New quality productive forces and rural China's clean cooking transition: A spatial analysis

摘要:

Generally, facilitating a slick switch to cleaner cooking fuels for households in the countryside has been a challenge. Based on survey data from the China Family Panel Survey for 2022 and provincial statistics, this study examined the effects of relevant factors on household cooking fuel utilization in rural China at the province, household, and neighborhood levels using a multilevel spatial logit model. The findings clearly indicate that new quality productive forces, household cultural consumption, and neighborhood effects significantly support households to adopt cleaner cooking fuels in rural areas. Further studies show that policies on green financial reforms and innovation, straw-burning ban guidelines, and atmospheric priority control areas activate new productive forces to support rural households’ switch to cleaner cooking fuels. These findings contribute to knowledge and action programs for the green transformation of rural energy consumption.

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