Index

China and Europe’s Partnership for a More Sustainable World

ISBN: 978-1-78635-332-0, eISBN: 978-1-78635-331-3

Publication date: 22 December 2016

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(2016), "Index", Spigarelli, F., Curran, L. and Arteconi, A. (Ed.) China and Europe’s Partnership for a More Sustainable World, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 297-304. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-78635-332-020161018

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INDEX

Agricultural biomass
, 260

Air traffic safety
, 261

Alternative fuel
, 216, 220, 221

AOF. See Asset of foreignness

APEC
, 27, 32, 105

Asja
, 89–90

Asset of foreignness (AOF)
, 62, 63, 71

Biogas technology

Chinese rural areas
, 270–273

solar energy
, 268–270

Biomass power generation

cost composition analysis
, 261, 262, 263

dynamic cost analysis
, 263–264

environmental cost analysis
, 264–265

game-theoretic analysis
, 274–280

generation cost vs. each fuel price
, 264

principle of
, 262

supply chain
, 265–267

typical Chinese method of
, 262–263

Biomass power plants
, 261

biomass supply chain, cost optimization
, 265–267

straw collection, transportation model of
, 266

Biomethane

air pollution reduction
, 217

China
, 225–226

European Union
, 224–225

GasHighWay project
, 217

as gas source
, 223–227

Italian case study
, 226–227

reduced taxation
, 217

Building’s heating system
, 237

Caleffi
, 90–92

Carbon capture and storage (CCS)
, 235

Carbon dioxide (CO2) concentrations
, 210

Carbon emission
, 286

Catalog for the Guidance of Foreign Investment Industry
, 15

CBCR. See Country by country

CBDA. See Costs of doing business abroad

CEC. See Chinese Enterprise Confederation

China

biogas potential
, 226

biomass feedstock
, 226

biomass power generation
, 261–267

ecological damage
, 192–199

economic growth
, 189

economy
, 132

electric power infrastructure
, 161

electric regulation
, 162–163

electricity sector, change in
, 166–169

energy efficiency
, 163–165

extensive growth
, 132

GHG emission reduction
, 213–215

liability without fault
, 199–204

natural gas vehicles (NGVs)
, 192–199, 225–226

renewables in
, 165–166

unlawfulness, requirement of
, 190–192

China Banking Regulatory Commission (CBRC)
, 13

China, company experience in

Asja
, 89–90

Caleffi
, 90–92

China Environmental Labeling Plan
, 19

China Environment Labeling Product Certification Committee
, 19

China Export & Credit Insurance Corporation (SINOSURE)
, 104

China’s environmental goods, low competitiveness of
, 31–32

China’s environmental legal framework
, 133

See also Environmental legal framework

China Southern Power Grid Corporation
, 161

Chinese electricity infrastructure
, 160

Chinese Enterprise Confederation (CEC)
, 179

Chinese environmental governance
, 148–150

Chinese environmental policies

carrot and stick
, 17–20

database of
, 9

economic policies
, 10–12

environmental industries
, 6

environmental protection
, 6

Environment Cooperation Program, Europe and China
, 8

international landscape
, 7

investment
, 13–14

laws
, 10–12

market
, 16–17

negative incentive
, 18

official typology
, 10–12

pollution abatement investment
, 6

positive incentive
, 19–20

production
, 12–14

profitable market
, 8

regulations
, 10–12

rules
, 10–12

trade
, 14–15

trade-oriented relationship
, 8

Chinese Industrial Enterprises Database (CIED)
, 47

Chinese investments, qualitative analysis of
, 115

Chinese outward foreign direct investment

energy industry
, 114

to Germany
, 116–121

Chinese rural area, solar energy
, 268–273

CIED. See Chinese Industrial Enterprises Database

Civil law
, 188, 190

Cleaner Production Promotion Law
, 10–11

CNG. See Compressed gas

CO2 emissions
, 5, 237

Compressed gas (CNG)
, 216, 217

Corporate social responsibility (CSR)

in China
, 178–179

in EU
, 173–178

in EU-China cooperation
, 179–184

functions
, 172

natural environment
, 172

Costs of doing business abroad (CBDA)
, 61

Country by country (CBCR)
, 174

Crop straw anaerobic digestion
, 268–273

Decision of the State Council on Accelerating the Development of Strategic Emerging Industries (DADSEI)
, 6

