Abstract:

The paper employed entropy method to study the relationship between the industrial structure adjustment and the low carbon economy in Yichang City.The study showes that the production and distribution of electric power and heat power,which belong to renewable clean energy,rank top in the index of energy saving and emission reduction and should be boosted.The sector of foods substantially ranks top in the index of energy saving and emission reduction,and belongs to the second tier sector and also the sunrise industry,whose healthy development should be effectively supported and facilitated.The sector of machinery manufacture substantially ranks top ten in the index of energy saving and emission reduction,and belongs to the third tier sector.As a traditional pillar sector and a pillar of strength in the industry,it should be effectively supported and developed on the premises of low carbon technical innovation;the hightech industry and light industry such as manufacture of textile in Yichang also substantially rank top in the index of energy saving and emission reduction and should be further supported to strengthen its competitiveness;the chemical sector ranks low in the index of energy saving and emission reduction and should be managed by means of combining sector adjustment and technical innovation.Processing of petroleum,coking,processing of nuclear fuel,manufacture of paper and smelting of metal in Yichang rank lowest in the index of energy saving and emission reduction,and should be adjusted and merged so as to gradually reduce the number and scale of their enterprises. 