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The transfer mechanism of pollution industry in China under multi-factor combination model—based on the perspective of industry, location, and environment

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With the development of industry transfer, the increasing attention of all government levels has been paid to the sustainable development of ecological environment. To highlight the effect of environmental factors on pollution industry transfer, a triangle model with various combination scenarios of industry, location, and environmental factors is adopted to empirically study the transfer mechanism of China’s pollution industry according to the panel data of 30 provinces from 2000 to 2018. The obtained results indicate that (1) industrial advantage is the primary factor of improving the transfer of pollution industry in China; especially, the significance of location and environmental indicators is significantly lower than that of industrial indicators. (2) With the increasing promotion of regional coordination strategy and ecological civilization construction, the attraction of location factors to industry transfer is decreasing, and the inhibition of environmental factors to pollution industry is increasing. (3) In addition, it is worth noting that China’s pollution industry has not been in “innovation highland” but “environmental depression,” which indicates that the phenomenon of “pollution haven hypothesis” is probable in the industry transfer of China. The paper suggests that reasonable industry transfer should be adopted by all government levels to promote industrial transformation and upgrading with considering the environmental capacity.

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The research is supported by National Social Science Fund of China (19BJY086), Social Science Planning Project of Fujian Province (FJ2020B112), Educational Research Project of Young and Middle-aged Teachers in Fujian Province (Social Science, JAS20151).

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  3. Finance and Economics College, Jimei University, Xiamen, 361021, China

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Li, C., Xia, W. & Wang, L. The transfer mechanism of pollution industry in China under multi-factor combination model—based on the perspective of industry, location, and environment. Environ Sci Pollut Res 28, 60167–60181 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-021-14643-6

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