Department for Environment and Climate Change (DECC)
, 240

District cooling challenges
, 243–247

District heating

efficiency in
, 242–243

system
, 236, 238

technologies
, 239–241

Eco-label system
, 19

Ecological damages liability
, 200

Economic and Technological Development Zone (ETDZ)
, 54

Economic reform, China
, 40

EGS. See Environmental goods and services

EIA. See Environmental Impact Assessment

Eighth Five-Year Plan
, 135

Electricity generation
, 244

Electricity supply chain
, 160

Electric power infrastructure
, 161

Electric regulation
, 162–163

11th Five Year Plans
, 47, 163

Energy efficiency
, 163–165

Energy Efficiency Credit Guide
, 14

Energy from waste plant (EfW)
, 241

Energy service company (ESCO)
, 245

Enterprises, size of
, 85–86

Environmental economic policies
, 11

Environmental goods and services (EGS)
, 105

Environmental goods trade

air pollution control
, 27

benefits
, 26

definition and classification of
, 28

development of
, 34–35

domestic industry
, 27

export and import trade
, 30

imbalances in trade
, 31–32

international interests
, 27

liberalization of
, 27

merchandise sewage treatment
, 27

negative impact
, 27

partner, trade structure by
, 30–31

primary and industrial processes
, 27

tariff revenue
, 27

trade frictions and barriers in
, 33–34

UN COMTRADE
, 28–29

United Nations commodity trade database
, 28

Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)
, 154

Environmental industries

carrot and stick
, 17–20

economic policies
, 10–12

incentive approach
, 17–20

incentive types
, 19

investment stands
, 12–14

laws
, 10–12

market
, 16–17

negative incentive
, 18

official typology
, 10–12

positive incentive
, 19–20

production
, 14

regulations
, 10–12

rules
, 10–12

trade
, 14–15

Environmental legal framework

in China’s legislation
, 137–139

economic reforms
, 153

energy laws
, 141–142

environmental laws
, 139–141, 141–142

harmonious socialist society
, 136

history of
, 152

liability rules
, 139–141

reform
, 133–135

socialist market economy
, 135–136

Xi Jinping
, 136–137

Environmental problems
, 60

Environmental protection (EP)

