ABSTRACT

Green industrial policies in China are not necessarily referred to as such. While China has a tradition of industrial policies that goes back to the 1990s, these policies were not always related to environmental, climate mitigation or other ‘green’ issues. Nor, in many cases, are industrial policies that are dedicated to environmental protection or climate mitigation known as green industrial policies, but rather as policies for sustainable development or as elements of the ‘scientific outlook on development’ (科学发展 观). 1