Research on high-quality economic development in Tianjin

ABSTRACT

This paper selects development indicators of primary industry, secondary industry, and tertiary industry, as well as indicators of public lifestyle, to measure the impact of economic development and general public lifestyle on the environment. A grey relational degree model is used to analyse Tianjin’s evolving characteristics from 2000 to 2020 on the balanced development of the economy and environment. The results suggest that: Firstly, Tianjin’s overall coupling degree between economic growth and environmental change varies from 0.56 to 0.75, which is at a moderate coordination level, and the degree of coordination between tertiary industry and environment is high. Secondly, taking time as the axis, the relational degree is significant between economic growth and environmental change. From 2015 to 2020, the synergy between the development of the secondary industry and the environment declined, indicating that the development of the secondary sector has caused some environmental destruction. On these grounds, Tianjin should give full play to its traditional advantages and comparative advantages, lay emphasis on the optimisation and upgrading of its industrial structure in the process of continuously deepening the integration of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei, promote the deep integration of manufacturing and service industry, and boost the quality its economic development.

KEYWORDS:

• High-quality economic development
• environmental evolution
• synergy
• empirical
• grey correlation model
• Tianjin

Acknowledgments

The authors would like to acknowledge the financial support provided by the Tianjin middle and higher vocational education curriculum system (Grant No. KYQD12015), Labor Relations Management: Situational Simulation and Behavior Shaping (Grant NO. SKQD2021B-026), and research on collaborative education Platform construction of deep integration of artificial intelligence and vocational education (Grant NO. 2021WTSCX247), Research on School-enterprise Cooperation Development of Business Administration Teacher Competition Guidance Skills Course in Higher Vocational Colleges(12), Research on the theory and policy of cultural poverty alleviation in the intersection of two centuries (CXGY21-011).

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No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).

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Funding

The work was supported by the 广东省教育厅 [2021WTSCX247]; 汕尾职业技术学院 [SKQD2021B-026]; Tianjin University of Technology and Education [KYQD12015].

Notes on contributors

Xujun Zhang

Xujun Zhang is Lecturer in School of Management, Shanwei Institute of Technology , Shanwei.

Di Wang

Di Wang is an Associate Professor in the School of Management, Shanwei Institute of Technology , Shanwei.

Haiwei Peng

Haiwei Peng is the Deputy Director, Department of Organization and Personnel, Shanwei Institute of Technology, Shanwei

Dan Li

Dan li is an Office Clerk, Department of Organization and Personnel, Shanwei Institute of Technology, Shanwei.