Research on the Effect of Environmental Regulation on the Competitiveness of Coal Enterprises in Henan Province

With the rapidly development of world economy, environmental issue has become more and more prominent, so environmental protection has become a trend, the state established a wide range of environmental regulative measures. The implementation of these measures will inevitably affect the competitiveness of enterprises, especially the competitiveness of coal enterprises with heavy pollution. However, there were many factors influencing the competitiveness of enterprises, such as core technology, labor costs, product differentiation, infrastructure conditions and other factors. This article thought that strict environmental regulation has a positive effect on the competitiveness of enterprises, that is strict environmental regulation could improve the competitiveness of enterprises, and through further analysis, this article thought that the strict environmental regulation was not the determinant to the competitiveness of enterprises, other factors also have significant effect on the competitiveness of enterprises.