Abstract
Nowadays, with the green economy becoming mainstream in the world, an industrial revolution as the core of green development has emerged. Based on the empirical evidence from China’s 30 provinces, this study establishes an evaluation index system of China’s industrial green development and applies the analytic hierarchy process to determine the indices’ weights and properties to measure the level of industrial green development in China’s 30 provinces. Then, an empirical study is conducted to explore the relevant factors influencing China’s industrial green development by using the dynamic panel data model and a panel threshold test. The results show that China’s level of industrial green development has the characteristic of typical regional differentiation with a ladder-like distribution from the east and middle to the west, and the eastern region has the highest level on industrial green output, industrial green efficiency and industrial green innovation. Technological progress and innovation can stimulate industrial green development. The impact of environmental regulation and foreign investment on industrial green development presents a nonlinear “N”-type trend, and the positive effects are mainly observed in eastern China. Capital deepening, heavy chemical industries and an unreasonable energy structure are not effective in industrial green development. There is no direct relation between the enterprise scale and industrial green development.
Highlights
Industrial production is the main source of modern material wealth and is a major industry causing environmental and ecological destruction
To ensure the authority and comparability of the data, data samples are obtained from the China Statistical Yearbook, China Industrial Economy Statistical Yearbook, China Statistical Yearbook on Environment, China Environment Yearbook, China Statistical Yearbook on Science and Technology, China Energy Statistical Yearbook and the Statistical Bulletin and Statistical Yearbook of each province from 2004 to 2013 [33,34,35,36,37,38,39]
The level of industrial green development is highest in the east, followed by the middle and the west
Summary
Industrial production is the main source of modern material wealth and is a major industry causing environmental and ecological destruction. There have been numerous discussions on the influencing factors, the study results are in separate parts, which lack a systematic analysis combining theory and empirical study To compensate for these shortcomings, in this study, a scientific and objective evaluation system will be built and applied to assess and measure the level of industrial green development of China’s mainland provinces. In this process, we draw lessons from the existing research, which mainly include: a systematic evaluation method of industrial green development, related indices that conform to the actual development stage of China’s industry, etc. Measuring China’s Level of Industrial Green Development: A Provincial Comparison and Analysis
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