Regional Industry Development Study Based On Fossil Energy Footprint

Based on fossil energy footprint and GDP data, this paper mainly studied the relationship between the China’s macro-economic development and fossil energy consumption and the relationship between regional industrial development and fossil energy consumption aiming at achieving the goal of China’s energy-saving and emission reduction through regional industrial structure adjustment and enterprise development. Through Co-integration test and Granger causality test, the article found a long-term stable equilibrium relationship between China’s economic growth and fossil energy footprint from1980to2010, and they affected each other, reinforced each other. Then, using multiple linear regression modeling the paper established a model and identified the industries that pushed China’s fossil energy footprint into changing-----Industry, Transport、Storage and Post and Real Estate, and discussed the development status and problems of these industries in different regions. Using cluster analysis, this paper divided China’s30regions except Tibet, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan into four categories in1995and2010respectively. Via comparative analysis, the article drew a conclusion that the feature of China’s per capita fossil energy footprint changed from no obvious geographical features to a obvious law----the per capita fossil energy footprint in eastern was higher than that in the Midwest, in economically developed areas was higher than that in less developed areas. And gradually over time, the link between per capita fossil energy footprint and economic development was strengthened. Finally, the paper combined the conclusions of the study of industrial and regional analysis, discussed the development status and problems of industry, transportation, storage and postal services in different regions, and gave some comments and suggestions related to regional industrial structure adjustment and enterprises energy conservation and emissions reduction.