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The Digital Services Trade’s Impact on the Green Development of the Industrial Sector in the People’s Republic of China

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  • AILIAN QIU

    (School of Economics, Shenyang University of Technology, Liaoning, People’s Republic of China)

  • JIATIAN SUN

    (Bank of Jinzhou Co., Ltd., Shenyang Branch, People’s Republic of China)

  • JOHN D. MCCOLLOUGH

    (College of Business, School of Accounting, Finance, and Economics, Lamar University, Beaumont, Texas, United States)

Abstract

Countries seek to maximize economic growth while minimizing environmental damage. Protecting the environment is a natural constraint on economic growth. This paper shows that trade in services helps industries to not only grow but to also become “greener.†Trade in services, therefore, has a dual benefit. It will be shown, based on a review of panel data at the industrial level, that services trade has had a positive impact on green industrial development in the People’s Republic of China. The impact of services trade on industrial green development is examined through the lens of green total factor productivity. Services trade can significantly improve industrial green total factor productivity, which promotes industrial green development. This is more pronounced with trade in the science and technology service fields. Therefore, it is in the best interest of an economy to embrace trade in services and, particularly, to concentrate on trade in research and development.

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  • Ailian Qiu & Jiatian Sun & John D. Mccollough, 2025. "The Digital Services Trade’s Impact on the Green Development of the Industrial Sector in the People’s Republic of China," Asian Development Review (ADR), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 42(02), pages 279-304, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:adrxxx:v:42:y:2025:i:02:n:s0116110525500131
    DOI: 10.1142/S0116110525500131
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    Keywords

    green industrial development; green total factor productivity; intermediary effect; services trade;
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    JEL classification:

    • Q01 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - General - - - Sustainable Development
    • Q55 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Environmental Economics: Technological Innovation
    • Q56 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Environment and Development; Environment and Trade; Sustainability; Environmental Accounts and Accounting; Environmental Equity; Population Growth

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