Regional Distribution and Pollution of Energy-Intensive Industries in China

GONG Jianjian and SHEN Keting

School of Economics, Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou, China
Abstract: This paper investigates the regional distribution and pollution of energy-intensive industries in China. Through the analysis of provincial panel data collected during

1998-2008, this work estimates the drivers of pollution in 30 of China’s provincial-level divisions1. The paper concludes that while China’s energy-intensive industries are heavily distributed in eastern and central China, the speed of development toward central and western China has, in recent years, risen continuously. Industries located in eastern China do, however, remain the primary polluters in the country. Notably, regional agglomeration of energy-intensive industries plays a positive role in energy conservation and pollution control in China. This paper also finds that patterns of pollution in China follow the environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) with strong inter-provincial discrepancies.

Key words: energy-intensive industry, pollution, regional distribution, industrial agglomeration, environmental Kuznets curve (EKC)

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