Water pollution footprints induced by industrial import and export in China

作者：Lei Y.^*; Su L.; Zheng M.

来源：Chinese Journal of Population, Resources and Environment, 2018, 16(2): 149-158.

DOI：10.1080/10042857.2018.1471850

• import and export trade
• Industrial products
• pollution footprint

With the rapid development of foreign trade in China, industrial import and export has been an absolute subject in recent years. The huge trade surplus of import and export trade of industrial products brings not only high profits, but also pollution costs as well. Based on the concept of water pollution footprints (WPFs), this study applies the input-output method and calculates pollutant-producing coefficients of 20 major industrial sectors in China and investigates the WPFs caused by the import and export trades of these industrial sectors. The research results show that WPF resulting from exports exceeds that of imports from 2011 to 2015 in China. The net inflow of pollution footprint is mainly from paper mills, printing and stationery manufacturing, and textile industry; whereas a great number of WPFs are transferred to other countries by these sectors, such as metal mining and dressing industry and oil and natural gas exploitation industry.

• 出版日期2018
• 单位华南理工大学