An Analysis of International Competitiveness of China's Papermaking Industry from the Perspective of Low-carbon Economy

Low-carbon is becoming an important factor in international competition for all industries in different countries,so it is of great theoretical and practical significance to re-evaluate the international competitiveness of China's paper-making industry from the perspective of low-carbon economy.Based on the literature review on the evaluation index and method of industry international competitiveness and low carbon competitiveness,the paper carries out a comparison and evaluation on paper-making industry's international competitiveness of China and several other countries from the traditional international competitiveness evaluation index,that is,international market share,trade competitiveness index,relative trade advantage index and three low-carbon competitiveness indexes including carbon intensity,carbon intensity rate of change and carbon productivity.The conclusion shows that,compared with other countries,traditional international competitiveness and low-carbon competitiveness of China's paper-making industry is rather delayed.