THE DYNAMICS OF DEVELOPMENT AND POLLUTION IN CHINA
INTRODUCTION After more than thirty years of remarkable economic growth since the policy of reform and opening up adopted in 1978, according to IMF (International Monetary Fund), China became the world”s second largest economy by nominal GDP (Gross Domestic Product) in 2010 and the largest economy by PPP (Purchasing Power Parity) in 2014.The rapid economic growth is accompanied ballooning energy consumption.In 2007, China became the world”s largest emitter of greenhouse gases, surpassing the United States.According to the estimate by Liu (2015), China”s carbon emissions in2012 were almost equivalent to the carbon emissions from both the United States and the European Union combined (Liu, 2015).In short, China made tremendous efforts to promote economic growth, industrialization, urbanization and globalization while suffering from a wide variety of environmental problems.It”s widely recognized that China”s environmental problems are among the most severe of any major country, and are mostly getting worse (Liuand Diamond, 2005;Bao, 2004;Bao et al.2012;Chen et al.2011).6The pressing environmental challenges are not only causing serious economic losses and social conflicts within China, but also spilling over into other surrounding countries (Li et al.2013;Zhu et al.2014).
Jianmei Hao
Department of Sociology, Huazhong Formal University
国内会议
2016全球治理·东湖论坛暨“绿色发展与全球治理”国际研讨会
武汉
英文
45-96
2016-11-12（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）