Analysis on Selection of Evaluation Index and Popularization the Concept for Low-Carbon Economy Development of China

With the process of industrialization, urbanization and modernization accelerating, climate warming caused by CO2 produced by lots of fossil fuels consumption has been more and more serious, so developing low-carbon economy has become an essential economic model. Based on historical data and the background of low-carbon economy, this paper expounded the status of China’s low-carbon economy and summed up the four existing problems: according to the actual situation and gives a basic model of developing low-carbon economy in China, and proposed some suggests: (1) accelerating the formulation of national strategies and corresponding legal guarantees, (2) utilizing market mechanisms to establish more carbon trading market with financial transaction characteristics and (3) vigorously developing clean energies and continuously increasing the capacity of forest carbon sinks. Finally, the study established an index system including 28 indicators to evaluate the comprehensive level of low-carbon economy according to the status of China’s low carbon economy development.