Low-carbon economy, industrial structure and changes in China's development mode based on the data of 1996-2009 in empirical analysis

摘要

It is an inevitable choice for China to change patterns of economic development, speed up industrial restructuring and develop low-carbon economy vigorously in win-win economic development and environmental protection. Based on the relevant time series data of 1996-2009, we establish a linear regression model about how adjustment of industrial structure impacts the carbon dioxide emissions. The empirical result shows that the type of industrial structure directly determine carbon dioxide emissions; the second industry is positively related to carbon emissions; whereas the development of tertiary industry reduces carbon emissions. Therefore, to develop low carbon economy, we must change the economic development mode, speedup industrial restructuring, vigorously promote the tertiary industry.