简介:WiththerapiddevelopmentofforeigntradeinChina,industrialimportandexporthasbeenanabsolutesubjectinrecentyears.Thehugetradesurplusofimportandexporttradeofindustrialproductsbringsnotonlyhighprofits,butalsopollutioncostsaswell.Basedontheconceptofwaterpollutionfootprints(WPFs),thisstudyappliestheinput-outputmethodandcalculatespollutant-producingcoefficientsof20majorindustrialsectorsinChinaandinvestigatestheWPFscausedbytheimportandexporttradesoftheseindustrialsectors.TheresearchresultsshowthatWPFresultingfromexportsexceedsthatofimportsfrom2011to2015inChina.Thenetinflowofpollutionfootprintismainlyfrompapermills,printingandstationerymanufacturing,andtextileindustry;whereasagreatnumberofWPFsaretransferredtoothercountriesbythesesectors,suchasmetalmininganddressingindustryandoilandnaturalgasexploitationindustry.