How China's digital technology development affects the environmental costs related to global value chains? Evidence from regional manufacturing sectors

Zhang, Tianding; Wei, Lixia; Li, Jingwen

doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.163978

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“…Chen et al [47] achieved a similar conclusion. Zhang et al [48] indicated the effect of digital technology development on reducing domestic embodied carbon intensity by analyzing the panel data of regions in China. Similarly, Lyu et al [49] pointed out that digital transformation had significant promotion on the development of low-carbon technology.…”

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The Development Status of the Manufacturing Industry and the Impact of Digital Characteristics from the Perspective of Innovation

Wang,

Gu,

Hong

2024

Sustainability

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From the perspective of innovation of manufacturing links, this paper conducted research on the current situation of manufacturing development and the relationship between regional economy development and digital transformation, aiming to offer suggestions and reference for relevant policy making. Firstly, taking the INCOPAT patent database as the data source, a quantitative analysis was conducted on the patent data of five key links in the manufacturing industry, which obtained the current situation and digital characteristics of the manufacturing industry development from the perspective of link innovation. Then, based on the relevant economic panel data of regions in China, coupling coordination analysis was conducted to investigate the current characteristics of digital transformation of the five links and the coordinated development of the regional economy from 2017 to 2021. The development level and characteristic relations of 31 provinces or cities in these two systems were analyzed. On the whole, the coordinated development level of the two systems in China is steadily rising but varies among different regions, that is, economically developed regions tend to have better digital transformation development. In general, manufacturing digital transformation in China highly relates to regional economy development. Moreover, the development speed of the two systems tends to be stable from 2017 to 2021. The regions with different coordinated development types should formulate corresponding policies to accelerate manufacturing digital transformation and regional economy development.

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The Development Status of the Manufacturing Industry and the Impact of Digital Characteristics from the Perspective of Innovation

Wang,

Gu,

Hong

2024

Sustainability

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“…As digital technology progresses, the ability of host countries to make use of advanced technologies is enhanced, and it will result in a declining trend in energy consumption. The deep integration of digital elements with conventional industries can decrease carbon emissions Frontiers in Environmental Science frontiersin.org intensity by facilitating technological innovation, alleviating resource distortion, upgrading industrial structures, and accelerating the accumulation of human capital (Lin and Zhou, 2021;Zhong et al, 2022;Zhang et al, 2023). Based on innovation and signaling theory, participating in GVCs enhances the flow of digital elements, which is beneficial for technology spillovers.…”

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“…It is estimated that approximately a quarter of global carbon emissions are derived from international trade, with a serious asymmetry in environmental costs between developed and developing countries (Peters et al, 2011;Huang and Zhang, 2023). Therefore, participating in GVCs in a more environmentally friendly way is becoming increasingly important, among which improving energy efficiency is regarded as key to balancing steady economic growth and carbon emissions reduction (Sun et al, 2019;Zhang et al, 2023).…”

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The impacts of digital value chain embeddedness on trade-related carbon emissions intensity

Lyu,

Xiang,

Wang

2024

Front. Environ. Sci.

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Objective: Digitalization supported by digital technology presents a potential solution for improving the efficiency of resource utilization. However, the impacts of digitalization on trade-related carbon emissions intensity have not been studied systematically.Methods: Based on panel data of 41 countries and regions over the period 2000–2014, this study examines how different types of digital value chain embeddedness can affect carbon emissions intensity using a semi-parametric partially linear model.Results: Research findings indicate that there is an inverted U-shaped relationship between digital domestic value chain embeddedness and carbon emissions intensity embodied in domestic trade; only when digitalization reaches a threshold of approximately 0.88, does the effects on carbon emissions intensity become negative. In addition, the impacts of digital global value chain embeddedness on carbon emissions intensity embodied in import trade and export trade are recognized as being non-linear; the thresholds of digitalization are approximately 0.1 and 0.3 for import trade and approximately 0.03 and 0.21 for export trade. Although participating in global value chains is conducive to accelerating digital technology diffusion, the actual environmental effects are constrained by a country’s absorptive capacity and high economic system complexity. Compared with developed countries, developing countries lag behind in entering the downward stage of the inverted U-shaped curve, thereby gaining environmental benefits from digital value chain embeddedness. Moreover, in terms of utilizing digital value chain embeddedness to improve energy efficiency, measures include optimizing trade conditions, adjusting energy structure, and increasing trade scale, which can play an active role.Value: This study sheds light on the exploration of the potential of digitalization and the facilitation of economic development in a more environmentally friendly manner.

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“…(3) Green development. From the perspective of macro level, Zhang et al find that the development of digital technologies indirectly reduces domestic embedded carbon intensity by reducing the intensity of energy consumption and increasing the input intensity of foreign services [20]. From the perspective of micro level, Yuan & Pan find that digital technology applications can effectively promote green innovation in firms and that the green innovation effect of digital technology applications is stronger in state-owned enterprises and firms in highly competitive industries [21].…”

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Digital Technology and Green Total Factor Productivity

Li,

Sun,

Rao

2023

Pol. J. Environ. Stud.

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Along with the rapid development of digital economy and the urgency of green development, more studies focus on the relationship between digital economy and green development. However, the existing research focuses on the impact of digital economy on green total factor productivity, ignoring digital technology, which is a key technology for improving efficiency to achieve green development.Exploring the impact of digital technologies on green total factor productivity helps to understand the impact of digital economic development on green development from an internal perspective of the digital economy. This paper uses an SBM-GML index to measure regional green total factor productivity based on provincial level data and innovatively constructs digital technology indicators based on microlevel ICT patent data in China. Fixed-effects model is used to study the impact of digital technology on green total factor productivity and moderating model is used to examine the moderating effect of capital accumulation. The results indicate that: (1) At the national level, digital technology is conducive to the improvement of green total factor productivity, and the result passes the robustness test. From a dynamic long-term impact perspective, the effect of digital technology development on green total factor productivity is showing an increasing trend. (2) Digital technology's effect on green total factor productivity is heterogenous. The results of the subregional heterogeneity analysis indicate that the effect is greater in the coastal regions and southern regions. The results of the heterogeneity analysis of the external environment indicate that the effect is greater in regions with smaller economies, regions with lower external economic dependence, and regions with lower government fiscal intervention.(3) Capital accumulation has moderating effect in the process of digital technology affecting green total factor productivity which will inhibit the improvement of digital technology development on green total factor productivity. Based on the conclusions, to better utilize the role of digital technology in promoting green development, it is necessary for the government to build a digital technology exchange platform, promote the balanced development of digital technology, and expand domestic demand to reduce the dependence on capital accumulation.

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How China's digital technology development affects the environmental costs related to global value chains? Evidence from regional manufacturing sectors

Cited by 22 publications

References 72 publications

The Development Status of the Manufacturing Industry and the Impact of Digital Characteristics from the Perspective of Innovation

The Development Status of the Manufacturing Industry and the Impact of Digital Characteristics from the Perspective of Innovation

The impacts of digital value chain embeddedness on trade-related carbon emissions intensity

Digital Technology and Green Total Factor Productivity

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