Journal of Environmental Protection

Volume 7, Issue 11 (October 2016)

ISSN Print: 2152-2197   ISSN Online: 2152-2219

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Relationship between the Environment and Economic Growth in China via Exports: A Perspective of Ecological Impact (2000-2014)

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DOI: 10.4236/jep.2016.711136    2,429 Downloads   4,012 Views  Citations

ABSTRACT

China’s swift and substantial economic growth over the past 20 years has made the country one of the top industrial powers in the world, second only the United States. From the perspective of ecology and the impact on the environment produced by economic and industrial growth, the exports that have driven rapid growth have also resulted in an alarming level of environmental pollution in major Chinese cities. Research has shown that the Chinese government’s investment in bringing down pollution levels has been insufficient and ineffective. The monetary amount allocated for pollution reduction has barely reached 0.15% of the country’s GDP and has failed to meaningfully reverse the effects of industrialization, including increased exports and economic growth rates affecting China’s ecology. The present study investigated China’s ecological situation in terms of the industrial production that has generated its level of exports, with special focus on problems related to water, air, and solid waste. An econometric analysis was conducted to determine the relationship between the main variables. The exports and GDP (dependent variable), air pollution, water pollution, and industrial solid waste (independent variables) were provided by the Institute of Statistics and the Environment Institute of China for this study. The data was managed in Econometric Eviews 7.0 software and yielded an adjusted R2 of 96.09% (high correlation) with an interesting correlation between the exports and three independent variables; after subsequent variable analysis, we found that investments in water and industrial solid waste were not significant (i.e., that said investments have failed to solve the pollution problem). It is necessary to review the Chinese investment policy with special attention to these variables to appropriately respond to China’s ecological crisis.

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Valadez, G. and Hu, J. (2016) Relationship between the Environment and Economic Growth in China via Exports: A Perspective of Ecological Impact (2000-2014). Journal of Environmental Protection, 7, 1670-1692. doi: 10.4236/jep.2016.711136.

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