REGIONAL GREEN INPUT-OUTPUT ACCOUNTING ANALYSIS： WATER RESOURCE ACCOUNTING ANALYSIS OF NINGXIA PROVINCE OF CHINA

Abstract

The problem of water resource and water environment is the first-line problem to solve in order to realize the sustainable development of China (PREC,CPPCC,2000). Based upon the theory of green input-output (Lei, 1999/2000) and consulting Ningxia Input-output Table of 1997 (Statistical Bureau of Ningxia (SBN), 1997), Ningxia Statistical Yearbook of 1998 (SBN, 1998) and the sample data of related enterprises provided by Ningxia Bureau of Statistics, this paper constructs an extended input-output table which contains 12 sectors such as agriculture and coal mining and processing, and water resource use and sewage discharge. The paper also does some basic accounting analysis on the Ningxia water resource and water environment.
Key words: green input-output accounting, water resource, green GDP, green charges