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The development of China faces fundamental challenges during the first half of 21st century, including: (1) the challenge of resources and energy shortage; (2) the challenge of bottleneck of ecological development; (3) the challenge of a series of issues during economic and social development. How to treat the challenges and pressures of ecological environment for China from international point of view will play an important role in China’s integration into the world and strengthening international environmental cooperation.
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Embodied energy or embedded energy is referred to the sum of energy inputs consumed during the whole process of upstream processing, production and transportation.
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Yang, X. (2012). International Challenges Confronted by China’s Environmental Problems. 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_22
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