Digital–Green Coordination for Low-Carbon Industrial Chain Transfer: An Exploratory Case Study of Meizhou’s Integration into the Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macao Greater Bay Area

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10.2991/978-94-6239-830-6_14How to use a DOI?

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Industrial chain transfer; Carbon reduction; Digital–green coordination; Carbon lock-in; Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macao Greater Bay Area

Abstract

Under China’s dual-carbon targets, less-developed regions face the challenge of undertaking industrial chain transfer without reinforcing low-end specialization or carbon lock-in. Taking Meizhou’s integration into the Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macao Greater Bay Area as an exploratory case, this paper develops a digital–green coordination framework linking industrial chain transfer with carbon reduction. The framework distinguishes the complementary roles of digitalization and greening. Digitalization improves information transparency, industrial matching, cross-regional coordination, and process monitoring, whereas greening guides project selection and low-carbon upgrading through entry standards, carbon-related constraints, and related incentives. Their relative importance varies across the transfer process. During project introduction, green screening plays a stronger gatekeeping role; during construction, digital coordination and green finance can reduce coordination and upgrading costs; and during operation, carbon accounting and low-carbon demonstration scenarios can support continuous carbon management and value conversion. Three mechanisms are identified: digital platforms embedded with green standards, data-enabled green finance for low-carbon upgrading, and carbon-accounting systems linked to low-carbon demonstration scenarios. The analysis suggests that Meizhou and comparable recipient regions should move from scale-oriented industrial reception toward more selective, traceable, and low-carbon integration. As an exploratory study, the framework clarifies possible mechanisms and generates propositions for future empirical testing.

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AU  - Jiaomei Tang
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/11/14
TI  - Digital–Green Coordination for Low-Carbon Industrial Chain Transfer: An Exploratory Case Study of Meizhou’s Integration into the Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macao Greater Bay Area
BT  - Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Internet Finance and Digital Economy (ICIFDE 2026)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 165
EP  - 181
SN  - 2352-5428
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DO  - 10.2991/978-94-6239-830-6_14
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