Provincial Green Development Activities And Performance In China

The industrialization process in China skyrocketed energy consumption and emissions,so China is on a path to cut emissions and find sustainable approach to green economy.Green development has been prioritized almost in all major sectors and this research investigates some factors in measuring the dynamic changes in green development growth index(GDGI).By adopting a non-radial directional distance function(NDDF),and using a global distance envelopment analysis(DEA),model was decomposed into efficiency change(EC),best practice gap change(BPC),and technology gap change(TCG)to measure the green development performances in provinces across China.Data envelopment analysis(DEA)model revealed that provinces in the eastern region are greener than the central and western regions and because energy technology innovation is intertwined with green development,a sustainable future development for China will depend on using energy resources wisely and maximizing energy consumed through a progressive technological advancement.Adopting patents since they are the main product of technology innovation and are also intertwined with R&D investment which helps to boost economic activities that are greatly affected by energy prices,we examined the relationship between these economic variables using three econometric models.In Panel data analysis,the random effect model was consistent and efficient in analyzing energy innovations while the long-run and short-run dynamics of econometric variables were captured by the pooled Fully modified OLS(FMOLS)model and quantile analysis accessed salient features in economic variables with robust estimates.A market oriented reform in energy prices was proposed and existing price reforms should continue in other related energy subsectors.