Countermeasures towards Circular Economy Development in West Regions

The development of the western regions in China has followed the same simple irreversible line --- “resources obtaining-processing and production --- waste emission” for a long time, while due to local resources shortage and local eco-environment capacity, circular economy development turns to be inevitable. