Abstract:

To find a way in incorporating environmental protection into the development of economy, the authors discussed the nature of recycling economy with its relationship to the structural change of industries and analyzed the current situation of industry structure in Jiangsu Province of China. It was shown that resourceexhausting and environmentpolluting industries are still playing an important part in the province's economy. Following the theoretical principles of recycling economy, the industrial structure adjustment in Jiangsu is set mainly at two goals: one is to develop the third industry in priority, to optimize the second industry and to stablize the first industry, and the other is to promote the development of resource saving, environment friendly, and wastereusing industries in each sector. Specifically, industry sector is mainly expected to convert into ecological type by encouraging, controlling or limiting different industries, agricultural sector is mainly hoped to reduce inputs, explore the usages of wastes to lengthen and widen the agribusiness, and service sector is mainly encouraged to develop much more environmentfriendly industries to meet the harmonic development of economy, society and environment. Some strategies and measures to promote recycling economy are also discussed.

Key words: recycling economy, industrial structure adjustment, strategic uggestion