Effects of low-carbon economy on China's export trade

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lovelywdy@163.com Abstract. The development of low-carbon economy plays a major role on the optimization and upgrading of China's export trade, as well as the development of green trade and the improvement of the level of technology on the production of foreign products. However, in the short term it has some limitations, for instance, it reduces the competitive power of China's foreign trade and it hinders China from achieving its export potentials. It also deteriorates the trade environment as a whole. This article together with the reality of China responses regarding some measures about the development of China Foreign Trade is expected to show why and how important it is to ensure future energy efficiency improvements and a more advanced, low-carbon economy. 1. The optimization and upgrading of China's export trade Due to the crazy sweeping of the low-carbon economy all over the world and China export- oriented high-energy-consuming and resource-dependent products, China's improvement of economy, upgrading of industrial structure and enhancing international industrial position need to be achieved through export-oriented enterprises' actively developing new industry. In order to change the high-energy-consuming and resource-dependent economic growth, reconciling the contradiction between the economic growth and protection of resources and the environment is essential. Moreover, to change the mode of growth of China fundamentally in ensuring that the economy achieves sustainable development, we ought to learn the development and application of new industrial technologies and low-carbon energy from developed countries. Thus, it is particularly worthwhile for us to learn the technological innovation in the field of traditional fossil energy source (1). This must be done with the focus on positive impact of China's low-carbon industrial development. In this way, China can avoid repeating the high energy consumption patterns of production of Western countries in the past.