Developing a low-carbon economy and constructing a low-carbon city-a Xuzhou perspective

Developing a low-carbon economy and constructing a low-carbon city has become the trend in the world. China started a national low-carbon city pilot project in 2010. Xuzhou city is a mineral resource city that has a long history of coal mining Its heavy machinery industry is also well-developed. However, Xuzhou faces several problems such as coal resource exhaustion and mining subsidence. Due to extensive energy consumption, high emissions, as well as other problems of traditional pillar industries, the low-carbon city construction of Xuzhou was hindered. Considering the development situation of the current economy and society and the restrictive factors of low-carbon economic development, this paper provides some suggestions for low-carbon city construction planning: (1) perfecting the law and policy system for low carbon economy; (2) transforming coal mining abandoned land and subsidence land, as well as developing characteristic tourism; (3) accelerating technological innovation and promoting industrial structure adjustment.