scholarly journals Evaluation and Policy Research on the Sustainable Development of China’s Rare Earth Resources

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (10) ◽  
pp. 3792 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xuedong Liang ◽  
Meng Ye ◽  
Li Yang ◽  
Wanbing Fu ◽  
Zhi Li
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Rare Earth ◽  
Environmental Protection ◽  
Technological Innovation ◽  
Entropy Method ◽  
Evaluation Index System ◽  
Protection System ◽  
Social Progress ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Low Efficiency

As rare earth resources are indispensable raw materials for modern society, they have become strategic global reserve resources. Even though China is the world’s largest producer and exporter of rare earth, the industry has low efficiency and severe problems with over-exploitation and environmental pollution; therefore, there needs to be a greater focus on the sustainable exploitation of rare earth resources. This paper establishes an innovative evaluation index system for the sustainable development of China’s rare earth resources from six main aspects; economic development, social progress, environmental protection, technological innovation, rare earth development and utilization, and rare earth protection in which the indicators are assessed using an entropy method. Grey correlation analysis was used to evaluate China’s rare earth sustainable development level from 2006–2016, from which it was found that sustainable development was poor from 2006–2010 and marginally better from 2011–2016. The main factor affecting rare earth sustainable development in China was found to be the lag in the development of environment protection system and rare earth protection system. Policy recommendations for improving China’s rare earth protection, environmental protection, and technological innovation are proposed to guide government regulations and assist rare earth industry personnel.

scholarly journals Mechanisms of Environmental Regulation’s Impact on Green Technological Progress—Evidence from China’s Manufacturing Sector

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 1600
Author(s):  
Weijiang Liu ◽  
Mingze Du ◽  
Yuxin Bai
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Technological Change ◽  
Environmental Protection ◽  
Technological Progress ◽  
Manufacturing Industry ◽  
Manufacturing Sector ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Biased Technological Change ◽  
Chinese Manufacturing Industry

As the world’s largest developing country, and as the home to many of the world’s factories, China plays a crucial role in the sustainable development of the world economy regarding environmental protection, energy conservation, and emission reduction issues. Based on the data from 2003–2015, this paper examined the green total factor productivity and the technological progress in the Chinese manufacturing industry. A slack-based measure (SBM) Malmquist productivity index was used to measure the bias of technological change (BTC), input-biased technological change (IBTC), and output-biased technological change (OBTC) by decomposing the technological progress. It also investigated the mechanism of environmental regulation, property right structure, enterprise-scale, energy consumption structure, and other factors on China’s technological progress bias. The empirical results showed the following: (1) there was a bias of technological progress in the Chinese manufacturing industry during the research period; (2) although China’s manufacturing industry’s output tended to become greener, it was still characterized by a preference for overall CO2 output; and (3) the impact of environmental regulations on the Chinese manufacturing industry’s technological progress had a significant threshold effect. The flexible control of environmental regulatory strength will benefit the Chinese manufacturing industry’s technological development. (4) R&D investment, export delivery value, and structure of energy consumption significantly contributed to promoting technological progress. This study provides further insight into the sustainable development of China’s manufacturing sector to promote green-biased technological progress and to achieve the dual goal of environmental protection and healthy economic growth.

The Research on the Strategies for Sustainable Development and Environmental Protection

2013 ◽  
Vol 869-870 ◽  
pp. 786-790
Author(s):  
Chen Chen Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Environmental Protection ◽  
Development Strategy ◽  
Protection Measures ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
National Economic ◽  
History Of ◽  
Dialectical Relationship ◽  
Relationship Of

The strategies for sustainable development have been included in the medium and long term plan of 2010 for national economic and social development. Protecting the environment is the most important prerequisite and safeguards for the sustainable development strategy. In the study, we described the history of the environmental problems in the world, the proposal and implications of sustainable development, and outlined the dialectical relationship of development with the environment. The environmental protection measures for sustainable development were proposed here, according to the environmental situation severely affecting its biophysical environment.

