The Impact of Environmental Regulation, Industrial Structure, and Interaction on the High-Quality Development Efficiency of the Yellow River Basin in China from the Perspective of the Threshold Effect

Abstract

High-quality development efficiency can comprehensively measure the development quality of a region. This study constructed the SE-SBM Model and measured the quality development efficiency of the Yellow River Basin from 2010 to 2019. In panel regression, the periodic effects of industrial structure, environmental regulation, and their interaction terms on the efficiency of high-quality development are analyzed. From the perspective of the threshold effect, we explore the possible threshold of interaction to change the efficiency of high-quality development. The results show: (1) From 2010 to 2019, the high-quality development efficiency of the Yellow River Basin’s watershed segment showed a gradient development trend. (2) In panel regression, the interaction terms positively impact the whole basin’s high-quality development efficiency. However, for different sub-basins, the impact of the core explanatory variable on the efficiency of high-quality development is different. (3) The Yellow River basin has a single significant threshold in the threshold regression. From the perspective of the sub-basin, the upper and lower reaches of the Yellow River have a single significant threshold. There is no threshold in midstream. Based on the research results, the article puts forward relevant suggestions, such as reasonably improving regional imports and exports and introducing high-quality foreign capital, which can provide a basis for relevant departments.

Research on the Evaluation of the High-Quality Development of the Modern Service Industry under the Background of Reduction Development: A Case Study of Beijing

“…Combing the above literature, it was found that the connotation of high-quality development has not formed a unified definition or concept, but these connotations have some common points: 1 ⃝ take the "five development concepts" as the basic principle and pay attention to the organic synergy of innovation, coordination, greenness, openness and sharing; 2 ⃝ adhere to the organic unity of the combination of scale, speed and quality benefits; 3 ⃝ taking "high quality" as the fundamental requirement, it should include micro service quality, meso industrial development, macroeconomic benefits and social welfare effects; 4 ⃝ follow the law of regional development and meet regional development goals; and 5 ⃝ take "meeting the people's growing needs for a better life" as the core goal. In addition, as reduction development is a new development idea, the connotation of reduction development has not formed a unified definition or concept, and there is no evaluation model for a high-quality development index system of the modern service industry under the background of reduction development.…”

“…However, the high-quality development of the modern service industry is not a simple scale expansion or speed improvement, but needs to achieve coordinated development in many aspects, such as the improvement in service quality [3], the enhancement of innovation ability [4], the optimization of industrial structure [5] and the improvement in resource utilization efficiency, while maintaining moderate growth. Therefore, how to accurately and comprehensively evaluate the high-quality development effect of the modern service industry under the background of reduction development has become an important issue to be solved in the current academic and practical circles.…”

Measurement and Spatio-Temporal Characteristics of High-Quality Development Efficiency in Metropolitan Areas: A Case Study of the Changchun Metropolitan Area

“…As for research content, the evaluation of HQD has been involved in multiple industries, such as agriculture [37], logistics industry [38], tourism [39], with a significant focus on the economy [40], environmental constraints [41], and resources [42]. However, there is seldom a thorough attempt to estimate HQD.…”

Differences in High-Quality Development and Its Influencing Factors between Yellow River Basin and Yangtze River Economic Belt

“…In the study of high-quality development in the YRB, Xin and Liu [47] believed that the HQD in the YRB requires strict ecological comprehensive management, strengthening regional division of labor, promoting transportation infrastructure construction, and enhancing technological innovation capabilities. Li et al [48] explored the impact of industrial development on the ecological environment of the YRB and proposed the need to handle the relationship between the industrial development layout and the carrying capacity of river basin resources and the environment, to promote HQD. In a study of the HQD in the YREB, Zha et al [49] pointed out that specialized industrial agglomeration plays a vital role in promoting the quality of economic development.…”