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Session

Air Pollution 4
Location: B005
Session Chair: Yanming Sun, East China Normal University

Presentation 4

Does industrial structure optimization improve collaborative performance of carbon mitigation and air pollution control in China? Evidence based on 282 Chinese cities

Yanming Sun

East China Normal University, China, People's Republic of

Discussant: Pascale Champalaune (Toulouse School of Economics)

Industrial structure optimization (ISO) is often regarded as having complex potential to enhance the collaborative performance of carbon mitigation and air pollution control (CPCA). Based on panel data from 282 Chinese cities spanning from 2006 to 2020, this study evaluates the CPCA of Chinese cities and investigates the impact of ISO on it. Applying the STIRPAT model, panel regression, and spatial Durbin model (SDM), this research analyzes the effects of industrial structure upgrading (UP), industrial structure rationalization (RA), and industrial structure ecologization (EC) on CPCA, and conducts heterogeneity analysis and mechanism analysis based on the spatial spillover effects of ISO. The results reveal that the spatial distribution of CPCA in Chinese cities exhibits a gradient pattern with higher values in the southeast and lower values in the northwest, and presents positive spatial correlation over time. There is a complex nonlinear relationship between ISO and CPCA, where UP and RA exhibit a U-shaped relationship with CPCA, while EC demonstrates a positive linear effect on CPCA. Heterogeneity analysis unveils the differential impacts of ISO on CPCA across various regions and city sizes, and mechanism analysis further distinguishes its influences on carbon emission performance and air pollution control performance respectively. This study enriches the traditional core–periphery framework and ecological unequal exchange theory by incorporating the environmental and economic consequences of industrial restructuring, and provides both theoretical insights and empirical evidence to inform strategic industrial policies and support sustainable development not only in China but also in other emerging and transitional economies.