Evaluation of the Sustainable Development of the Energy and Chemical Industry Base in Northern Shaanxi

2013 ◽  
Vol 361-363 ◽  
pp. 145-151
Author(s):  
Shan Hua
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Chemical Industry ◽  
Statistical Data ◽  
Evaluation Index System ◽  
Economic Resource ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Existing Problems ◽  
Environmental Status ◽  
Northern Shaanxi ◽  
Resource And Environment

The sustainable development of the northern Shaanxi area has been severely restricted by the increasingly serious issue of the environmental pollution and ecological destruction in the energy and chemical industry base there. This paper, based on the thorough analysis to the investigation data about the environmental status and the existing problems of energy and chemical industry base in northern Shaanxi, construct evaluation index system of the base sustainable development. The paper evaluated comprehensively the level of sustainable development in energy and chemical industry base in Northern Shaanxi based on statistical data in past years. It reveals the contradiction and the plight of economic, resource and environment in the process of current base, and shows the urgent problems which must be solved in the future.

scholarly journals An Analysis of the Sustainable Development Path of China’s New Government Affairs Media from the Perspective of Science and Technology Innovation

2021 ◽  
Vol 235 ◽  
pp. 02041
Author(s):  
Rui Wang
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
New Media ◽  
Technological Innovation ◽  
Information Science ◽  
Science And Technology ◽  
Chinese Government ◽  
Government Information ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Development Path ◽  
Media Platform

The Chinese government actively uses the new media platform to disseminate government information and provide government services. Contemporary scientific and technological innovation, with computers and information science and technology as engines, has become the core driving force of “leading development”. This article puts the new media of Chinese government affairs under the perspective of technological innovation, analyzes the bottlenecks and possible solutions it faces, discusses the sustainable development path of new media for Chinese government affairs, and strive to provide some reference for the sustainable development of new media for government affairs in other countries or regions.

scholarly journals Evaluation of Sustainable Development of Tourism Cities Based on SDGs and Tourism Competitiveness Index: Analysis of 221 Prefecture-Level Cities in China

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (22) ◽  
pp. 12338
Author(s):  
Junli Gao ◽  
Chaofeng Shao ◽  
Sihan Chen ◽  
Zizhang Wei
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Yellow River ◽  
Evaluation Index System ◽  
Cultural Resources ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Development Level ◽  
Protection Systems ◽  
Competitiveness Index ◽  
Development Paths ◽  
Economic Zones

Based on the Sustainable Development Goals and competitiveness index, an evaluation index system for sustainable development of tourism cities was established. The sustainable development level of 221 outstanding tourism cities in 2018 was evaluated, and their sustainable development paths were designed accordingly. The results show the following: (1) There is a large gap in sustainable development scores. In general, no city has achieved a strong sustainable development model. Natural and cultural resources and protection systems are the shortcomings of the systems. (2) The weights of natural and cultural resources and protection systems are the largest, and the weights of natural and cultural resources endowment, degree of tourism infrastructure construction, and economic support for natural and cultural resources are larger. Nature reserve coverage index, network popularity, and other indicators have greater weight. (3) There is a gap in the sustainable development level of tourism cities in the eight comprehensive economic zones. The economic zones in the eastern and southern coastal areas are better than those in the northwest and the middle reaches of the Yellow River. (4) The driving factors of the eight types of tourism cities distinguished by their characteristics are basically the same, but the obstacles are different.

