Abstract
The secondary industry has already scored notable achievements since the reform and opening-up in China. However, surging energy prices and worsening environmental quality has brought new challenges to the green growth of the secondary industry. This chapter, based on the features of the secondary industry’s green growth and its existing problems during the 11th Five-Year Plan period, respectively analyzes the differences among provinces and cities, makes predictions on the secondary industry’s green growth during the 12th Five-Year Plan period and probes into its development opportunities and challenges.
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Eastern region includes 10 provinces namely Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, Shandong, Guangdong and Hainan; central region includes 6 provinces namely Shanxi, Anhui, Jiangxi, Henan, Hubei and Hunan; western region includes Inner Mongolia, Guangxi, Chongqing, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Tibet, Shaaxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia and Xinjiang namely 12 provinces; northeastern region refers to Liaoning, Jilin and Heilongjiang, those three provinces. Due to the lack of data in Tibet, Tibet is not included when calculation is conducted. Therefore, the provinces included in comparison add up to 30.
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Municipalities refer to Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai and Chongqing.
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Separate planning cities refer to Shenzhen, Qingdao, Dalian, Ningbo and Xiamen.
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Provincial capitals include Shijiazhuang, Taiyuan, Hohhot, Shenyang, Changchun, Harbin, Nanjing, Hangzhou, Hefei, Fuzhou, Nanchang, Jinan, Zhengzhou, Wuhan, Changsha, Guangzhou, Nanning, Haikou, Chengdu, Guiyang, Kunming, Xi’an, Yinchuan, Lanzhou and Xining.
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Zhang, J., Ma, H., Wang, X. (2012). Green Growth of the Secondary Industry. In: Li, X., Pan, J. (eds) China Green Development Index Report 2011. Current Chinese Economic Report Series. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-31597-8_4
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