Circular Economy – International Trends and Chinese Practices

Author: Zhongguancun International Environmental Industry Promotion Center
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Publish Date: 2005-07-01
Features: China is a developing country with low per capita natural resource endowment and an unsatisfactory environmental capacity. Today, the development of a circular economy has become an important principle and strategy for central and local governments to guide socio-economic development and environmental protection. This book is divided into three parts. The first part presents a systematic theoretical study of the circular economy. The second part examines the practices of the circular economy abroad, with a focus on analyzing the models, characteristics, and achievements of environmental economy development in eight countries, including Germany, Japan, and the United States. The third part analyzes the importance and urgency of developing a circular economy in China and explores countermeasures and measures for China's circular economy development. This book is the first of its kind in China to comprehensively and systematically introduce the models and practical achievements of the eight countries with advanced circular economies, while also discussing China's development strategies in line with its national conditions.