Study On The Circular Economy Developing Model In Zhangye City

Due to the fast and continuous development of modern society, overexploitation and pollution have become two major problems. It is important to find a way to promote sustainable development and to find a balance between economic development, resource exploitation and environmental protection to resolve these problems.As a kind of new economy development mode, the circular economy emphasizes the clean production and multistage-circulation use of wastes. It saves the resources and reduces the pollution through an echelon and closed circle of matter and energy circulation. It is gradually practiced an effective way to realize economic, environmental and social benefits. Although, the circular economy is a newly-developed model, to some extent it is also influenced by traditional economic development methods.Since the reform and opening-up, the development of Zhangye which is the underdeveloped areas in the west of China has obtained remarkable achievement. But the production still focuses on the way of backwardness, extensiveness and resources-consumption, which restricts the sustainable development of Zhangye. And developing circular economy can become the inherent demand and efficient carrier of sustainable development in Zhangye. The current thesis, using circular economy theories, chose the city of Zhangye as the research example to find and to analyze deeply the development of circular economy. The contents of the thesis are as follows:PartⅠ:research background, research significance, research methods and research ideas.PartⅡ:introduction of Circular Economy, providing theoretical support for the following parts.PartⅢ&Ⅳ:through qualitative and quantitative analysis methods, analyze the characteristics of the social and economic society of Zhangye. Based on material metabolism analysis method, find out the contradictions between the excess-developed society and the limited-existence resources. As a result, find the breakout and conclusion points.PartⅤ,Ⅵ&Ⅶ:building a framework for the development of circular economy in Zhangye. Analyze models and methods of circular economy used in agriculture, industry and service segments. In order to promote circular economy development in Zhangye, giving some suggestions on leadership management, preferential policies and creative organizations.