Academic Journal of Business & Management, 2026, 8(2); doi: 10.25236/AJBM.2026.080212.
Jin Qiu1, Chulei Pan1, Jie He1
1Guangdong University of Science and Technology, Dongguan, China
With the increasingly severe issue of global climate change, China has put forward the ambitious goals of "carbon peaking and carbon neutrality", marking that the development model of the economy and society will undergo a widespread and profound systemic transformation. Against this backdrop, as a representative of traditional manufacturing industries that are high in energy consumption and emissions, the ceramic industry is facing unprecedented pressure to make a low-carbon transformation. Chaozhou, known as the "Porcelain Capital of China", has a long history in its ceramic industry, which is characterized by a distinct cluster. It serves as a pillar industry for the local economy and an important guarantee for employment and people's livelihood. However, behind its prosperous development, the long-term reliance on an energy structure dominated by coal and natural gas has led to a prominent problem of "double high" in total carbon emissions and intensity, which has become a key and difficult area for the region to achieve its dual carbon goals. Therefore, this paper takes Chaozhou ceramic manufacturing enterprises as the research object, assesses the carbon reduction technology paths and their effects for different ceramic categories, studies the urgency and new directions of transformation, quantifies carbon reduction technologies as the core driving force, identifies the core obstacles in the transformation process, and establishes a "transformation path" to provide a decision-making model.
Chaozhou ceramics, dual carbon goals, carbon emissions, carbon reduction technologies
Jin Qiu, Chulei Pan, Jie He. Research on the Low-carbon Transformation Path of Chaozhou's Ceramic Industry under the Dual Carbon Goals——Based on Innovative Carbon Reduction Technologies. Academic Journal of Business & Management (2026), Vol. 8, Issue 2: 85-98. https://doi.org/10.25236/AJBM.2026.080212.
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