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Low-carbon society creation and socio-economic structural transition in China

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China is facing the problem of climate change, environment protection and energy security. Therefore, China has to create a low-carbon society to address them. The purpose of this paper is to make a comprehensive and in-depth analysis of China’s reality and transition to a low-carbon society. The research indicates that China’s transition to low-carbon society will inevitably meet many difficulties under the relatively backward situation of China’s socio-economic structure and technologies at the current stage. Therefore, China has to take concrete policies and countermeasures to promote its development gradually. In particular, China has to vigorously promote the innovation of low carbon system, technologies, subsidy and tax, financing and investment to lay groundwork for comprehensive development of low-carbon society.

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This research was funded by a research Grant (10XJY004) from the National Social Science Foundation of China. The author appreciates generous support from the funds. The constructive comments of anonymous reviewers are thankfully acknowledged.

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Dou, X., Cui, H. Low-carbon society creation and socio-economic structural transition in China. Environ Dev Sustain 19, 1577–1599 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-016-9834-3

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