Research on measurement and improvement path of industrial green development in China: a perspective of environmental we
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Research on measurement and improvement path of industrial green development in China: a perspective of environmental welfare efficiency Xiping Wang 1 & Yanmei Li 1 Received: 11 December 2019 / Accepted: 1 July 2020 # Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature 2020
Abstract The increasing concern about the environmental issue and its serious adverse effects on human health has made China’s industrial green transformation being a matter of public concern. In this study, a network slack-based measure (NSBM) was applied to explore China’s industrial green development level from the perspective of environmental welfare efficiency (EWE), considering not only the impact of industrial development on environment and economy, but also the impact on human well-being. Based on the data of 30 provincial administrative regions in China from 2004 to 2017, the comprehensive efficiency (CE) of China’s industrial sector was measured and decomposed. The results show that the industrial production efficiency (IPE) is much higher than the EWE, and the improvement of the EWE will be the key to realize the green transformation of China’s industry. On this basis, considering the effects of spatial interaction, the spatial Durbin model was established to analyze the driving factors of EWE. Finally, this research puts forward promotion path of industrial green development. Keywords Industrial green development, Environmental welfare efficiency, NSBM model, Spatial Durbin model, Spillover effect
Introduction Since the implementation of the reform and opening-up policy, the rapid development of industry has made important contributions to China’s economic take-off. However, the drawbacks of the extensive development mode of blindly pursuing the economic growth rate and neglecting the growth quality have become increasingly obvious, and resource and environmental constraints have begun to restrict economic development. According to the 2018 China Statistical Yearbook, the industrial added value accounted for 37% of GDP in China, while industrial energy consumption contributed to 68% of the national total energy consumption, and industrial carbon dioxide emissions contributed to 84% of
Responsible editor: Eyup Dogan * Yanmei Li [email protected] Xiping Wang [email protected] 1
Department of Economic Management, North China Electric Power University, Baoding, China
the total national emissions. It can be seen that this “resource-driven” development model has led to serious ecological damage and environmental pollution, and the transformation of traditional industrial greening cannot be delayed. The policies on environmental protection and resource conservation proposed in the 11th and 12th Five-Year Plan have yielded fruitful results. Moreover, the outline of the 13th Five-Year Plan further proposed to promote the transformation of China’s economic development from the expansion of economic aggregates to the quality of economic growth. In addition, the promulgation of such documents as “Made in China 2025” and “I
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