Low-carbon Economy- Strategic Choice for China's Sustainable Economic Development

摘要

The paper based on China's current situation, analysts that China's export-oriented economy is facing trade protection, high energy consumption, high resource consumption, environmental damage and a series of ecological problems, which do a great harm to China's sustainable economic growth. Low-carbon economy characterized by low power consumption, low pollution and low emissions will be a breakthrough in China's economic transformation. To develop the low-carbon economy, China's should convert China's economic structure from labor-intensive to technology-intensive from four aspects-energy strategy, institutional arrangements, technological improvements and international cooperation.