scholarly journals De-Capacity Policy Effect on China’s Coal Industry

Energies ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (12) ◽  
pp. 2331 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xuguang Hao ◽  
Mei Song ◽  
Yunan Feng ◽  
Wen Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Production Capacity ◽  
Coal Industry ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Chinese Government ◽  
Stable Operation ◽  
Coal Production ◽  
Quality Development ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Policy Effect ◽  
The Government

Overcapacity in China’s coal industry has serious negative impacts on the rational allocation of coal resources and stable operation of the national economy. Since 2016, the Chinese government has implemented a series of de-capacity policies to optimise coal production capacity. Timely policy effect assessment is of great significance to the government to guide high-quality development of the coal industry. This paper first reviews the dilemma encountered by China’s coal industry prior to 2016, and then analyses the progress and effect of coal industry de-capacity. The main results are as follows: (1) The capacity reduction is mainly distributed in the central and southwestern regions. Most of the coal mines are state-owned, and there is a prominent worker resettlement problem. (2) The capacity optimisation policy has accelerated the implementation of the overall spatial planning of China’s coal supply. China’s coal production centre has shifted from the central and eastern regions to the west, and the industry’s high-quality development pattern has taken shape. (3) China’s coal industrial profitability has constantly been improving, industry concentration has increased significantly, and coal mining has become safer. (4) Due to the regional heterogeneity, the de-capacity policy effect has significant differences in coal production capacity and employee reduction in various regions. Finally, regarding the optimisation of China’s coal production capacity, some policy implications are given.

scholarly journals Analysis on Mechanism of Action of Reversed Transmission of the Pressure on Adjustment of the Structure of Coal Production and Consumption in China

2015 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 84-89 ◽  
Author(s):  
Li Shuang ◽  
Yao Wang ◽  
Tang Yanyan
Keyword(s):  
Supply And Demand ◽  
Coal Industry ◽  
Market Mechanism ◽  
Regulation Mechanism ◽  
Coal Production ◽  
Policy Tools ◽  
Governance Mechanism ◽  
Coal Consumption ◽  
Production And Consumption ◽  
The Government

The survival and development of coal industry had reached a point where its very existence was at stake in the context of overcapacity and haze siege. For solving the problems of over capacity of coal and realizing transformation of coal consumption structure, this paper discussed various mechanisms of action, which forced coal industry in China to trend toward de-capacity and coal consumption transformation and upgrade guided by marketing tools or government’s policies. The core innovation is to carry out the governance mechanism of environment pollution policy tools. The new part compared with previous work is finding that, different policy tools selection will cause different distribution effects and make the burdens of polluters consuming coal, victims and the society never stop. On the one hand it required the market mechanism of supply and demand to force de-capacity in coal industry in China and to change or even remodel operating rules in coal industry; on the other hand it made the polluters consuming coal undertake blowdown cost through the government or marketing tools so that the scientific regulation mechanism could play a decisive role in coal production and consumption.

ICT4D in China and the Capability Approach

2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 58-72 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carol Ting
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Capability Approach ◽  
Rural China ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Chinese Government ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Capability Approach

For more than a decade, the Chinese government has poured copious resources into rural informatization as a means to increase agricultural productivity and rural economic growth. Such efforts so far have not produced definite results in rural areas, but increasing economic inequality and rising environmental threats have already forced the government to rethink its growth-centered development policy. Indeed, recent government releases clearly state the resolve to departure from the “GDP obsession” of the past. Meanwhile, the past three decades saw the rise of a powerful alternative development approach—the Capability Approach (CA), which focuses on empowering individuals and sees economic growth as one element of well-being. Given that the CA can potentially help devising a more coherent and holistic framework for Information and communications technologies for development (ICT4D), this paper examines the compatibility between the Capability Approach and the top-down socialist approach towards rural informatization in China. Built on two case studies of rural informatization in rural China, the present paper identifies potential obstacles to the adoption of the Capability Approach and discusses policy implications and suggestions.

Development of the Large-Scale Coal Base and the Modern Mine in China: The Present Situation and Future Tasks

2012 ◽  
Vol 524-527 ◽  
pp. 3066-3069
Author(s):  
Xian Ping Yuan
Keyword(s):  
Energy Supply ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Production Capacity ◽  
Present Situation ◽  
Primary Energy ◽  
Coal Industry ◽  
Coal Production ◽  
Advanced Technologies ◽  
Primary Energy Supply ◽  
Chinese Coal

The consumption of coal is increasing continuously with the development of economy. Coal accounting for 70% of total primary energy supply is the most key energy source in China. Thus, the modernization construction of coal industry is very important for China. The goal of this study is to research the present situation and future tasks of large-scale coal bases and modern mines construction in China. The results show that China is orderly constructing 14 large-scale coal bases. In the large-scale coal bases, more and more modern mines have been built, but Chinese coal industry modernization level still remains a lower level. At the same time, the results show that modern mine construction is not balanced in different bases. Based on the existing experience, therefore, promoting coal production capacity, applying the advanced technologies or methods, and advancing further modern mine construction, are major tasks of Chinese coal industry at present and in the future.

