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Does China's Status of Sustainable Development Have Been Improved?

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  • Sung Jin Kang

    (Professor, Department of Economics, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Korea)

  • Shijun Cao

    (Professor, College of Economics and Management, Yanbian University, Jilin 133002, China,)

  • Seon Ju Lee

    (Ph.D. Student, Department of Economics, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Korea,)

Abstract

By using the time series data from 1990-2019, this study investigates the status of sustainable development (SD) in China. Through factor analysis using principal component analysis (PCA), the sustainable development index (SDI) is derived, and the contribution of each sustainable development goal (SDG) to the SDI is calculated. The main findings are as follows. First, a progressively improving SDI is derived. Even with a notable decrease in 2008 partially due to the 2008 Great Sichuan earthquake, the SDI shows a gradual improvement over the analysis period. Furthermore, it is found that the SDI trend is quite similar to that of per capita GDP, implying that the state of economic development measured by per capita GDP well approximates the degree of sustainable development. Third, most of the goals show a continuous improvement over the period and contribute to the improvement of China’s SDI: Goals 1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 9, 12, and 17. In addition, Goals 4, 6, 7, 10, 11, 15, and 16 show a steady trend in the early period but then demonstrate a gradual improvement since 2010. On the other hand, Goal 13 shows a steady trend during the sample period with a fluctuation in 2008, while goal 14 steadily deteriorated. Finally, Goal 5 shows a U-shaped trend as the situation improved after 2006.

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  • Sung Jin Kang & Shijun Cao & Seon Ju Lee, 2021. "Does China's Status of Sustainable Development Have Been Improved?," Discussion Paper Series 2105, Institute of Economic Research, Korea University.
    • Handle: RePEc:iek:wpaper:2105
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    Keywords

    Sustainable Development; Principal Component Analysis;

    JEL classification:

    • C43 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods: Special Topics - - - Index Numbers and Aggregation
    • O10 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - General
    • O53 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - Asia including Middle East

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