Research On Carbon Emission Effect Of China's Trade Openness

Compared with the pre-industrial revolution,the global average temperature rose 1.3 degrees in 2016.And it is closed to the temperature control target in the "Paris Agreement".China is seriously affected by the El Nino phenomenon in 2016,and the climate is obviously abnormal.So the development of low-carbon economy has become an important global issue.Since the reform and opening up,China's foreign trade has made breakthrough progress,while carbon dioxide emissions also has increased substantially.As a result,the contradiction between carbon emissions and trade openness has become increasingly prominent.As well known to us,the adoption of the Paris Agreement marks the end of the zero-cost era for carbon emissions.If the environmental costs are taken into account,the low-cost advantages of China's exports will continue to weaken or even disappear.At last,the contradictions and conflicts between trade liberalization and carbon reduction will be further exacerbated.In the past,the extensive growth pattern has brought great resistance to China's sustainable development.In the context of the current low-carbon economic development,it is extremely important significance to deal with the relationship between trade development and low-carbon transformation,develop the green trade as the core of the"low-carbon economy",and achieve the coordinated development of both sides.Therefore,China urgently needs to establish a low-consumption resource system,adapt energy-saving technologies to minimize the use of resources,improve energy efficiency,accelerate the production of low-carbon and low-emission goods,and ease the contradiction between trade and carbon emissions.This paper estimated carbon dioxide emissions from 30 provinces in China during 2000 to 2014,and used the Global Malmquist-Luenberger index to change carbon dioxide emissions into carbon emissions from per capita GDP changes,structural changes and technological changes.Then,on the basis of the extended STIRPAT model,the panel data models were used to measure and analyze the carbon emission effects of trade liberalization in the three regions of China(the eastern,central and western regions).The author drew the following conclusions:carbon reduction is a long-term process of constraint.While international trade is not the root cause of the increase in carbon emissions,it does raise global carbon emissions.Foreign trade can significantly stimulate economic growth.FDI inflows will boost production efficiency and spur economic growth through spillover effects.Trade openness will accelerate domestic technological progress and improve factor productivity.Trade liberalization can reduce carbon emissions by accelerating the optimization of input-output structures.In terms of different regions,the scale effect,the technical effect and the structural effect are different.In order to protect the environment under the premise,it is necessary to achieve the sustainable development of trade,coordinate the contradictions and conflicts between trade liberalization and carbon emissions,achieve the committed carbon emission reduction targets,and promote green,low-carbon economic development.The author put forward to raise public awareness of environmental protection,establish the concept of low-carbon life,promote "low carbon" technology development,strengthen environmental regulation,improve the environmental protection supervision system,and optimize the energy consumption structure and other rationalization proposals.