Dynamic Correlation between Industry Greenization Development and Ecological Balance in China

Nuo Wang, Tingyu Zhang, Erdan Wang, Tao Song, Xu Lu and Jinping Su
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Nuo Wang: School of Economics and Resource Management, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
Tingyu Zhang: School of Economics and Resource Management, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
Erdan Wang: School of Economics and Resource Management, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
Tao Song: School of Economics and Resource Management, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
Xu Lu: School of Economics and Resource Management, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
Jinping Su: School of Economics and Resource Management, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China

Sustainability, 2020, vol. 12, issue 20, 1-16

Abstract: By estimating the changing of industry greenization development and ecological balance in China from 2000 to 2017, this paper aims to study the dynamic correlation between industry and ecology in recent years. We focus on the conservation of resources in industry greenization development—if fewer resources are consumed under the same technical conditions as the base period, it means progress in green industrial development. The green proportion of industrial value-added is measured in a quantitative way to gauge the effect and level of industry greenization development in 2000–2017. Meanwhile, the changing impacts on China’s ecological balance imposed by ecological footprint and bearing capacity in 2000–2017 is calculated, and their relation is analyzed using the co-integration approach and PLS method. The results show that industry greenization development and ecological balance are in negative correlation in China, meaning our ecological balance is somewhat mitigated while we strongly practice and promote green industrial development.

Keywords: comparison of growth rate; ecological pressure; green development; industry (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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