Research on the Coupling and Coordination Relationship between Green Technology Innovation and Ecological Protection in Nine Provinces(Autonomous Regions)along the Yellow River
The coordinated development of green technology innovation and ecological protection is an important driving force for China to achieve high-quality development.This paper selects data from 9 provinces(autonomous regions)along the Yellow River from 2003 to 2021,and employs the coupling coordination degree model,coupling coordination relative development degree,spatial autocorrelation analysis,and standard deviation ellipse method to study the coupling coordination relationship between green technology innovation and ecological protection in the 9 provinces(autonomous regions)along the Yellow River.The results show that the overall levels of green technology innovation and ecological protection in the 9 provinces(autonomous regions)along the Yellow River was on the rise,but the overall levels are relatively low,and there is a significant difference in the spatial distribution patterns between the two.The coupling coordination levels of the 9 provinces(autonomous regions)along the Yellow River have under-gone minor changes during the research period,with notable spatial differentiation characteristics.Downstream prov-inces are at the middle-to-high coupling coordination levels,while midstream and upstream provinces are at the ex-tremely imbalance levels.The types of coupling and coordinated development of green technology innovation and eco-logical protection in each province(autonomous region)are basically in a lagging development stage,with no signifi-cant change during the research period.The coupling coordination relationship between green technology innovation and ecological protection in 9 provinces(autonomous regions)along the Yellow River has a significant positive spatial correlation.The coupling coordination degree has increased rapidly in upstream and downstream regions,and the de-velopment gap between regions is gradually narrowing.Therefore,downstream provinces should increase their support for green technology innovation and improve resource utilization efficiency;upstream and midstream provinces should promote industrial structure transformation and upgrading,leverage the role of government macroeconomic regulation to promote coordinated development of green technology innovation and ecological protection in the 9 provinces(autono-mous regions)along the Yellow River.
green technology innovationecological protectioncoupling coordination modelnine provinces(autonomous regions)along the Yellow River