Countermeasures towards Circular Economy Development in West Regions

Xilin Shen, Chao Qi
2012 Energy Procedia  
The development of the western regions in China has followed the same simple irreversible line ---"resources obtaining-processing and production ---waste emission" for a long time, while due to local resources shortage and local eco-environment capacity, circular economy development turns to be inevitable. Through investigations and researches, reasonable thinking, and systematic analysis, the connotation of circular economy is clearly explored" and the weakness of circular economy development
more » ... n western regions have been analyzed as well, thus suggestions have been raised from the following major 5 aspects: the establishment of favorable policies, financial support, technology innovation and advancement, intellectuals, and emerging industries development. 20 th century can be considered as most rapid development period of human society, and a period that the nature has been greatly influenced more than any other century. Since the industrial revolution, human socio-economic development has followed such simple irreversible linear mode ---"resources obtaining ---processing and production ---waste emission". Dependent on nature "primitive give", the fossil energies and mineral resources formed millions of years ago have greatly promoted the social economy and improved life quality. However, with the economy development, Man has to face such problems as resource exhaustion, energy shortage, ecological destruction, environment pollution, global warming and species extinction, which have been deadly serious. Thus, this linear development mode has to be rethought, in order to establish a scientific economic development mode. As an underdeveloped area of China, faced with huge opportunities, the western regions should not follow the old linear mode. Instead, the lessons from traditional economic development should be drawn, further to explore the circular
doi:10.1016/j.egypro.2012.01.148 fatcat:fl76c33g65f2ddauwmunp2culu