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High energy production is the global requirement that is the demand of high economic growth in the country and needs regulators and recent researchers’ emphasis. Therefore, the current study examines the impact of economic factors such as gross domestic product (GDP), national income, employment rate, foreign direct investment (FDI), and inflation and technological advancement on energy production in China. The present article has used the secondary data extracted from World Development Indicators (WDIs) from 1976 to 2020. The present research has employed the nonlinear autoregressive distributed lagged (NARDL) model to explore the association among the understudy constricts. The findings revealed that all the economic factors such as GDP, national income, employment rate, FDI, inflation, and technological advancement have a significant and positive association with energy production in China. This article guides the relevant authorities and policymakers in developing and implementing the policies related to generating high energy production using foremost economic factors.
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Hsu, CC., Chien, F. The impact of high economic growth and technology advancement on extensive energy production in China: evidence using NARDL model. Environ Sci Pollut Res 30, 1656–1671 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-022-22205-7
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