The Onus on Coal Consumption and the ‘Beautiful China Initiative’: Economic and Policy Implications

IF 0.5 Q3 AREA STUDIES

中国报道 Pub Date : 2023-08-25 DOI:10.1177/00094455231188105

Daniel Rajmil, Lucía Morales, B. Andréosso‐O'callaghan

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Abstract

China’s need for rapid economic growth and its hunger for natural resources significantly challenge its economic and policy vision of sustainability, social stability and economic development. The ‘Beautiful China Initiative’ plans to put China on the path of sustainable development in line with the United Nations’ 2030 Agenda and its Sustainable Development GoaSls. The Chinese authorities are expected to reconsider traditional economic policy models to integrate environmental protection while ensuring that their economy proliferates. The shift from a traditional and heavy coal-dependent economy towards greener energy and a sustainable economic model brings additional challenges to China due to its historical dependence on coal as its energy engine. This research paper examines causality patterns between economic growth and fossil fuels energy consumption by analysing coal consumption and carbon dioxide emissions policies using Pesaran’s autoregressive distributed lag model. The research findings offer insights into China’s challenges to transition towards a more sustainable economic model, making the country’s ‘Beautiful China Initiative’ quite complex as it needs to navigate through high levels of environment-friendly economic growth whilst trying to avoid the middle-income trap.

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煤炭消费责任与“美丽中国”:经济与政策启示

中国对经济快速增长的需求和对自然资源的渴求极大地挑战了其可持续发展、社会稳定和经济发展的经济和政策愿景。“美丽中国”倡议旨在根据联合国2030年议程及其可持续发展目标，推动中国走上可持续发展道路。预计中国当局将重新考虑传统的经济政策模式，在确保经济增长的同时，将环境保护纳入其中。从传统的严重依赖煤炭的经济向绿色能源和可持续经济模式的转变给中国带来了额外的挑战，因为中国历史上一直依赖煤炭作为其能源引擎。本文利用Pesaran的自回归分布滞后模型分析煤炭消费和二氧化碳排放政策，探讨经济增长与化石燃料能源消费之间的因果关系。研究结果为中国向更可持续的经济模式转型所面临的挑战提供了见解，使中国的“美丽中国计划”变得相当复杂，因为它需要在高水平的环境友好型经济增长中导航，同时努力避免中等收入陷阱。

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期刊介绍： China Report promotes the free expression and discussion of different ideas, approaches and viewpoints which assist a better understanding of China and its East Asian neighbours. A quarterly journal of the Institute of Chinese Studies, it attempts to provide a fresh approach which goes beyond the strictly utilitarian area studies without becoming antiquarian. Launched in 1964, China Report has, over the years, widened its interests and aims and transformed itself into a scholarly journal that seeks a better understanding of China and its East Asian neighbours - particularly their cultures, their development and their relations with China. It is an indispensable source of information on China, its society and culture.