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ORIGINAL RESEARCH
The Impact of Ecological Civilization
Construction on the Coupled Coordination
Degree of Environmental Efficiency
and Economic Development – A Quasi-Natural
Experiment Based on China’s Ecological
Civilization Advance Demonstration Zone
1
Shandong University, Blue Green Development Research Institute, Weihai 264209, China
2
Xiamen University, Taiwan Research Institute, Xiamen 3610000, China
3
Hainan University, International Business School, Haikou 570228 China
Submission date: 2024-04-13
Final revision date: 2024-05-13
Acceptance date: 2024-06-05
Online publication date: 2025-01-29
Publication date: 2025-05-09
Corresponding author
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2025;34(4):4465-4480
KEYWORDS
ecological civilization advance demonstration areacoupled coordination degree of ecological environment and economic developmentquasi-natural experimentDID
TOPICS
ABSTRACT
China’s green practices and sustainable development prioritize the construction of an ecological
civilization to ensure harmonious coordination between ecological benefits and economic development.
Based on panel data from 213 prefecture-level cities from 2008 to 2019, this paper empirically tests
the positive impact of China’s Ecological Civilization Advance Demonstration Zone (EDC) on
the coupled coordination of environmental benefits and economic development (EER). The results show
that: (1) The implementation of EDC significantly increased EER in the pilot area, and after a series
of robustness tests, the conclusions still hold true; (2) Further mechanism analysis shows that EDC plays
a role in enhancing the strength of green innovation, promoting the optimization and transformation
of industrial structure, and accelerating the level of economic development; (3) The impact of EDC
on EER promotion is more pronounced in the Midwest and has a certain spatial radiation effect. In
the future, China can further promote ecological civilization and green development by spreading
the coverage of policy implementation, taking a multi-directional approach, and adapting to local
conditions.
CONFLICT OF INTEREST
The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
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