Study On Theory And Practice Of Green Transition Of Resource-based Region

With the international financial crisis, global climate warming and ecological andenvironment pressure, the governments from different countries all explore the sustainabledevelopment mode actively. Green economy, low-carbon economy, inclusive growth andsustainable development become the international consensus and national strategy. China isthe first country to propose and implement the strategy of sustainable development. Since thetwenty-first Century, guided by the scientific outlook on development, aimed as building theharmonious society, a series of concept and index including circular economy, low-carboneconomy, green development have been adopted in the national development strategy andplanning.Resource-based regions, which are dominated by resource exploitation and primaryprocessing, have several problems, including singleness of industrial structure, crowding-outof technical innovation and human capital, extensive economic growth, resource depletionand damage of ecological environment. How to crack development problems ofresource-based regions, jump out of trap of resource superiority, achieve sustainabledevelopment, and is a big problem for resource-based regions; how to develop low-carboneconomy and green economy is also an important mission for resource-based regions. Thisstudy combines the resource-based economy with green development, through the greentransition, to transform the resource-based regions from the traditional resource-depend, and"black" development mode into the ideal, innovation-driven, and "green" development mode,to achieve the win-win of economic development and ecological environment protection.That has important theoretical value and practical significance to improve resource-basedregional sustainable development theory, guide resource-based regional transition and "green"development.This study uses the basic theory or methods including Economics, SustainableDevelopment, Empirical Analysis, Case Studies and Quantitative Economics analysis, toanalyze the green transition of the resource-based regional and its research progress based.Firstly, the study try to build the theoretical framework on green transition of theresource-based regions, and then uses the theoretical framework to theoretical and empiricalanalyze the industry transition of the resource-based regions, green transition of the economicgrowing modes, science and technology innovation and green fusion, green leading ofinstitutional innovation. In the empirical analysis, Shanxi Province, as a typical case orprovinces of resource-based economy, is analyzed from the provincial or case sides. Main work and basic viewpoints are as follows:Firstly, This study try to build the basic theoretical framework of the green transition inresource-based, the core content including industrial transition and the transformation ofeconomic growth mode, the driving force is technology innovation, the indemnification isinstitutional innovation, and defined by mathematical model the green transformationconnotation and the dual goals of economic development and ecological environment. Thegreen transition mode is a gradual approach from the development mode of traditional"black" model to the ideal "green", takes the evolutionary path of the "optimization" ratherthan "merit". The green transition of resource-based regional phasing, according to theindustrial tradition, ecological restoration, resource utilization patterns change, integration ofscientific and technological innovation to establish the index system, and divided the stage ofgreen tradition are Initial stages, Enhancement stages, Maturity stages, experienced "darkbrown","brown-green","light green", and finally steps into the "green" stage ofdevelopment.Secondly, by using the Path-Dependence theory, this study explains locking andunlocking mechanism of the resources-based industry. Based on new institutional economicsand the introduction of Path-Dependence analysis framework, this study explores thetransformation mode and path of resource industry from the path dependence to the pathcreating; proclaims the existence of the Path-Dependence from the initial conditions, theself-improvement mechanism and locking effect of the resource-based regions; carrying outthe path creation through the industrial diversification mode of the industrial upgrading,industry extending, industrial convergence, industrial supporting and industrial implantation.Taking Shanxi province as an example, this study analyses the formation conditions of the“black” industrial path, the strengthen effect and locking performance of the resourcedependence. Besides, this study points out clearly that path dependence of the resourcesindustry is essentially the product of resource dependence and then measures the actualcondition of path dependence about the resources-based industry in Shanxi by constructing"resource dependence index".Thirdly, the study researches the difficulty and its solution of ecological rehabilitationand intensive utilization of resource in the resource region. Using the theory of InstitutionalEconomics, Environmental and Natural Resource economics, this study illustrates the causesof eco-environmental problems based on benefit driving and technology crowding-out effect,sticky price and industry inertance, externality and environmental cumulative effects,functional alterative and economic development effect. Through the reform of mathematicalanalysis of regional sustainable development and joining the exhaustible resources andenvironmental factors, it draws the conclusion that capacity for the sustainable development of ecological environment is closely related to regeneration rate of the environmentalresources, loss and conversion rate of the exhaustible resources, utilization rate of theenvironmental resources and consumption level of the environmental resources. In order toachieve the regional resource sustainable development of ecological environment, this studyinitiates to build the preventive mechanism of green mining and resource exploitation,mechanism of intensive utilization of resources, and mechanism of ecological environmentcompensation and ecological restoration.Fourthly, based on two points from supply and demand, the study analyzes thecrowding-out effect of technical innovation and mechanism of convergence in resource-basedregions. The study analyzes crowding-out effect of technical innovation from supply anddemand points, high revenue of resource industries leads to the decline of anticipativerevenue of technical innovation, thus, the supply of technical innovation is insufficient;“resource curse” and “de-industrialization” phenomenon leads to demand inadequacy oftechnical innovation, and restricts the development of technical innovation. In the mechanismof green convergence of technical innovation, supply of investment from government andenterprises is needed, more importantly, green technical innovation needs to be oriented in theindustrial transition, change of resource use pattern, and governance of ecologicalenvironment, it is beneficial to the increase of demand of technical innovation. Theconvergence of technical innovation from supply and demand, would promote the greeninnovation capability of resource-based regions.At last, the institutions and countermeasures of green transition in resource-basedregions are analyses. The institutions and countermeasures are focused on green industrialinstitutions, ecological environmental institutions, green technological institutions, greenfinancial institutions, green public financial institutions, and green appraisal institutions.