Sustainable development trial undertaking: Experience from China's innovation demonstration zones

Zhang, Sheng; Yang, Yifu; Wen, Zuhui; Meng, Ping; Zhou, Yadong; Hao, Jiming

doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.115370

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“…The objective is to explore whether these elements collectively form the capacity to coordinate development and foster green development. The study concludes that technological innovation indeed exhibits a catalytic effect on green development, aligning with prior scholarly findings [17][18][19][20][21][22]. Furthermore, it reveals a pronounced driving effect of technological innovation on green development following the implementation of the National Sustainable Development Agenda Innovation Demonstration Zone policy.…”

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“…Some scholars believe that technological innovation plays a driving role in green development. It can improve factor resource productivity [ 17 ], reduce pollutant emissions [ 18 ], enhance waste treatment [ 19 ], enable more effective secondary recycling of resources [ 20 ], reduce the output of heavily polluting industries [ 21 ] and reduce carbon emissions [ 22 ]. This is achieved by accelerating technology transfer and transformation, where the impact of green technological innovation is more obvious [ 17 ].…”

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Does technological innovation in National Sustainable Development Agenda Innovation Demonstration Zones promote green development?—the case from Chengde City, China

Yuan,

Zhang,

Wang

et al. 2024

PLoS ONE

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The National Sustainable Development Agenda Innovation Demonstration Zones (NSDAIDZs) aim to spearhead green development through scientific and technological innovation, showcasing sustainable development to other regions in China and offering valuable insights for countries worldwide. Taking Chengde City, which is one of the cities in the second batch of NSDAIDZs, as a case study, we examine the quantitative impact of technological innovation on green development. Additionally, it investigates the threshold effect of Research and development investments (R&D investments) on the relationship between technological innovation and green development. The results indicate that: (1) technological innovation has a positive promoting effect on green development, with a 1.01% increase in green development for every one unit increase in technological innovation; (2) The positive effect of technological innovation on green development becomes fully realized only when R&D investments and the upgrading of industrial structure surpass a specific threshold value. We contribute to the existing research on the connection between technological innovation and green development in innovation demonstration zones. It also provides empirical insights to foster a mutually beneficial relationship between R&D investments, industrial structure upgrading, and technological innovation, ultimately maximizing the promoting role of technological innovation in green development.

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Does technological innovation in National Sustainable Development Agenda Innovation Demonstration Zones promote green development?—the case from Chengde City, China

Yuan,

Zhang,

Wang

et al. 2024

PLoS ONE

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“…According to several studies, the carbon emissions of China's construction industry account for more than half of the country's carbon emissions. Achieving 'carbon neutrality' by 2030 is arduous, and it is significant for China to realize its commitment to the world's 'double carbon' [5]. In 2020, the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development and seven other departments jointly implemented the 'Green Building Creation Action Plan', which proposes accelerating the green transformation of the construction industry and promoting the use of green buildings.…”

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A Study on the High-Quality Development Path and Implementation Countermeasures of China’s Construction Industry toward the Carbon Peaking and Carbon Neutralization Goals

Li,

2024

Sustainability

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Proving the quality and efficiency of energy conservation and emission reduction in the construction industry and providing high-quality products and services are important forces in achieving the goal of ‘double carbon’. They play a crucial role in the sustainable development of human society and nature and are the typical embodiment of the high-quality development of Chinese modernization. This paper analyzes the proportion and importance of China’s construction industry policy system, spatial characteristics, energy consumption, and carbon dioxide emissions in achieving the ‘double carbon’ goal. The life cycle assessment (LCIA) method identifies that the materialization, operation, and use stages are the key stages of the whole process and the influencing factors of energy consumption and carbon emissions. Using the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) method, this paper explores and creates China’s construction industry’s ‘1 + 5 + N’ high-quality development index system by proposing four stages: top-level design period, deep development period, consolidation achievement period, and summary planning period. These stages aim to facilitate quality improvement, efficiency enhancement, innovation drive, and whole life cycle sustainability. This system’s principles are ‘systematic planning, one type of one policy, collaborative efforts, safety, and economy’. The proposed system aims to enhance the policy and standard system, strengthen the implementation of policy tools, increase the investment and application of energy-saving and efficiency-increasing technologies, improve the development of energy consumption and carbon emission monitoring systems and platforms, reinforce green finance, standardize information disclosure, accelerate the renovation of outdated infrastructure, and intensify efforts to promote and guide green consumption, lifestyles, and production methods.

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“…On the other hand, the SD model can influence innovation. SD goals can attract national, regional, and firm-independent innovations based on demand [25][26][27][28]. Yuan and Zhang demonstrated a significant positive relationship between industrial SD and STI using the sys-GMM method [29].…”

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Research on the Dynamic Coupling and Coordination of Science and Technology Innovation and Sustainable Development in Anhui Province

Sun

Wang

2023

Sustainability

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The coupling of and coordination between science and technology innovation (STI) and sustainable development (SD) is a basic requirement for Anhui Province’s economic high-quality development. According to panel data of 16 prefecture-level cities in Anhui Province from 2010 to 2021, the entropy method was applied to quantify the comprehensive development level of the two systems. The models of coupling coordination degree, grey GM (1, 1), and ARIMA prediction were constructed to analyze the spatiotemporal dynamic evolution features of the two systems’ coupling coordination. In the time series, the two systems’ comprehensive development showed a steady increase, a high level of coupling, and an increasing overall trend of coupling coordination. Moreover, the two systems’ coupling and coordination levels show the gradient spatial differentiation characteristics of “central > east > west.” The prediction shows that the two systems’ coupling coordination degree exhibits a monotonic increasing trend and reaches the optimal coupling coordination state around 2030. This study provides a decision-making reference for the implementation of the innovation-driven development strategy of Anhui Province.

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Sustainable development trial undertaking: Experience from China's innovation demonstration zones

Cited by 14 publications

References 35 publications

Does technological innovation in National Sustainable Development Agenda Innovation Demonstration Zones promote green development?—the case from Chengde City, China

Does technological innovation in National Sustainable Development Agenda Innovation Demonstration Zones promote green development?—the case from Chengde City, China

A Study on the High-Quality Development Path and Implementation Countermeasures of China’s Construction Industry toward the Carbon Peaking and Carbon Neutralization Goals

Research on the Dynamic Coupling and Coordination of Science and Technology Innovation and Sustainable Development in Anhui Province

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