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Government Actions in China’s Green Development

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During the 11th Five-Year Plan period, Chinese government paid great attention to green development and proposed ecological civilization for the first time, focusing on building a resource-conserving and environment-friendly society as a way to accelerate the transformation of the pattern of economic development.

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Jin, S., Zhou, J., Yang, F. (2012). Government Actions in China’s Green Development. 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_12

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