China’s Transition to Green Development: Process, Challenges and Responsive Measures

Abstract

Since the reform and opening up, China has made unremitting explorations of a transition to green development and promoted economic development to get rid of dependence on high consumption, high emissions and environmental damage, and shift to a green development mode that can help in the mutual promotion between economic growth and resource conservation, emission reduction and environmental improvement. This paper elaborates China’s progress and challenges in its transition to green development and provides responsive measures for future green transformation with Chinese characteristics.