Transfers of air pollutant emissions embodied in China’s foreign trade based on MRIO model
LI Yong-yuan1,2, ZHANG Wei2, JIANG Hong-qiang2, WANG Feng3, HOU Li-li1, WANG Jin-nan2
1. College of Resource Environment and Tourism, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100048, China;
2. State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Environmental Planning and Policy Simulation, Chinese Academy for Environmental Planning, Beijing 100012, China;
3. State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
Multi-region input-output (MRIO) model with air pollutant inventories including sulfur dioxide (SO2), nitrogen oxides (NOx), inhalable particulate matter (PM10) and non-methane volatile organic compounds (NMVOC) was adopted with the quantitative analysis on transfer of atmospheric pollutant emission embodied in China's trades with other countries in 2012. The results showed that China was the exporter of embodied SO2, NOx, PM10 emissions and the importer of embodied NMVOC emissions. The embodied air pollutantemission caused by the purchase of Chinese goods (such as Electricity, Gas and Water, Heavy Industry and Mining and Quarrying) by the EU, East Asia and the USA, contributed to approximately 70% of China's export-embodied atmospheric pollution emissions. The imported merchandises from Sub-Saharan Africa, Middle East & North Africa, East Asia, Southeast Asia and the EU that embodied 3.1×106t NMVOC emissions consumed by China accounted for 69.2% of China's imports-embodied NMVOC. In order to alleviate the environmental burden brought by cross-border trade, this paper put forward relevant policy recommendations,such as strengthening pollution emissions control of heavy pollution industries, developing green economy and pushing forward global green supply chains, etc.
李永源, 张伟, 蒋洪强, 汪峰, 侯丽丽, 王金南. 基于MRIO模型的中国对外贸易隐含大气污染转移研究[J]. 中国环境科学, 2019, 39(2): 889-896.
LI Yong-yuan, ZHANG Wei, JIANG Hong-qiang, WANG Feng, HOU Li-li, WANG Jin-nan. Transfers of air pollutant emissions embodied in China’s foreign trade based on MRIO model. CHINA ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCECE, 2019, 39(2): 889-896.
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