A new look at China’s environmental quality: how does environmental sustainability respond to the asymmetrical behavior of the competitive industrial sector?

Caglar, Abdullah Emre; Daştan, Muhammet; Rej, Soumen

doi:10.1080/13504509.2023.2248584

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“…This observation resonates with broader apprehensions surrounding the Asia–Pacific region’s substantial impact on global energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions 78 , 79 . The ensuing discussion underscores the region’s heavy dependence on fossil fuels, particularly coal, accentuating the imperative for an equitable transition towards renewable energy sources as a crucial step toward ensuring environmental sustainability 80 . Furthermore, the results also indicate a significant correlation between both GHGs and GDP growth rate, with a negative association identified for the latter.…”

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Examining public private partnership investment in energy towards achieving sustainable development goal 7 for ASEAN region

Hossin,

Alemzero,

Abudu

et al. 2024

Sci Rep

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The gradual progress in aligning financial flows with the adoption of clean technologies reveals a persistent funding gap, signaling a global misallocation of capital. Addressing this challenge necessitates political leadership and robust policies to counteract the insecurities impeding the redirection of financial flows. This study investigates into the impact of energy-related public–private partnership investments (PPPIE) and macro-environmental variables on the attainment of Sustainable Development Goal 7 (SDG7) across Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member countries from 1999 to 2021. Employing the Dynamac command technique, we conduct autoregressive distribution lag analysis and the Bounds Cointegration Test to evaluate ASEAN’s efforts in achieving SDG7. Results indicate that a ten-year exogenous shock to the GDP growth rate initially causes a temporary decline in both GDP and PPPIE, albeit not statistically significant. However, in the long run, the shock becomes statistically significant, correlating with a negative decline in the GDP growth rate. This underscores the negative impact of external factors like the COVID-19 pandemic on the economic growth of ASEAN member countries. Specifically, a percentage increase in PPPIE leads to an 8.3% reduction in the GDP growth rate, revealing a detrimental and unsustainable impact on the economy. This signifies that energy investments in the ASEAN region, are predominantly unsustainable and adversely impact economic growth. Moreover, these energy investments contribute to a significant 52.6% increase in greenhouse gas emissions, indicating a substantial setback in the region’s progress towards meeting SDG7’s clean energy objectives by 2030. This suggests the present state of PPPIE does not align with sustainable clean energy goals of the region. Therefore, recommendations should include diversifying energy sources and investment strategies to enhance sustainable clean energy. Also, policymakers and researchers should reassess the terms and conditions of PPPIE, refining frameworks for private sector involvement to align with long-term economic sustainability goals.

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Examining public private partnership investment in energy towards achieving sustainable development goal 7 for ASEAN region

Hossin,

Alemzero,

Abudu

et al. 2024

Sci Rep

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“…The Chinese government employs several mechanisms to regulate, monitor, and oversee the collection, access, utilization, exchange, and transfer of data. By doing so, the state aims to achieve a delicate equilibrium between the commercial interests of the entities involved in data collection and management, privacy relating to data providers, and its own data interests (Caglar, Daştan, & Rej, 2024).…”

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The Importance of China's Competition Law in the Management of Data in the Country's Rapidly Developing Digital Economy: Policy Recommendations for Pakistan

Mushtaq,

Baig,

Hassan

et al. 2024

CTLS

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With the expansion of the digital economy and the rising importance of data, organizations are under more regulatory scrutiny over the collection, use, and sharing of data. Antitrust and competition authorities and governments worldwide are now evaluating and deliberating on the applicability and suitability of antitrust and competition laws in addressing data-related issues, notably within the digital economy. Parallel ideas and concerns are also gaining prominence in China. China has not only been enhancing its legislative framework to govern and facilitate state control over data, but it has also significantly strengthened regulatory oversight and control over Internet and technology firms. Competition legislation has prominently featured in China's governmental efforts to suppress the Internet and technology industries. Regulatory competition in the post-industrial digital economy is examined. Regulatory competition is achieved through neo-protectionism, which aims to boost social and economic development and growth by creating new comparative advantages in the digital economy. Innovative, digital, and information Neo-protectionism has emerged as a key aspect of international economic strategy for nations that lead its implementation. This article examines how China's competition laws may regulate Internet and technology companies' data and behavior. By analyzing China's data regulatory structure and competition rules, including political and economic aspects, this is achieved. China's political economy and competition rules consider many interests, aims, and priorities. Concerns that other nations may not associate with competition law may be included. China's macroeconomic monitoring guides competition law enforcement.

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“…In terms of economic growth, issues such as weakening domestic demand, declining investment, aging populations, and decreasing birth rates have increased the downward pressures on economic growth (Huang et al, 2012 [ 38 ]). In terms of ecological environments, China is currently facing some environmental challenges such as air pollution, water contamination, land degradation, and localized ecological destruction (Caglar, et al, 2024 [ 39 ]). Regarding social inclusion, although China’s impoverished population had been completely lifted out of poverty by 2020, there are still significant disparities in income distribution, educational opportunities, health care, and employment among different groups such as between urban and rural areas, across different regions, and between registered urban residents and the floating population (Song et al, 2024 [ 40 ]; Dong et al, 2022 [ 41 ]).…”

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Performance evaluation of inclusive green growth in China: Dynamic evolution, regional differences, and spatial correlation

Xu,

Li,

Xiang

2024

PLoS ONE

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Inclusive green growth is an essential way to achieve sustainable development. We construct an index system for inclusive green growth performance levels (IGGPLs) in Chinese cities and measure the IGGPLs of 271 cities in the Chinese mainland from 2006 to 2020 based on the vertical and horizontal scatter degree method. We employ the Kernel density method, Dagum Gini coefficient method, Moran index method, and Markov chain method to investigate distribution evolution, regional disparities, spatial correlations, and state transition of IGGPLs at the city level, respectively. The research results reveal that: (1) China’s IGGPL has improved rapidly, but regions with lower IGGPLs still predominate. The eastern region is far ahead, followed by the northeastern region, with the western and center regions trailing; (2) The development trends of IGGPLs in the eastern and central regions are positive, with no signs of polarization. Although polarizations are obvious in the western and northeastern but have been improved significantly; (3) Regional differences exist, but are gradually narrowing over time. By decomposing regional differences, we find that regional differences are the main cause of total differences; (4) The IGGPLs of cities have significant spatial correlations, presenting the spatial agglomeration characteristics of “high-high” and “low-low”.

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A new look at China’s environmental quality: how does environmental sustainability respond to the asymmetrical behavior of the competitive industrial sector?

Cited by 34 publications

References 72 publications

Examining public private partnership investment in energy towards achieving sustainable development goal 7 for ASEAN region

Examining public private partnership investment in energy towards achieving sustainable development goal 7 for ASEAN region

The Importance of China's Competition Law in the Management of Data in the Country's Rapidly Developing Digital Economy: Policy Recommendations for Pakistan

Performance evaluation of inclusive green growth in China: Dynamic evolution, regional differences, and spatial correlation

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