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Circular economy and regional economic development in the Zhejiang province, southern China

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  • Huanzheng Du
  • Bin Li
  • Haijun Ding

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According to data on recycling waste in the Zhejiang province, P. R. China, rapid and active growth of regional featuring economy in the Zhejiang province that is lack of resource is due to four new cardinal points, namely recycling waste, industrial agglomeration, central wholesale market and privatising system. Especially, that Zhejiang leads in regional featuring economy in China is mainly based on circular economy (CE). Through field studies on regional development in the Zhejiang province, circular economy in the Zhejiang province experienced two development stages, named 'resources utilised briefly' and 'resources utilised high-efficiently' that solved two issues of resource and environment effectively. Further, circular economy development in China should be based on new mechanism of five cardinal points, namely 'enterprise actors, industry-level self-regulation, public participation, policy underpinnings and technical underpinnings'. In addition, that recycling system for recycling resources should include individual (and/or company) and demonstration recycling zone was discussed.

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  • Huanzheng Du & Bin Li & Haijun Ding, 2009. "Circular economy and regional economic development in the Zhejiang province, southern China," International Journal of Environmental Technology and Management, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 11(4), pages 319-329.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijetma:v:11:y:2009:i:4:p:319-329
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    1. Paul James Brown & Christopher Bajada, 2018. "An economic model of circular supply network dynamics: Toward an understanding of performance measurement in the context of multiple stakeholders," Business Strategy and the Environment, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 27(5), pages 643-655, July.

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