Tracing and Decomposing Carbon Footprint of FDI in Shanghai along National Value Chains:A Study Based on China's Inter-provincial Input-output Database Distinguishing Firm Heterogeneity
Based on the latest research on the interprovincial input-output database distinguishing firm ownership in China,this article traces the carbon footprints of foreign invested enterprises in the domestic value chain in the representative years from 1997 to 2017,and evaluates objectively the level of life-cycle carbon emissions of FDI activities in each province to satisfy the final production.At the national level,the percentage of FDI related carbon footprint of total emissions shows an upward and then downward trend,with the peak occurring in 2007.The domestic value chain carbon embodied emissions of FDI activities in Shanghai show the following characteristics:1)The carbon footprints of foreign-invested firms operating in Shanghai account for a decreasing proportion in the national aggregate,but the overall proportion of the Yangtze River Delta area has increased.2)In the process of Shanghai's service sector gradually taking the absolute lead role in GDP,the carbon footprints of foreign investment also show a shift from high-carbon industries such as chemicals and metallurgy,to advanced manufacturing industries such as mechanical and electrical equipment and high-end equipment,and then to modern service sectors like business and information services.3)The main carbon footprint source of Shanghai's foreign investment has shifted from provinces focusing on energy intensive and heavy or chemical provinces to the Yangtze River Delta area as well as the central and eastern provinces with developed industries and logistics.The above results highlights the urgency of establishing a carbon footprint database and enhancing the low-carbon governance of the service sector.It is also suggested that when defining regional carbon emission responsibilities of promoting the dual-carbon goals,the division of labor in the domestic value chain should be fully considered,and the impact of the cross-provincial supply chain of foreign-invested enterprises should be emphasized.
FDICarbon FootprintNational Value ChainRegional Input-output Table with Differentiated Ownerships
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