Guizhou Energy And Economic Development Research

This doctorate dissertation, "Research on the Development of Energy Economy in Guizhou" , focuses on the energy economic development which is of great strategic significance in the comprehensive development of Guizhou province. The project, based on the dissertation, is supported by National Philosophy and Social Sciences Fund (Project No. 04xjy001).Energy is the materialistic foundation of the progress and development of human society and also the productive factor affecting the economic growth. Energy is a global and strategic issue in the 21st century as well as a critical and fundamental factor related to the development of provinces, the basic components of the State economy. With rich energy resources, Guizhou is an important energy base. However, Guizhou is still an underdeveloped inland province where the development of industry lags behind the others. The exploration of energy pushes the new-type industrialization. Thus the energy industry should become the dominant pillar. The energy economy will greatly influence the provincial economic and social development. On one hand, the rich energy resources bring up new opportunities for Guizhou to develop its economy. On the other hand, the traditional energy-developing model can not meet the demand of new-type industrialization. Therefore, the sustainable development of energy economy is the inevitable choice. In addition, the way of increasing economy, based on the sacrificing of environment and the excessive consumption of resources, is bound to destroy and damage the energy resources, which can not satisfy and adapt to the demand of the economic development.Therefore, by constructing the concept of scientific sustainable development and finding out the general thoughts of developing energy economy in Guizhou, we should try to build Guizhou into a giant energy province and an important energy base in southern China, through which, the potential energy advantage in Guizhou province can be transformed into actual economic advantage. We should also build energy industry into the pillar one so as to promote the coordinated and sustainable development of the economy and society in Guizhou province. It is necessary and practical and of great significance to carry out research on the field mentioned above.Based on the needs of research, this dissertation, focusing on the problems influencing the comprehensive development of energy economy in Guizhou, carries out the research by applying the research methods such as documentary study, the deductive and inductive methods, the empirical and standard analysis, the quantitative and qualitative analysis, and the research tools such as manage, mathematical and applied statistics, macroeconomics and microeconomics, industrial economics and energy economics and etc.The dissertation is divided into four parts. The first part analyses the energy resources and the energy industry in Guizhou. The second part evaluates the development of energy in Guizhou. The third part sets up an energy-demand model and studies its application. The fourth part figures out the countermeasures to develop energy economy sustainably in Guizhou.Results of the research are as following:(1)The energy demand model in Guizhou is set up: According to the relationship between energy and economy in Guizhou, and the dissertation selected and analyzed various energy variables, we finally defined the quantity of energy demand, the gross national product, change of industrial structure and the price of energy , the model of energy demand in Guizhou is set up. This model explains the relationship between energy and the economy scientifically and quantitatively, it also predicts the tendency and direction of the interaction of energy and economy in Guizhou. The model not only provides an evidence to the develop countermeasure of energy economy in Guizhou, but also enriched the content of our country's energy demand model.(2) Correct the energy elasticity coefficient in Guizhou according to the national standard: Having not calculate energy producing (consumption) elasticity coefficient in Guizhou according to the national standard, there is a large difference of the elasticity coefficient, and the data contrast validation is bring low. This thesis has calculated the elasticity producing (consumption) coefficient again according to the national standard, and corrected the energy elasticity coefficient in Guizhou. So this coefficient can be contracted with the country's and every corresponding province' s modulus, and avouched for the precision of the economic quality judgment.(3)The energy evaluation system in Guizhou is set up: The energy evaluation system is not suitable for Guizhou, so this thesis build an index system of energy evaluation in Guizhou which is constitutive of five factor layers and follows the 3-E idea. This system solving the problem of the index system of energy development evaluation in Guizhou, and enriched the energy evaluation system of every province, city and district in our country.(4) The countermeasures of sustainable development of energy in Guizhou is mapped out: Focusing on the problem in the development of energy economy in Guizhou, this dissertation, from aspects of exploring and planning energy, constructing energy base, developing energy recycling economy and energy science and technology advancement, put forward countermeasures to develop energy economy in Guizhou.