrier of RMB internationalization is both appropriate and feasible in the perspectives of opportunity, position and market. First of all, LNG development makes natural gas trade more convenient, thus providing natural gas with the condition for global trade. Secondly, natural gas is supplied adequately on the global basis. It has gradually become an independent energy commodity. The natural gas demand is on the rise in the Northeastern Asia region. Particularly, China will become the sole country among the gas consumers to import natural gas in large quantities. There is a growth momentum for natural gas trade volume in the future. Thirdly, China has been already set to become regional or global trade center thanks to its advantageous economic and regional conditions. To translate this proposition into reality, China should accelerate interconnection of natural gas pipelines with those in Northeastern Asia and Russia in addition to establishment of Northeastern Asian regional or even global trade center for natural gas spots and futures. Meanwhile, China should also push ahead with the domestic natural gas industrial reform and foreign exchange management restructuring, step up international natural gas cooperation and design compilation of plans and transactional contracts.

摘要： 提出“天然气人民币”构想，旨在倡导在国际天然气贸易中推行人民币计价和结算，推进人民币国际化， 提升我国天然气的定价话语权，更好地维护我国能源、金融安全和经济利益。选择天然气作为人民币国际化载体，从时机、 地位、市场前景等方面来看都是最佳的，也是可行的：一是LNG 的发展使天然气贸易更趋便利化，逐步具备全球贸易 的条件；二是全球天然气供给宽松，已逐步成为一个独立的能源品种，东北亚地区天然气需求不断增长，特别是我国 将会成为天然气消费大国中唯一需要大量进口天然气的国家，未来天然气贸易量将保持增长态势；三是中国经济和区 位条件优越，具备成立区域或全球性交易中心的条件。具体实施方面，除了努力促成建立东北亚地区乃至全球天然气 现货与期货交易中心之外，还必须加快推动东北亚和俄罗斯天然气管道基础设施建设和互联互通；稳步推进国内天然 气行业改革和外汇管理体制改革，加强国际天然气合作，并做好规划编制和交易合约设计。

关键词: 天然气贸易, 人民币, 计价, 能源安全, 国际化