SUSTAINABILITY STRATEGIES OF CHINA’S ECONOMIC GROWTH MODEL
GHEORGHE H. POPESCU, TEODORA I. BITOIUABSTRACT. From a methodological perspective, our paper contributes to pattern extensions of previous theoretical research inspecting the link among green progress of China’s industrial energy-intensive sectors, the impact of the alteration of economic structure on the emissions and energy utilization in China, and the environmental expenses of the swift economic growth of China. This study builds on a substantial literature of empirical investigations that have confirmed a powerful connection between the macroeconomic and environmental framework of the Chinese economy and China’s endeavors towards energy-related CO2 emissions reduction. We prove that the current magnitude of China’s growth pattern is environmentally unsustainable through the economy’s dependency on coal-fired capacity and heavy-industrial output. pp. 90–96
JEL codes: Q01; Q56; O13; P28
Keywords: sustainability; economic growth; CO2 emissions; energy
How to cite: Popescu, Gheorghe H., and Teodora I. Bitoiu (2016), “Sustainability Strategies of China’s Economic Growth Model,” Journal of Self-Governance and Management Economics 4(2): 90–96.
Received 17 November 2015 • Received in revised form 10 May 2016
Accepted 12 May 2016 • Available online 13 June 2016
doi:10.22381/JSME4220165