scholarly journals High-Quality Development of China's Coal Industry

2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (5) ◽  
pp. 130
Author(s):  
Hongpu Kang ◽  
Guofa Wang ◽  
Shuangming Wang ◽  
Jianzhong Liu ◽  
Shihua Ren ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Coal Industry ◽  
Quality Development ◽  
High Quality

scholarly journals The Electricity Rebound Effect: Empirical Evidence From the Chinese Chemical Industry

2022 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Houyin Long ◽  
Hong Zeng ◽  
Xinyi Lin
Keyword(s):  
Chemical Industry ◽  
Electricity Market ◽  
Rebound Effect ◽  
Electricity Price ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Chinese Government ◽  
Cost Information ◽  
Cost Share ◽  
Electricity Cost ◽  
The Government

The Chinese government has adopted many policies to save energy and electricity in the chemical industry by improving technology and reforming its electricity market. The improved electricity efficiency and the electricity reform may indirectly reduce expected energy and electricity savings by decreasing the effective electricity price and the marginal cost of electricity services. To analyze the above issues, this paper employs the Morishima Elasticity of Substitution of the electricity cost share equation which is estimated by the DOLS method. The results show that: 1) There exists a rebound effect in the Chinese chemical industry, but it is quite large because the electricity price is being controlled by the government; 2) the reform of the electricity market reduces the rebound effect to 73.85%, as electricity price begins to reflect cost information to some extent; 3) there is still a lot of space for the reform to improve, and the rebound effect could be reduced further once the electricity price is adjusted to transfer the market information more correctly. In order to succeed in saving electricity and decreasing the rebound effect in the chemical industry, the policy implications are provided from perspectives of the improved energy efficiency and electricity pricing mechanism.

scholarly journals The Optimal Strategy of China’s Plastic Drinking Straws Ban Based on Consumer Heterogeneity and Retailer Competition

2022 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 745
Author(s):  
Wenhuan Wang ◽  
Jianping Wei ◽  
Dan Wu
Keyword(s):  
Optimal Strategy ◽  
Chinese Government ◽  
Policy Tools ◽  
Competitive Markets ◽  
Consumer Heterogeneity ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Plastic Bags ◽  
Beverage Industry ◽  
Food And Beverage ◽  
The Government

The Chinese government has issued a new “Plastic Restriction Ban” requiring that, by the end of 2020, the food and beverage industry across the country bans the use of single-use, nondegradable plastic drinking straws. The governance of plastic drinking straws is a multi-dimensional and complex process. Therefore, based on the heterogeneity of consumers, this paper constructs a tripartite game model (the government, retailers, and consumers) for the governance of plastic drinking straws in China. Under this model, this research derives an optimal strategy in both monopoly and competitive markets, assuming the government has access to two policy tools, fines and subsidies. The research results suggest the following. (1) In monopoly markets, when (a) the fine or subsidy fee is high or (b) the fine or subsidy fee is low and the number of environment-conscious consumers is high, retailers are more inclined to provide biodegradable drinking straws. (2) Consumer heterogeneity has a certain impact on policy results; when there are enough environment-conscious consumers, policy costs can be reduced. (3) For high-quality products, the policy costs in competitive markets is lower than in monopoly markets; for low-quality products, the policy costs in competitive markets is higher than in monopoly markets. Based on the conclusions, this work suggests the government should focus on cultivating consumers’ environmental awareness and tighter control of products quality, in addition to the two policy tools, i.e., fines and subsidies, because these can reduce policy costs. Consumers should be aware of their own importance to China’s Plastic Drinking Straws Ban and adopt a refusal to accept plastic drinking straws and reduce the consumption of disposable plastics to support the policy. Retailers should also realize that proactively catering to consumer and government expectations can bring higher benefits to themselves; this can be achieved by providing high-quality biodegradable straws to support China’s Plastic Drinking Straws Ban. The model of this work could be applied to other corporate activities related to sustainability, such as plastic bags, plastic bottles, etc., and their connection to government policies.

scholarly journals The Research on Quality Change Effect of Digital Economy Enabled Manufacturing Industry

CONVERTER ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 163-171
Author(s):  
Niaoer Yao, Et al.
Keyword(s):  
Manufacturing Industry ◽  
Decisive Role ◽  
Digital Economy ◽  
Market Mechanism ◽  
Quality Development ◽  
Quality Change ◽  
High Quality ◽  
The Government ◽  
Role Of The Government

High-quality development of manufacturing industry is the key to leading the high-quality development of China's economy. The paper analyzes the mechanism and effect of the quality change of China's manufacturing industry enabled by digital economy. And then, it is considered that the basic pattern of China's manufacturing industry is that the manufacturing industry is large but not strong. As a result, quality change could focus on the intensive margin on the basis of strengthening and expanding the margin. However, the quality change of manufacturing industry enabled by digital economy is a complicated process. Therefore, the quality change of manufacturing industry would give full play to the decisive role of market mechanism while giving better play to the role of the government. The focus of policy could focus on incentives and synergy that are conducive to promoting the digital transformation of the manufacturing industry.

