Study on the Factors Affecting China's Green Transformation

Abstract

This study assessed the degree of green transformation in Chinese cities and its affecting variables using panel data from 2011 to 2020. According to the study's findings, urban green transformation is generally improving in Chinese cities; its primary influencing factors are innovation and entrepreneurial vitality, science and innovation investment intensity, economic development level, and advanced industrial structure; the relationship between advanced industrial structure and green transformation level is an inverted "U" shape, and the relationship between advanced industrial structure and green transformation level is an inverse "U." An inverted "U" shape represents the link between advanced industrial structure and the degree of the green transformation, while a "M" shape represents the relationship between the intensity of research and innovation investment and the level of the green transformation. Finally, pertinent recommendations are made in light of the findings above.