Currently a new round of electricity market reform is being deepened in China. Based on the energy and consumption distribution in China

it is a major tendency to establish a nationwide electricity market in China. Since the last decade

Europe has been striving to build a unified electricity market across the countries. The experience of European unified electricity market can provide inspirations for the Chinese electricity market design. Firstly

the background and structure of European unified electricity market are summarized

including market structure

products and congestion management methods. Secondly

the implications of European unified electricity market are analyzed. Finally

some suggestions are proposed for the future electricity market design in China.