Notice of RetractionEmpirical analysis of the main influential factor of CO2 emission intensity in China

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In the era of low-carbon economy, reduction of CO₂ emission intensity has become one of the important strategic objectives in each country. In order to find the important influential factor and the change regularity of CO₂ intensity in China, a regression equation is used in this paper. Some data about real GDP, energy consumption mix and energy conversion efficiency are introduced, all data over the period 1991-2007. Empirical results show that energy structure and energy conversion efficiency have a great impact on CO₂ intensity. Because Coal is China´s most important and abundant fuel, optimizing energy structure can not play a positive role in future. We hold that the strategic focus of reducing CO₂ intensity is to develop energy technologies and low-carbon technologies, based on improving the efficiency of energy conversion. In the future, technological innovation will become the basic guarantee for low-carbon economy.