Research on restricting factors and countermeasures of ecological protection and high-quality development of Yellow River basin — Analysis based on the multi-dimensional framework of “element-space-time"

YANG Kaizhong, DONG Yaning

Abstract: In view of the major national strategic demands for ecological protection and high-quality development of the Yellow River basin, this paper points out that alleviating the contradiction between "Full-world economy" and development is the principal contradiction between ecological protection and economic and social development of the Yellow River basin, and promoting the transformation of society, economy and ecology is the fundamental solution to the contradiction. More concretely, this paper firstly puts forward a three-dimensional analysis framework "element-space-time", and makes it clear that this framework should be applied to promote the socio-economic ecological transformation, ecological protection and high-quality development of the Yellow River basin. Then, based on the framework, it is identified the factors that restrict the ecological protection and high-quality development of the Yellow River basin, including the lagged transformation of material metabolism mode, inefficient symbiotic space pattern between human and nature and path dependence. Finally, the key strategic countermeasures are proposed to promote the economic transformation, spatial reconstruction and path creation of the Yellow River basin, such as ensuring cities, people and production to be determined by water, accelerating the development of the Yellow River basin based on energy internet, promoting innovation-driven development with a unique style, building a strong information network, and promoting economic integration and globalization of the Yellow River basin. This paper has a certain theoretical and practical value for a deep understanding and grasp of the mechanism and strategy of ecological protection and high-quality development of the Yellow River basin.

Keywords: Yellow River basin; ecological protection; high quality development; factor-space-time