Beijing, 11th May 2025 (BISTU)--- “How can new quality productivity decrease carbon emission intensity? Evidence from 30 provincial regions in China” by Dr. Zhao Haoran of BISTU Business School was published on Energy, an SCI Q1 top journal.

Abstract and key words of the paper:

This investigation first analyzed the connotation of new quality productivity, and then establish the comprehensive evaluation index system from new quality talent resources, new quality science and technology, new forms of quality industries, and new quality production method dimensions to measure the development level of new quality productivity of 30 provincial level regions in China. Based on the quantified new quality productivity development index obtained by anti-entropy method and MARCOS model, inter-provincial panel data from 2012 to 2022 are applied to empirically examine the impact of new quality productivity on carbon emission intensity. Results illustrate that the development of new quality productivity has significantly reduced regional carbon emission intensity. For control variables, the impact of government management and per capita GDP on carbon emission intensity is significantly negative. While the impact of trade openness and urbanization rate on carbon emission intensity is significantly positive. Furthermore, among the four dimensions for evaluating new quality productivity, the greatest negative force on carbon intensity comes from new quality production method, followed by new quality science and technology and new forms of quality industries. Additionally, mediating effect analysis implied that the development of new quality productivity can reduce carbon emission intensity by enhancing total factor productivity, improving energy consumption structure, and promoting rationalization of industrial structure. And industrial agglomeration has a non-linear moderating effect on the relationship between new quality productivity and carbon emissions. Therefore, regional governments should increase investment in areas related to new quality productivity, promote the high-level and rational development of industrial structure, and prompt the intelligent and digital transformation of traditional industries, thus improving carbon emission efficiency.

【Key Words】New quality productivity; Carbon emission intensity; Total factor productivity; Energy consumption structure; Rationalization of industrial structure; Industrial agglomeration

【About the paper】Haoran Zhao, Chuan Li, Zhen Yang, Zhuowen Zhang, Chunhua Jin, Sen Guo. How can new quality productivity decrease carbon emission intensity? Evidence from 30 provincial regions in China. Energy, 2025, 136487.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2025.136487.

About the Author:

Zhao Haoran holds a Ph.D. from North China Electric Power University and is currently the head of the Digital Economy and Industrial Development Research Team at the Business School. In recent years, she has been engaged in research on energy resources and environmental management. She has presided over several national and institutional projects, including the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) Youth Program, the MIIT 2025 Guiding Soft Science Research Project, the Qinxin Top Talent Program of Beijing Information Science & Technology University, and the Qinxin Outstanding Talent Program. Additionally, she has participated in multiple national-level projects, such as the National Key R&D Program of China, the NSFC General Program, and the NSFC Youth Program. As the first author, she has published over 20 SCI-indexed papers, including seven in the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Tier 1 top journals. She has also authored one academic monograph. Her outstanding contributions have earned her a place in the sixth edition of the World’s Top 2% Scientists (2022 Single-Year List) released by Stanford University and Elsevier, as well as selection for the Beijing Association for Science and Technology’s Young Talent Support Program (2024-2026).