Abstract:
Coordinated promotion of carbon emission reduction-pollution reduction-green expansion-economic growth has become an inevitable choice for the comprehensive green transformation of China´s economic and social development. Based on the national provincial panel data (excluding the data of Xizang Autonomous Region, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan), the entropy method, coupled coordination model and social network analysis method were used to analyze the collaborative evolution trends of carbon reduction-pollution reduction-green expansion-economic growth among provinces and spatial correlation network characteristics. The results show that: (1) The changing trend of the coordination effect on carbon reduction-pollution reduction-green expansion-economic growth is basically consistent among provinces, but there is a regional imbalance characteristic of eastern region > northeast region > western region > central region. (2) The coordination effect of carbon reduction-pollution reduction-green expansion-economic growth presents a complex spatial network structure with the eastern region as the core. Inter-provincial spatial correlation is on the rise, but the stability of the network structure still needs to be improved. (3) Regions such as Beijing, Tianjin, and Shanghai have superior geographical locations and occupy a dominant position in the association network, while regions such as Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Heilongjiang Province, and Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region have relatively little impact on other regions. (4) Regions such as Beijing, Tianjin, and Shanghai belong to the ‘main beneficiary’ group, while regions like Zhejiang Province and Guangdong Province belong to the ‘broker’ group, and Anhui Province, Jiangxi Province, Hubei Province and other regions belong to the ‘net outflow’ group. (5) The spatial correlation network of carbon reduction-pollution reduction-green expansion-economic growth coordination effect is affected by multiple factors, such as human capital level, technological investment, marketization degree, digital economy development level, etc. which helps to establish spatial correlation relation. Research shows that there is a spatial correlation between the coordinated effects of carbon reduction-pollution reduction-green expansion-economic growth in China. It is necessary to further strengthen inter-provincial green cooperation and communication jointly promote the coordinated development of carbon reduction-pollution reduction-green expansion-economic growth.