Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: As global climate change accelerates, countries worldwide are adopting measures to curb carbon emissions and promote sustainable development. China, a major emitter, has actively implemented carbon reduction policies, with carbon tax and carbon trading markets as key mechanisms. The carbon tax raises the cost of emissions, encouraging enterprises to reduce their emissions, while the carbon trading market enhances the allocation of emission resources through market-driven pricing mechanisms, thereby improving overall reduction efficiency. This study aims to explore the synergistic effect between China’s carbon tax and carbon trading market, analyzing their interaction in promoting carbon emission reduction and assessing their influence across different industries and regions. Based on a review of relevant literature and data from government carbon emissions statistics, the study examines the synergy between carbon tax and the carbon trading market. The results indicate that the implementation of the carbon tax increases the cost of carbon emissions for enterprises, thus prompting them to adopt more proactive reduction measures while providing stable demand for the carbon trading market. Besides, the carbon trading market improves overall emission reduction efficiency by optimizing the market-driven allocation of carbon allowances. After the carbon tax was implemented, corporate emissions dropped, market activity increased, and price fluctuations signaled emission reduction. In addition, it reveals that the synergistic effect of carbon tax and carbon trading market varies across different industries and regions, suggesting that policy adjustments should be tailored to specific circumstances.
Author: Yifan Wang
Institution: Minzu University of China
Language: English
Subfield: Economics and Econometrics
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Climate action
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W4410350138