Adjustment of environmental assessment system and transformation of economic growth pattern in China
The relationship between economic growth and environmental pollution is one of the most direct manifestations of economic growth pattern.This paper first analyzes the relationship between urban economic growth rate and enterprise sulfur dioxide emissions,and finds that there is a fundamental change in the middle of 2005:Before 2005,the two are highly positive;Since 2005,the correlation has weakened significantly.The mechanism analysis shows that the direct cause of this change is that with the increase of economic growth rate in 2005 and later,enterprises use more clean energy instead of dirty energy;The deeper reason is that before 2005,local officials tended to relax environmental regulations to promote economic growth,while in 2005 and later,this motivation was inhibited by the adjustment of the environmental assessment system for officials.Further analysis shows that the cities with different ratios of heavy polluting industries choose different"clean"growth strategies.The analysis of this paper shows that the adjustment of environmental assessment system in 2005 has caused a fundamental change in China's economic growth pattern.
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