industry
, 26

sector, in China
, 60, 64

and sustainable development
, 188

Environmental Protection Law (EPL)
, 11, 67, 153, 154

Environment Cooperation Program, Europe and China
, 8

Environment protection, China
, 6, 7

EP. See Environmental protection

EPL. See Environmental Protection Law

ESCO. See Energy service company

ETDZ. See Economic and Technological Development Zone

EU-China cooperation

environmental goods trade
, 28–31

Environment Cooperation Program
, 8

institutional distance (ID)
, 65–67

nationwide carbon emission trading market
, 9

See also Environmental goods trade

EU companies, experience of
, 60

European Union

biomethane
, 224–225

GHG emission reduction
, 211–213

natural gas vehicles (NGVs)
, 217–220

EU SME center
, 105, 112

Fan-coil unit
, 294–295

Five Year Plans, in China
, 46–47

Sixth
, 114, 134

Seventh
, 134

Eighth
, 135

10th
, 47

11th
, 47, 163

12th
, 102–103, 163, 229

13th
, 220

Foreign-capital enterprises
, 49–50

Foreign direct investments (FDIs)
, 40, 41, 43–47, 54–55, 99, 100, 114

Foreign firms, in China

and FDI
, 40

geographical location of
, 41, 51–52

location patterns of
, 47

non-residents
, 52

spatial distribution of
, 41, 51

Foreign-invested enterprises (FIEs)
, 52

Foreignness
, 67

Forestry Law
, 153

Fuel economy
, 214

Game-theoretic analysis

biomass power generation
, 274–280

rural energy efficiency construction
, 280–283

Germany

Chinese OFDI
, 116–121

environmental industry in
, 116

Nanjing-based Phono Solar Technology Co. Ltd.
, 121–122

Risen Energy Co., Ltd.
, 117–119

Sany Heavy Industry Co. Ltd.
, 120

Shenzhen Everbest Machinery Industry Co. Ltd.
, 122–123

Wuxi Suntech Power Co. Ltd.
, 119–120

Global Carbon Project
, 5

Global economic growth
, 114

Global emissions
, 6

Government Procurement Act
, 16

Go-West Development Policies
, 41

Grassland law
, 153

Green Credit Guide
, 13

Green Energy Laboratory (GEL)
, 287

Green FDI, definition of
, 105

Green government purchase
, 16

Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions
, 160, 210

Green OFDI
, 106–109

GREE smart room
, 292–294

Grid-based electricity
, 246

Heat Networks Delivery Unit (HNDU)
, 240

Home energy management (HEM) system
, 292

Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs)
, 245

Hydronic heating systems
, 237

Income Tax Law of PRC for Enterprises
, 11

Indicative governance
, 66

Industrial agglomeration
, 42

Information technology
, 294

Institutional distance (ID)
, 62, 65–67

Institutional indicators
, 66

Intentional Conduct of Plaintiff
, 200, 201

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
, 210

International business
, 115

International Business (IB) theory
, 60

Internationalization
, 80–89

Issues concerning the Application of Law in the Conduct of Environmental Civil Public Interest Litigations (IECPIL)
, 189–190

Issues concerning the Application of Law in the Trial of Liability for Environmental Tort (IIALTLET)
, 189

Jiangsu’s green OFDI

in environmental industries
, 106

in environmental protection industries
, 108

in EUs
, 106

in foreign countries
, 107

to individual countries
, 107–108

industry distribution of
, 108–109

investment value
, 107

total flows
, 106–107

Joint-Ventures (JV)
, 116

Law on Prevention and Control of Atmospheric Pollution
, 153

Law on Prevention and Control of Water Pollution
, 153

Legitimacy, exchange ownership for
, 116

Liabilities of foreignness (LOF)

affected EU companies
, 67

and asset (AOF)
, 63

causes of
, 60, 61, 62

for Chinese companies investing in Europe
, 63

concept of
, 60, 61

evolution of
, 62

findings in
, 67–69

key aspects of
, 64

sources of
, 62

spatial and institutional
, 60, 61

types of
, 62

Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)
, 264

Liquefied biogas (LBG)
, 226–228

Liquid form gas (LNG)
, 216, 219, 220, 221, 223

LOF. See Liabilities of foreignness

Low-temperature district heating networks
, 247–256

Marine Environmental Law
, 153

Merger and acquisitions (M&A)
, 116

Methane. See Biomethane

Mineral Resources Law
, 153

Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP)
, 7, 9

Nanjing-based Phono Solar Technology Co. Ltd.
, 121–122

National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC)
, 14, 162

National Environmental Protection Conference
, 152

Natural gas vehicles (NGVs)

China
, 192–199, 225–226

European Union
, 217–220

New economic geography (NEG)
, 42

Nomenclature of Economic Activities (NACE)
, 105, 112

Non-Governative Organizations (NGO)
, 155

OECD
, 27, 28

OECD Development Assistance Committee (ODA)
, 105

Open Door Policy
, 153

Outward foreign direct investment (OFDI)