scholarly journals Kuzbass-2035: the territory as a driver of economic growth

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 61-77
Author(s):  
Olesya I. Khokhrina
Keyword(s):  
Coal Mining ◽  
Coal Industry ◽  
Oil Refining ◽  
Coal Production ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
Coal Consumption ◽  
Mining Centers ◽  
The Government ◽  
Economic Development Model

The article considers the necessity to transform the existing economic development model of Kuzbass – the leading coal mining center in Russia – due to the increasing external risks, the problems of the coal sector in Russia as well as the adaptation of the region to a new reality. The author identifies five key factors of influence: decarbonization of the world economy; a fall in coal prices; the COVID-19 pandemic that has triggered the global crisis; long-term reduction of coal consumption in the Russian Federation; the formation of new coal mining centers in eastern Russia. As a result, based on a change in coal production in the region, three scenarios for the development of the coal industry and the economy of the Kemerovo region as a whole have been proposed. According to the author, with the existing regional model, the most likely scenario for Kuzbass in 10-15 years is a shock scenario, i.e. due to the decrease in global demand for hydrocarbons coal production in Kuzbass is expected to drop by 70-100 million tons per year, which could provoke a deep socio-economic crisis in the region. To avoid negative economic and social outcomes, it seems advisable to immediately start renovation of the Kuzbass economy with active participation of the state on the basis of a new reading of the model of territorial production complexes (TPC) which was successfully implemented in the region in the 20th century. The role of the basic industries of modern TPCs of the Kemerovo region can be assumed by clean coal technologies, petroleum chemistry and oil refining. At the same time, the author emphasizes that the restart of the model for the development of regional economy is possible only if the businesses (the owner of production assets), the government and the society reach the agreement and share full responsibility for the renovation processes of the resource territory.

scholarly journals Sosialisasi Peningkatan Pendapatan Rumah Tangga Kecamatan Talang Ubi Kabupaten Pali

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 111-117
Author(s):  
Asmanita Asmanita ◽  
Henni Indriyani ◽  
Rolia Wahasusmiah ◽  
Darius Antoni
Keyword(s):  
Community Service ◽  
Household Income ◽  
Public Awareness ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Quality Development ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Accelerate Development ◽  
The Government ◽  
The University ◽  
And Training

The primary goal of Community Service (PKM) is to spread knowledge to the community surrounding the university where the professor is housed. Furthermore, the goal of Community Service (PKM) is to bring educational institutions closer to the community so that universities may help the government accelerate development activities and train high-quality development actors. Counseling and training are the goals of this Community Service (PKM) project in North Talang Ubi Village, Talang Ubi District, Penukal Abab Lematang Ilir Regency. In terms of socialization of growing household income, the goal is to raise public The primary goal of Community Service (PKM) is to spread knowledge to the community surrounding the university where the professor is housed. Furthermore, the goal of Community Service (PKM) is to bring educational institutions closer to the community so that universities may help the government accelerate development activities and train high-quality development actors. Counseling and training are the goals of this Community Service (PKM) project in Desa Talang Ubi Utara, Kecamatan Talang Ubi, Kabupaten Penukal Abab Lematang Ilir. In terms of the socialization of growing household income, the goal is to raise public awareness about how to increase household income and ensure that the benefits of this service are embraced by the residents of North Talang Ubi Village. With the socialization of increasing household income, the community can find out how to alternatively increase household income with the economic potential in the family. From the activities that have been carried out, several obstacles occur, including the low level of education, which impacts thinking patterns in overcoming problems of family economic constraints, lack of job opportunities/opportunities.

scholarly journals Research on the High-Quality Development of “New Generation” High-Tech Enterprises in Hengyang under the Background of “Three High and Four New”

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (10) ◽  
pp. 127
Author(s):  
Huabai Bu ◽  
Jiaqi Bu ◽  
Lingli Ou Yang ◽  
Naifu Shi ◽  
Jingyi Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Technological Innovation ◽  
Theoretical Basis ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Quality Development ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Industrial Transformation ◽  
Modern Economic ◽  
The Government ◽  
Countermeasures And Suggestions ◽  
New Generation

As the pioneer of technological innovation in the context of the digital economy, the “new generation” high-tech enterprises are an important new force in the construction of a modern economic system, an important force and Important engine for the continuous development of national technological innovation, industrial transformation and upgrading, and high-quality economic development. The article first analyzes the existing foundation and development results of the high-quality development of Hengyang’s “new generation” high-tech enterprises under the background of “three highs and four new”, and then reveals the current high-quality development shortcomings and urgent needs of Hengyang’s “new generation” high-tech enterprises, Finally, from the government and enterprise levels, ten countermeasures and suggestions were put forward for the high-quality development of Hengyang’s “new generation” high-tech enterprises under the background of “three highs and four new”, so as to help the relevant government departments of Hengyang and a new generation of high-tech enterprises provide theoretical basis and methodological reference about the decision-making.

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