Abstract
After 30 years of reform and opening, China has become the world's second largest economy. However, the fast growth has come at the high cost of environmental degradation and resource consumption. The existing resource reserves and environment will not able to sustain the rapid economic development of the future, which demands China to transform its model for development. China should keep pace with the trend of world civilization and grasp the opportunity for green development.
Highlights
After 30 years of reform and opening, China has become the world's second largest economy
It is undeniable that China's economic and social development is driven by extensive resource investment China's rapid economic growth comes at the high price of resource exhaustion and environmental degradation
Total energy consumption and energy consumption per unit of gross domestic product (GDP) are high in China
Summary
After 30 years of reform and opening, China has become the world's second largest economy. With economic and social development today, it is difficult to maintain harmony between humans and nature and among people. A great deal of resources are not utilized efficiently and are treated as waste, which destabilizes the environmental system and constrains sustainable social and economic development.
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