Study on the Development of Green Economy in Zigong Area, Sichuan Province, China

Abstract

In the speedy development of modern society, environmental protection has become a great concern in the world. Keeping a rapid development of economy while protecting the ecological environment has become an urgent problem. Taking the economy development in Zigong area, Sichuan, China as an example, this article intends to introduce the great significance of developing economy and the critical fields of economy in Zigong area and let the reader understand more to an inland area in China. Compared with traditional industries, economy is a new economical pattern with an orientation of harmonious development of economy and environmental protection; an outcome of the requirement that industrial economy shall not hurt human health and the earth environment forming a new state of social development. The purpose of economy is to achieve the harmony between economy and environment, convert the environmental protective technologies, clean production processes and all environment-friendly technologies into productivity, and realize the sustainable development of economy through the economic activity favorable for and non-confrontational to the environment. Nowadays, the concept green is widely used in all social fields, including agriculture, industry, consumption, tourism, marketing and planning etc. Green economy has become a trend thanks to the increasing awareness of environmental protection. 2. The great significance of developing economy 2.1 Developing economy is favorable for the development of productivity and people's life style Being a new style of economy adaptable to human environment and health, economy can promote the development of productivity, change of ideas of production method, life style and consumption. It can call up human ecological and scientific development awareness and leave a sound base and sustainable resources and environment for the human offspring. 2.2 Developing economy is an important content of building a moderately prosperous society in China Substantially, economy pursues for the increase of EDP (ecological domestic product). EDP is difference of GDP minus depreciation of capital, consumption of natural resources and environmental resources consumption/environmental pollution consumption. EPD reveals the real and net value of productivity and the degree that the human consumes or destroys the resources and energy. Green economy is an economical, harmonious and beneficial developing pattern and a basic strategy for sustainable development. 3. The critical fields of developing economy in Zigong area Due to the special natural resources, the salt chemical industry and relevant auxiliary industries are its pillar industry. Accordingly, environmental pollution is quiet serious in the area. Nowadays, to follow the global economic developing tendency, Zigong is reforming its industrial structure and developing the countyship economy is its target. The countyship economy refers to the economy based on geographic space of county-level administrative division, county-level government being the body of regulating and controlling, and under the principle of market orientation, the natural resources are to be optimized. It owns the feature of regional economy and full functions. Under this economic pattern, countryside and farmers are the main body, and industrialization, urbanization and modernization are its theme and target. However, there are a series of difficulties and issues when carrying out the reform: long-term depression of agriculture, low incoming for the farmers, great pressure to natural resources and ecological environment, decline of agricultural produces export and inability to meet the increasing requirements for products quality. Therefore, it is dominate tasks to increase vegetation, set up agriculture and enterprises, achieve harmonious development between the human being and nature, build a beautiful and comfortable living condition, improve the life quality of people and build a relatively well off society, which is the focus of countyship economy.