Confrontingthecontradictionbetweentherapiddevelopmentofeconomyandtheeffectiveprotectionofenvironment,anddevelopinglowcarboneconomybyoptimizingtheindustrialstructurehavebecomeoneoftheeffectivewaytoattractmoreattention.Inthepaper,wemadearesearchonthecorrelationbetweenchina’sthreemainindustriesandcarbonemissionintensitytofindoutthemainfactorswhichaffecttheintensityofcarbonemissioninChinabymeasuringthegrossemissioninchina’s28mainprovincesin2003-2013andusingGreycorrelationanalysisbasedonthechangetendency.Theresultsindicatethatthesecondindustryhasthelargestcorrelationwithcarbonemissionintensity;thetertiaryindustryhelpsreducetheintensityofcarbonemission,butitisnotveryobvious;thefirstindustryhastheleastimpactoncarbonemissionintensity.Inthelastpart,accordingtothecharacteristicsofindustrialstructureandcarbonemission,weputforwardthesuggestionsandstrategiesontheadjustmentofchina’sindustrialstructureinfuturewiththeresultsanalysis.
