Yongze Cui

May 12, 2024 | mdpi.com | Rong Xu |Qi Ban |Yang Xie |Yongze Cui

1. IntroductionChina has sustained a period of swift economic expansion over numerous decades, leveraging abundant resources and cost-effective inputs. However, such a crude approach to economic growth has also led to issues like excessive resource consumption and environmental degradation. Concurrently, as economic magnitude expands and developmental impediments surface, the perpetuation of high-speed economic growth solely through a GDP-centric production paradigm becomes untenable.