The so-called low-carbon economy refers to the reduction of high-carbon energy sources such as coal and oil as much as possible through technological innovation, institutional innovation, industrial transformation, new energy development and other means under the guidance of the concept of sustainable development. consumption, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and achieve a win-win economic development form of economic and social development and ecological environmental protection

Yantai is a municipality under the jurisdiction of Shandong Province. It is located in the middle of the Shandong Peninsula, connected to Weihai to the east and Weihai to the west. It is adjacent to Weifang, adjacent to Qingdao in the southwest, Bohai Sea and Yellow Sea in the north, confronting the Liaodong Peninsula, and facing Dalian across the sea. The coastline is 702.5 kilometers long, and the island is 206.62 kilometers long. Yantai City is one of the first coastal open cities in my country. It is an international port city and commercial city in the Bohai Rim Economic Circle and East Asia. Yantai is one of the birthplaces of modern industry in China. Its economic level has always been at the forefront of the province. Yantai's main economic indicators rank second in the province. On the afternoon of December 30, 2009, the China Urban Competitiveness Research Association announced the "Eighth (2009) China’s Cities Competitiveness Ranking”, a press conference was held in Hong Kong. The comprehensive competitiveness of Yantai City ranks 22nd in the country and second in the province. Qingdao in the province ranks 12th and Jinan ranks 27th. At present, from the central to local governments, low-carbon economy is receiving unprecedented attention and has become one of the hot topics of great concern to the general public. How to adapt to the low-carbon trend of the times, adhere to the low-carbon path, and decisively use the low-carbon economy as the entry point and breakthrough to accelerate the transformation of economic development methods should become a new strategic deployment for Yantai Development Zone to achieve good and rapid development. . The third session of the 15th Yantai People's Congress proposed Yantai's urban development goals for 2010, emphasizing low-carbon economy and focusing on improving people's livelihood.

In the process of "actively transforming methods and carefully adjusting structures", Yantai City continues to consolidate and expand its advantageous position in traditional pillar industries, while increasing support for strategic emerging industries and striving to cultivate new economies. growth point. In the first five months of this year, the city's industrial added value above designated size increased by 20.1%; main business income was 438.9 billion yuan, an increase of 27.9%, profits and taxes were 41.85 billion yuan, and profits were 32.44 billion yuan, an increase of 34.6% and 36.3% respectively. The three indicators The absolute amount ranks among the top two in the province.

In the history of human economics, the emergence of major technological innovations and economic transformations have all been supported by the financial industry. Since the concept of low-carbon economy was proposed, many financial companies have begun to get involved in the development and research of low-carbon technologies, resulting in new concepts such as "green loans" and "social responsibility funds". Some financial companies have begun to clearly propose corporate responsibilities for energy conservation and emission reduction. At the same time, they have actively participated in loans and investments in green and environmental protection projects, and have achieved certain social and economic benefits. In addition, financial innovation related to emissions trading has also made great progress.

The low-carbon economy urgently needs to develop “low-carbon finance”. The so-called "low carbon finance" refers to investment and financing activities related to the low-carbon economy, that is, direct investment and financing, carbon rights trading, bank loans and other financial activities that serve technologies and projects such as limiting greenhouse gas emissions. In order to achieve harmonious development of economy and environment, financial enterprises must establish low-carbon financial awareness. Facing the requirements of the low-carbon economic era, we must build a low-carbon financial system that is compatible with the development of the low-carbon economy as soon as possible, and create a series of financial instruments including bank loans, direct investment and financing, carbon indicator trading, carbon options and futures, etc. carbon financial system. The development of the low-carbon economy may become an important support for the sustainable development of the global economy and will also provide a new development space for the financial system.

However, although domestic financial innovation related to the low-carbon economy has made considerable progress, its development is still in a relatively early stage, and there are many aspects that need further improvement. For example, financial companies’ awareness of low-carbon finance needs to be improved, there is a conflict between the social benefits of low-carbon finance and the profit pursuit of financial institutions, the relevant intermediary market is underdeveloped, and there are risks in policies and laws.

In the past year, the four words "low-carbon economy" have heated up far faster than global warming in China. At this year’s National Two Sessions, it exclusively accounted for 10% of the proposals; if you type it into a search engine, 36 million search results will pop up in 0.004 seconds. According to incomplete statistics, at least 100 cities in China have put forward the slogan of building a "low-carbon economy", and no province is absent. The latest member is Lhasa, the capital of the Tibet Autonomous Region, which plans to become a "solar city" focusing on the application of solar energy. However, Jiang Kejun, a researcher at the Energy Research Institute of the National Development and Reform Commission, said in an exclusive interview with China Youth Daily: "Our country has not formed a low-carbon city in the true sense."

my country's rapid economic development is based on Consume a lot of energy and destroy the ecological environment. Currently, the development of low-carbon economy in our country is facing many problems.

The development of low-carbon economy is difficult and slow. my country's energy utilization efficiency is low. Energy mainly relies on the consumption of coal and mineral resources. Greenhouse gas emissions are higher than other countries. The dual pressures of economic development and emission reduction goals are in conflict. my country is currently in a stage of high energy consumption and a period of high-carbon economy. . Due to the international division of labor, developing countries have become major energy consumers. In order to achieve rapid economic development, my country's high-carbon economy will continue to be maintained.

Low-carbon technology is the key to developing a low-carbon economy. Low-carbon technologies applied in the low-carbon economy are characterized by wide coverage and difficulty. Some low-carbon technologies are difficult to implement, which seriously restricts the development of the low-carbon economy. For example, in the coal power generation industry, my country's high-carbon thermal power generation still dominates, but the overall gasification combined cycle technology of coal power cannot meet the requirements for low-carbon power generation. The transportation department limits automobile CO2 emissions, but lacks the cooperation of new energy sources, and solar and hydrogen energy utilization technologies are in the further research stage.

The transition of export trade structure to low-carbon changes in the carbon embodied in my country’s exports from January 2008 to May 2009 (see Figure 1). It can be seen that my country's export carbon growth rate began to slow down in August 2008, and showed negative growth in November 2008, a year-on-year decrease of 2.21%. By May 2009, my country's export carbon dropped by 30.73% year-on-year. The results show that scale effect is the main reason for the reduction of embodied carbon emissions in China's trade exports. With the growth of exports, it dropped from 26.58% in January 2008 to -26.34% in May 2009, and the impact of scale effect also dropped from 21.33% in January 2008 to -3.29% in November 2008. By 2009 In May 2018, the impact of scale effect on the decline in export carbon emissions was as high as -24.47%. In January 2009, the structural effect caused export carbon to fall by 2.43% year-on-year. In May 2009, this figure expanded to 6.25%. This shows that my country's export trade structure is gradually transforming to low-carbon.

Currently, the low-carbon economy is rushing towards us like a rolling tide. We must respond to challenges unswervingly with a spirit of reform, an open mind, a lofty vision, a pragmatic attitude, and scientific management, and strive to win a new victory in this "green revolution".