Research on the Impact of China's Import and Export Trade on Carbon Emission under the Perspective of Carbon Emission Reduction ——Empirical Evidence Based on Provincial Panel Data

Abstract

With the development of economic globalization, China's import and export trade with other countries around the world has become increasingly frequent. However, the huge energy gap has led to serious environmental pollution problems in China, and how to realize sustainable development has become an important issue. Therefore, based on the research of scholars at home and abroad, this paper utilizes the panel data of 30 provinces and cities from 2012 to 2021 as well as the method of multiple stepwise regression to study the influencing factors of carbon emissions in China. The results show that China has achieved some success in improving the level of regional economic development, transitioning from traditional finance to green finance, and improving the level of scientific and technological development, which can effectively curb the growth of carbon emissions; however, the total amount of import and export trade, the level of advanced industrial structure, and the energy structure are still the key factors hindering the cause of carbon emission reduction.