Journal
JOURNAL OF CHINESE GOVERNANCE
Volume 6, Issue 3, Pages 435-455Publisher
ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/23812346.2021.1888472
Keywords
Yangtze River economic belt; environmental performance; industrial structure optimization
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Funding
- Chongqing Federation of Social Sciences [2019WT42]
- Jiangxi Qianren Program [jxsq2018102126]
- Natural Science Foundation of China [41971166]
- Development Research Center of Chongqing Municipal Government
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The optimization of industrial structure in the Yangtze River Economic Belt significantly impacts environmental performance, with different regions showing varying effects on ecological performance based on their industrial structure development methods.
Based on the panel data of eleven provinces and cities in the Yangtze River Economic Belt of China from 2008 to 2018, both the optimization index of the industrial structure and environmental performance indexes are calculated. Then, the impact of industrial structure optimization on the improvement of ecological environmental performance was investigated by applying the static panel model and threshold model. The results show that the optimization of the industrial structure of the Yangtze River Economic Belt has a significant role in promoting the improvement of environmental performance in general. Still, the rationalization of the industrial structure has a single threshold effect. The upgrading of regional industrial structure in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River and the rationalization of regional industrial structure in the Yangtze River's upper reaches are more conducive to improving ecological environment performance. Therefore, in the transformation and upgrading of the industrial structure of the Yangtze River Economic Belt, the downstream region should strengthen scientific and technological innovation, strive to break through the core and critical technologies, and mainly build clean and efficient green service industries.
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