The High-Quality Development of China's Publication Printing Industry From an Environmental Perspective

Abstract

In this article, we measure the change in the green total factor productivity of the publication printing industry in 31 provinces in China between 2013 and 2019. An additive Luenberger-Hicks-Moorsteen total factor productivity indicator and an aggregate directional distance function measure are used to decompose a green total factor productivity into technical efficiency change, scale efficiency, and technological progress change. The results show that the average annual growth rate of China’s publication printing industry’s green total factor productivity during the sample period was -2.75%, indicating that the business situation of China’s publication printing industry is not optimistic under the premise of reducing carbon emissions in recent years. Among the main driving factors of green total factor change, scale efficiency change and technical efficiency change significantly reduce the level of green total factor productivity in China’s publication printing industry.