低碳时代经济增长与资源约束

ECONOMIC GROWTH AND RESOURCES CONSTRAINTS DURING LOW-CARBON AGE

低碳经济时代的特征是构筑低能耗、低排放为基础的经济发展体系,在资源条件彰显相对有限的状况下,解决低碳时代经济增长与资源约束之间的矛盾成为一个现实的命题。文章首先梳理了国内外经济增长与资源约束的相关研究,指出当前中国经济发展的现实状况是呈现高速增长的势头,但是在中国经济高速增长的背后隐藏着高资源消耗。文章以能源为例,考察了中国经济高增长背后隐藏着的高能耗。作为最大的发展中国家,中国现阶段担负着实现工业化的历史使命,工业化又将导致经济增长对能源的依赖加大。因此,实现资源的高效利用才是经济增长的必然选择,提出低碳时代在资源约束的条件下中国经济增长的路径在于技术创新和资源的优化配置。

The feature of the low-carbon economy is to build up an economic system depending on low-energy consumption and low-carbon emission.Under the circumstance that the resources are comparatively limited,it has become a practical proposition to solve the contradiction between economic growth and resources constraint.Firstly,the paper reviews the relevant domestic and international researches about economic growth and resources constraint.And then it points out that the current economic development in China is growing rapidly at a high consumption of resources.The paper probes into the hidden high energy consumption illustrated from energy.As the largest developing country in the world,China is undertaking the historical mission of completing industrialization in the current stage,while in turn leading to an increasing dependence on energy.Therefore,achieving the high efficiency in the use of resources is a necessary choice.The paper proposes that technical innovation and optimization of resources allocation are the only ways to maintain the economic growth in China under the condition of resources constraint in this low-carbon age.