tailieunhanh - Energy and Environmental Problems behind China’s High Economic Growth – A Comprehensive Study of Medium- and Long-term Problems, Measures and International Cooperation

During the past two decades, China’s GDP has increased by times. This achievement, however, has given rise to problems of net energy imports, environmental pollution and ecological destruction at home, cross-border pollution, and mounting carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. Looking at the future, the Chinese government set up a target of quadrupling the size of its GDP in 2000 by the year 2020. However, it is possible that this target may have the effect of worsening the issues of energy security, domestic and regional environment, and global warming, which already are giving cause. | IEEJ March 2003 Energy and Environmental Problems behind China s High Economic Growth - A Comprehensive Study of Medium- and Long-term Problems Measures and International Cooperation Li ZhiDong Visiting Fellow The Institute of Energy Economics Japan Associate Professor Department of Management and Information System Nagaoka University of Technology Topics of Concern and Aims of Research During the past two decades China s GDP has increased by times. This achievement however has given rise to problems of net energy imports environmental pollution and ecological destruction at home cross-border pollution and mounting carbon dioxide CO2 emissions. Looking at the future the Chinese government set up a target of quadrupling the size of its GDP in 2000 by the year 2020. However it is possible that this target may have the effect of worsening the issues of energy security domestic and regional environment and global warming which already are giving cause for concern. This study is designed to clarify the present shape of energy-related and environmental problems lurking behind China s high growth and then to assess what self-help domestic efforts and international cooperation will be necessary in order to minimize the impacts of these problems. Major Conclusions 1. Headlong slide to becoming a major net energy importer and worsening environmental problems Along with surging energy consumption energy security issues to which little attention was paid for three decades and a few years have become conspicuous. The domestic environment has deteriorated rapidly with some 70 of urban population exposed to air pollution 70 of seven major water systems heavily polluted over 400 cities short of water and 3 400 km1 2 equivalent to Japan s Tottori Prefecture turning into desert every year. Cross-border pollution notably acid rain and sandstorms have reached the Korean Peninsula and Japan. Global environmental problems China is the world s second-largest CO2 producer after the .

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