%0 Journal Article
%T The impact of foreign direct investment and international trade on natural resource s and environment development in the coastal regions of China<br>外商投资与国际贸易对中国沿海地区资源环境的影响
%A MA Li
%A LIU Wei-dong
%A LIU Yi
%A <br>马丽
%A 刘卫东
%A 刘毅
%J 自然资源学报
%D 2003
%I 
%X The last several decades have witnessed increasing foreign direct investment (FDI)of transnational corporations from the developed countries into the developing countries and hence the rapid growth of international trade of the latter.The huge FDI influx have brought capital,technologies and management experiences to the developing countries and promoted their economic growth.On the one hand,the comparatively advanced production technologies with FDI inflow can help reduce industrial pollution in the developing countries;on the other hand,it may transfer pollution industries to these countries because they generally have loose control over industrial waste discharge.Moreover,the loose environmental regulations in the developing countries let firms enjoy a low production cost because of less pollution treatments,which in turn may make these countries specialized in the production and exportation of pollution-intensive products.Since the Opening and Reform in1978,especially from1992onwards,the coastal region of China has registered the fastest economic growth rate in the country,which can be partly attributed to the participation of the country in economic globalization.In the meantime,the pressures from environmental degradation and natural resources scarcity in the coastal region have been getting more and more intensified as a result of fast economic growth.Thus it is very important for decision-makers to understand the contributions of FDI inflow and export growth to the intensified environmental and resources pressures.It is from such a point of view that we will analyze the relationship between FDI inflow and international trade and the natural resources consumption and industrial waste discharge in the coastal region in China.Our major findings are that,in general,FDI-involved enterprises and exports have contributed less than domestic enterprises and domestic sales to the intensification of natural resources and environmental pressures in terms of the amount of resources consumption and industrial waster discharge per unit of industrial output or export value,though they have indeed contributed a lot to the total amount of natural resources consumption and industrial waste discharge.It should be noted,however,the findings can not be attributed only to the comparatively advanced production technologies of FDI-involved enterprises and the high environmental requirements of exported goods,but also to the sectoral structure of FDI and export.
%K foreign direct investment
%K international trade
%K coastal region of China
%K resources and environmental pressures<br>外商投资
%K 国际贸易
%K 中国
%K 沿海地区
%K 资源
%K 环境
%K 影响
%U http://www.alljournals.cn/get_abstract_url.aspx?pcid=3FF3ABA7486768130C3FF830376F43B398E0C97F0FF2DD53&cid=A7CA601309F5FED03C078BCE383971DC&jid=4DCB9A3AF3395AF0101DE5302EF3C300&aid=57F9A83F609330BF&yid=D43C4A19B2EE3C0A&vid=13553B2D12F347E8&iid=94C357A881DFC066&sid=70E3F4DEB0172F14&eid=44E78A5D1B37D836&journal_id=1000-3037&journal_name=自然资源学报&referenced_num=10&reference_num=23