[Estimation of Co-benefits from Pollution Emission Reduction by Eliminating Backward Production Capacities in Hainan...

Industrial structural adjustment plays a significant role in achieving the pollution reduction goals in China. It is an optimal choice for Hainan Province to promote industrial structure upgrading and build a "national demonstration area for ecological civilization construction". The emission factor method was used to estimate co-benefits of pollution emission reduction through closure of backward production capacities as a result of industrial structural adjustment policies. The results showed that in Hainan Province the cumulative reduction emissions of NO, dioxins and mercury were 2826.0 t·a^-1, 10462.5 mg·a^-1 and 280.8 kg·a^-1 respectively from 2006 to 2013, taking into consideration of cement, iron & steel, paper making and solid clay bricks sectors. The impact of eliminating backward production capacities on reductions of NO was not remarkable, but the impacts on control over dioxins and mercury emissions were significant. The paper provided a new approach for estimating co-benefits from reducing the conventional pollutants and emerging pollutants.