Evaluation of Low-Carbon Development of Chinese Cities in 2018

This paper evaluates the low-carbon development of 176 Chinese cities in 2018 using the Lowcarbon City Evaluation Indicator System developed by Research Institute for Eco-civilization,Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.The evaluation shows an overall improvement of lowcarbon development of cities in China,with 10 cities scoring 90 points and above,and 106 cities scoring 80-89 points.From the perspective of city category,the low-carbon development scores present an order as follows:service-oriented cities> comprehensive cities> ecology-prioritized cities> industrial cities.Geologically speaking,eastern cites perform best,western cities come second and central cities come last.Of the three batches of low-carbon city pilots,the scores follow the pattern of Batch 1> Batch 2> Batch 3.Most cities are characterized by high carbon consumption and reduced efforts in low-carbon management and capital investment.Finally,this paper proposes to attach more importance to low-carbon development and strengthen capacity building for low-carbon governance;intensify efforts for constructing low-carbon pilots in order to help achieve the goal of carbon emission peak during the "14 th Five-Year Plan" period;and to improve the Low-carbon City Evaluation Indicator System.