Research Of China Low-carbon Economic Affecting Factors And Function Path

To reduce the greenhouse gas and achieve the aim that "compared to 2005, CO2 emissions per unit of GDP in the year 2020 will decrease by 40% to 45%", development of low-carbon economy is the only way for the economic transition in china. As a complex system, low-carbon economy involves various fields, including policy,economy,environment,technology,management,etc.Development of low-carbon economy faces many difficulties and challenges, especially for China with a large population in a crucial period of industrialization process now. Different economic development paths and policy orientation have great impact on energy demand and carbon emissions. How to identify barriers to prevent the development of low-carbon economy in China, straighten out the hierarchical relationships among the barriers, and to seek harmonious development path between economy and carbon emissions is the purpose of this thesis.From several fundamental theories, including energy supply, environmental change, sustainable development, circular economy, etc., and taking low-carbon economic research and practice status in China and abroad into account, this paper conducts the following research work on low-carbon economic development path and Scenario analysis in China.(1)Based on Comprehensive study and analysis of domestic and international low-carbon economic research and practice status, the paper has made a discourse not only on the inevitability of low-carbon economy development in China, but also based on the research, study and researched the impact factors of China's low-carbon economic development, summed up 15 most important and significant factors impacting China's low-carbon economic development.(2)It is of important strategic significance for the development of low-carbon economy in China to straighten out the hierarchical relationship among the barriers. This article summarizes 15 barriers which prevent development of low-carbon economy in the whole process, analyzes the interrelationships of the barriers to obtain the five-level ISM-based model for low-carbon economy development in China by application of interpretive structural model, and illustrates that the major affecting factors to prevent low-carbon economic development in China include rough type of economic development, lack of a complete low-carbon policy framework, large population and lack of low-carbon awareness and lack of research personnel or trained manpower in the field of low-carbon. The above conclusion will help to provide scientific basis for decision making on development of low-carbon economy in China.