Research on the Impact of Carbon Trading Pilot Policy on Regional Industrial Structure Upgrading
China's economy has entered the stage of high-quality development.In or-der to achieve the goal of carbon peak carbon neutrality,the carbon trading pilot policy is an important measure for China's economy to achieve low-carbon transfor-mation.Based on the panel data of 30 provinces from 2007 to 2021,this paper em-pirically studies the impact of carbon trading market on the upgrading of regional industrial structure by using the method of multi-time point DID and continuous DID.The results show that:the carbon trading pilot policy can positively affect the upgrading of regional industry,and the increase of carbon price significantly pro-motes the optimization and upgrading of regional industrial structure;through het-erogeneity analysis,it is found that carbon price has a significant promotion effect on the upgrading of regional structure in the eastern and central regions,but the effect is not significant in the western region;through mechanism analysis,it is found that the impact of carbon price on the upgrading of industrial structure can also be indirectly caused by improving the intensity of R&D and there is a certain mediating effect.Based on the above conclusions,this paper puts forward some sug-gestions:First,further promote the construction of the national carbon trading market,and promote the healthy and effective operation of the national and regional carbon trading market.Second,reasonably control the number of carbon quotas,ex-pand the coverage of industries to increase the diversity of subjects,and enrich the market trading products.Third,improve the internal operation mechanism of the carbon market,and improve the quality of market operation.Fourth,strengthen support for emission reduction technologies,enhance the diversification of corporate cooperation,and improve the core competitiveness of enterprises.
Carbon Trading MarketCarbon PriceIndustrial StructureOptimiza-tion and Upgrading