Abstract
In China, CO2 emissions have increased in part due to the introduction of a market economy and because of rapid financial growth as a result of economic reform. China’s manufacturing industry has become popular as the “factory of the world,” and people’s lives have become richer due to this. Transportation volume has increased due to the improvement of such income and changes in lifestyle. In comparison to 1980, the current passenger traffic and freight traffic has expanded manifold, especially since the increased demand for private vehicles has also increased ownership rapidly. As a result, CO2 emissions from the transport sector have increased significantly. In this research, using statistical data from 1995 to 2013 from China, we analyzed the factors of CO2 emissions in the transport sector by both nation and region (eastern, central, and western). Furthermore, we clarified the influential elements for the factors that contributed strongly to the increase in CO2 emissions which revealed why CO2 emissions began to increase.