bilateral and multilateral treaties
, 102

China, evolution of
, 101

China’s policy on
, 100–103

data
, 104

defining green FDI
, 105

environmental protection industries
, 108

EU, in environmental industries
, 104

flow and stock
, 98

to individual countries
, 107–108

industry distribution of
, 108–109

Jiangsu’s green
, 106–107

1979 to early 1990s
, 101

renewable energy sector
, 100

12th five year plan period
, 102–103

2000 to present
, 101

People’s Republic of China (PRC)
, 10–11

Power plant, cost optimization of biomass supply chain
, 265–267

PV air conditioner
, 289, 292

PV-driven air conditioner
, 288–292

Regulations for Levy Standard on Pollution Discharge
, 18

Regulations of the People’s Republic of China on Nature Reserves
, 9–10

Renewable Electricity Pricing and Financing
, 14

Renewable energy (RE) industry
, 114

development
, 26

directly and indirectly
, 81

of European and Chinese firms
, 82–84

expansion of
, 79

in international markets
, 79

preferential taxes
, 79

wind power
, 79

Renewable Energy Law (REL)
, 13, 14

Renewable energy technology
, 294

Report on the State of the Environment in China, 2013 (RSEC)
, 5

Risen Energy Co., Ltd.
, 117–119

Sany Heavy Industry Co. Ltd.
, 120

Seventh Five Year Plan
, 134

Shenzhen Everbest Machinery Industry Co. Ltd.
, 122–123

Sino-Italian Green Energy Laboratory (GEL)
, 287

Sixth Five Year Plan
, 114, 134

Small temperature difference
, 294–295

Solar energy

biogas digester system
, 269

biogas technology
, 268–270

Solar Fraction (SF)
, 289

Solar photovoltaic array
, 289

State Electricity Regulatory Commission (SERC)
, 162

State Grid Corporation
, 161

State Owned Asset Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC)
, 179

State-owned enterprises (SOE)
, 116

State Planning Commission
, 101

State Power Corporation
, 161

Straw biomass

demand dilemma of
, 262

fuel cost of
, 265

open burning of
, 261

power plants
, 261

Supply chain, companies in
, 85–87

10th Five Year Plans
, 47

Theoretical biogas production
, 273

13th Five Year Plans
, 220

Tort law
, 192–194, 199

Tort Liability Law (TLL)
, 189

12th Five Year Plans
, 102–103, 163, 229

United Kingdom, cost of heat provision in
, 241

United Nations commodity trade database (United Nations COMTRADE database)
, 28

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
, 9

Vapor compression heat pumps
, 247–256

Variable Refrigerant Flow (VRF)
, 290, 291, 292

Water Law
, 153

Western China Development Program (GO-West)
, 41

Wholly foreign owned enterprise (WFOE)
, 78, 80, 93

World Bioenergy Association (WBA)
, 260

WTO
, 26, 39

Wuxi Suntech Power Co. Ltd.
, 119–120

Prelims
Part I Europe and China Integration through Trade and Foreign Direct Investments
Chapter 1 Policies that Promote Environmental Industry in China
Chapter 2 The Environmental Goods Trade between China and the EU: Development and Influencing Factors
Chapter 3 International Integration and Uneven Development: An Enquiry into the Spatial Distribution of Foreign Firms in China
Chapter 4 The Liability of Foreignness of EU Environmental Protection Companies in China: Manifestations and Mitigating Strategies
Chapter 5 The Renewable Energy Industry in Europe: Business and Internationalization Models. A Focus on the Chinese Market
Chapter 6 China’s FDI in the EU’s Environmental Protection Industries
Chapter 7 Chinese OFDI to Germany in the Environmental Industries: A Multiple-Case Study
Part II Environment and Regulations
Chapter 8 China: The Long March Towards a Virtuous Environmental Legal Framework
Chapter 9 Chinese Environmental Protection: Between National Laws and Governance System
Chapter 10 Efficient Energy Systems in the Chinese Electricity Sector: Some Legal Issues
Chapter 11 Corporate Social Responsibility Standards in Green Energy Industry: A Comparison Between European Union and China
Chapter 12 Energy Investments in China and the Role of Environmental Regulation: The Legal Perspective
Part III Alternative Fuels and Low Carbon Buildings: Research Trends in Europe and China
Chapter 13 The Feasibility of Liquefied Methane as an Alternative Fuel in Europe and China
Chapter 14 Vapour Compression Heat Pumps and District Thermal Energy Networks for Efficient Building Heating and Cooling
Chapter 15 Research on Biomass Energy Utilization in Chinese Rural Area
Chapter 16 Novel Energy Systems for Smart Houses
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