Analysis of the Dynamic System Driving High-Quality Transformation of Resource-Based Regions Through Smart Eco-Innovation: Evidence from Daqing City, China

Liying Cui (), Min Peng, Hengshuo Zhang and Liwei Cui
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Liying Cui: School of Economics and Management, Northeast Petroleum University, Daqing 163318, China
Min Peng: School of Economics and Management, Northeast Petroleum University, Daqing 163318, China
Hengshuo Zhang: School of Economics and Management, Northeast Petroleum University, Daqing 163318, China
Liwei Cui: The Fourth Oil Extraction Plant of Daqing Oilfield Co., Ltd., Daqing 163318, China

Sustainability, 2025, vol. 17, issue 7, 1-22

Abstract: Economic transformation is an effective strategy for resource-based regions to avoid the “resource curse”. In China’s high-quality development stage, using new-generation IT to guide economic structure adjustment, industrial upgrading, and technological innovation is of great practical significance. It also helps regions achieve ecological and high-quality development. Based on SDM, this paper takes smart eco-innovation as the driving force for high-quality transformation. The system constructed is built from five aspects: innovation, coordination, green development, openness, and sharing. Additionally, based on the interrelationships among the subsystems, this paper constructs causal loop diagrams and flow diagrams. Taking Daqing City in China as an example, it conducts a scenario simulation of high-quality transformation driven by smart eco-innovation. The finding shows that the combined policy effects of smart eco-innovation are the most significant for the high-quality transformation of resource-based regions. This study provides a new perspective. It explores the transformation of resource-based regions driven by a “smart eco-style” approach and provides references for such regions in China.

Keywords: resource-based regions; smart ecology; high-quality development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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