Renewable Energies and Urban Environment in Spain

2022 ◽  
pp. 204-225
Author(s):  
María Jesús García García
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Environmental Protection ◽  
Urban Environment ◽  
Social Progress ◽  
Social Fabric ◽  
Urban Structures ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
The Social ◽  
Stable Growth

Sustainable development is a type of development that advocates first of all the harmonization between economic development and environmental protection, adding social progress; it would therefore be a development in which high and stable growth in the production of goods and services is compatible with widespread social progress, environmental protection, and prudent and efficient use of natural resources. Among the different sectoral areas transferred by the idea of sustainable development is undoubtedly the field of urban planning and housing. The activity generated in cities has an important environmental impact, so it is necessary to orient urban structures, homes, and buildings under premises that are as respectful as possible with the environment, also taking advantage of its economic potential and its effect on the social fabric that inhabits it. It is about promoting integrated actions in the urban environment that are in tune with the objectives.

scholarly journals Evaluating the Power Grid Investment Behavior in China: From the Perspective of Government Supervision

Energies ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (21) ◽  
pp. 4192
Author(s):  
Yanbin Li ◽  
Feng Zhang ◽  
Yun Li ◽  
Bingkang Li ◽  
Zhen Li
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Power System ◽  
Power Grid ◽  
Power Industry ◽  
Evaluation Index System ◽  
Investment Behavior ◽  
System Reform ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Government Supervision ◽  
The Government

Power grid investment behavior (PGIB) is a necessary prerequisite to ensure safe and reliable power supply. The supervision of PGIB is an important measure to reduce electricity price. It helps to release the dividends of the new power system reform and promote the sustainable development of the power industry. However, for a long time, China’s regulation of PGIB was relatively weak, lacking clear supervision awareness and effective supervision methods. On the basis of clarifying the contents of PGIB supervision, this paper establishes an evaluation index system for the compliance of PGIB from the government supervision perspective, involving four dimensions and 14 secondary indicators. Furthermore, a hybrid evaluation model based on the combined decision-making trial and evaluation laboratory method (DEMATEL-ANP), analytical network process method, and vague set is proposed. The results reveal that the control over cost and efficiency of the PGIB in China is not enough. According to the results, this paper puts forward the indicators that close attention should be paid to and the work priorities in China’s supervision of PGIB, which has certain practical value for the implementation of new power system reform and the sustainable development of Chinese power industry.

China Coal Industry and Sustainable Development

2012 ◽  
Vol 512-515 ◽  
pp. 1568-1573
Author(s):  
Fei Zhang ◽  
Yan Bing Wang
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Circular Economy ◽  
Coal Industry ◽  
Scientific Model ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Existing Problems ◽  
Low Efficiency ◽  
Chinese Coal ◽  
Coal Enterprises ◽  
Mode Of Production

At the beginning of the new century, China’s economic growth accelerated. The demand of coal as a basic energy is keeping increase [1]. With the progress of the mining technology, changed the past low efficiency, backward mode of production, but there are still many adverse factors that restrict to the sustainable development of coal industry in China [2]. Through detailed analysis of the current situation of China coal industry, find out existing problems of Chinese coal industry sustainable development, and using the basic principle [3], to find suitable to Chinese coal industry sustainable development scientific proposition -- Circular Economy [4], using circular economy this scientific model to guide Chinese coal enterprises transformation and development, making Chinese coal enterprises realize sustainable development.

Application of Green Construction in a Project in Huangshi

2013 ◽  
Vol 368-370 ◽  
pp. 1143-1147
Author(s):  
Hao Wang ◽  
Hong Tang
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Energy Saving ◽  
Environmental Protection ◽  
Construction Industry ◽  
Water Saving ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Green Construction ◽  
Land Saving ◽  
Technical Measures ◽  
Material Saving

Green and Pollution-Free is Widely Advocated as a New Trend in the Construction Industry Nowadays. the Key Measures for this Technology are Energy Saving, Material Saving, Water Saving, Land Saving, as well as Protecting the Environment during Construction. Green Construction is a Concrete Manifestation of the Concept of Sustainable Development in the Construction Phase, the Implementation of which is of Great Significance to Promote the Sustainable Development of the Construction Industry. Technical Measures on Green Construction of the Project in Huangshi are Described in Detail. these Measures on Energy-Saving and Environmental Protection will have some Reference on the Promotion of Green Construction.

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