Title: Research on sustainable development with regard to the economic system and the energy system in Mainland China

Authors: Chang-Jie Chen, Xiao-Feng Fu, Xiao-Wei Ma

Addresses: Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Science, 15 Datun Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100101, P.R. China. ' The Administrative Center for China's Agenda 21, 67 Suzhou Street, Haidian District, Beijing, 100089, P.R. China. ' Institute of Policy and Management, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 8712, Beijing, 100080, P.R. China

Abstract: In the system of sustainable development, the energy is the base, the economy is the core, and it is the key to ensuring the harmonious development between the energy system and the economic system. In this paper, using the principal component analysis method, the complex development index and the harmonious development index of the energy system and the economic system are formulated based on the actual datum in 1980–2000 of Mainland China. This is followed by an analysis of the relation between economic development and energy supply during the past 20 years in Mainland China. And then, an analysis of the economic development and the energy supply in Mainland China in the future is given. Finally, some advices on sustainable development with regard to the energy system and the economic system have been brought forward based on the research results.

Keywords: sustainable development; energy system; economic system; complex development index; harmonious development index; China; principal component analysis; PCA; economic growth; energy supply.

DOI: 10.1504/IJGEI.2004.005893

International Journal of Global Energy Issues, 2004 Vol.22 No.2/3/4, pp.190 - 198

Published online: 23 Dec 2004 *

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