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The paper analyzed total factor productivity of Binzhou City, and key factors that influence its economic growth and effluent discharge. The results shoved that (i) production efficiency of the city during 2005-2013 kept stable, mean of Malmquist-Luenberger index was 1.044,9 without considering effluent discharge, and the average annual increase rate was 4.49%, and that vitas 1.020,4 considering effluent discharge, the average annual increase rate was 2.04%, and the increase rate reduced by 2.45%. (ii) GDP growth showed significant negative correlation and positive correlation with capital input and energy input, but insignificant negative correlation and positive correlation with labor force input and technological progress. (iii) Effluent discharge showed insignificant negative correlation and positive correlation with capital input and energy input, but significant negative correlation and positive correlation with labor force input and technological progress. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper analyzed the total factor productivity of Shandong Province and its impact on the local economic environment through Malmquist-Luenbetger productivity index. The results of the paper were included as follows. Without consideration of the environmental constraints, Index M of the total factor productivity of Shandong Province from high to low was Heze, Jinan, Qingdao, Weihai, Dongying, Zaozhuang, Jining, Tai'an, Dezhou, Liaocheng, Yantai, Zibo, Weifang, Linyi, Binzhou, Rizhao, Laiwu, among which Index M of Linyi, Binzhou, Rizhao, Laiwuwere were less than 1; taking the environmental constraints into account, Index ML of the total factor productivity of Shandong Province was reduced, from high to low was Jinan, Qingdao, Weihai, Yantai, Heze, Liaocheng, Tai'an, Weifang, Jining, Linyi, Zibo, Dongying, Zaozhuang, Rizhao, Laiwu, Binzhou, Dezhou, among which Index ML of 9 cities behind Jining were less than 1. In terms of the development mode, Jinan, Qingdao, Tai'an, Weihai, Jining and Heze were resource-conserving and environment-friendly cities; Dongying and Zaozhuang were resourceconserving and environment-polluted cities; Liaocheng, Linyi, Weifang and Yantai were resource-wasted and environment-friendly cities; Binzhou, Dezhou, Laiwu, Rizhao and Zibo were resource-wasted and environment-polluted cities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Relationships between environmental pollution and economic development in Binzhou during 2001-2013 were studied through an Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC). The results showed that with the increase of GDP per capita, the emissions of industrial wastewater, COD and ammonia nitrogen in Binzhou City increased at first and then decreased during 2001-2013, showing inverted-U-shaped curves where turning points appeared in the middle; the emission of domestic sewage showed an upward trend, and a turning point would not appear in a short term; the emissions of domestic COD and ammonia nitrogen dropped firstly and then rose gradually, showing U-shaped curves, and they would not decrease in a short time. The turning points of industrial wastewater, COD and ammonia were at (4.29,14 550), (2.46, 44 803) and (2.27, 2 708) respectively; domestic sewage had no turning point, and domestic COD and ammonia nitrogen would not reach the turning points in a short term. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]