The Verification of SO2 Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) in China Based on the Provincial Panel Data During the Tenth and the Eleventh Five-Year

摘要

China’s air pollution problem has become more serious and the impacts of various pollutants staggered. Asthe pollutant sources and the consequences of pollution are various, different governance measures havebeen taken for different pollutants. Meanwhile, the Environmental Kuznets Curve as a theoretical descriptionof the environmental pollution and the level of economic development, its specific form is still to be demonstratedin practice. As an air pollutant with serious consequences, sulphur dioxide started being controlled in the lastcentury. During the “Eleventh Five-Year Plan” period, the government has focused a special object on thisproject. Through the study of sulphur dioxide Environmental Kuznets Curve, this paper concludes that thecountry’s sulphur dioxide emission has reached a situation where its emissions have increased rapidly withthe economic development, but later entered a slow growth or a gradual decline, and in this process, theproportion of secondary industry and the foreign trade has a significant impact on the emission of sulphurdioxide. The paper provides a reference for the study of other air pollutants emission paths and countermeasures.