The Effects of industrialization and economic growth on sustainable development decoupling in China

Abstract

This dissertation aims to inspect China's decoupling index and ultimately promote the sustainable development decoupling in China. The reason is that with the development of industrialization, the problem of mutual economic and environmental constraints has increasingly prominent.

First, the purpose of this study is to This paper focuses on the Tapio decoupling model and the panel-ARDL model to examine the impact of decoupling 30 Chinese provinces in 2005-2019. The results found that (1) Economic growth, industrialization, and carbon intensity have a catalytic role in promoting the decoupling states, while energy consumption structure and consumer price index have a suppressive influence. (2) At present, most Chinese provinces are in a weak decoupling state, and CO2 emissions are most serious from eastern China to western China.

Second, the policies are also from the perspective of sustainable development, such as improving energy utilization, encouraging investment in energy conversion sectors, and establishing a corresponding low-carbon reward and punishment system.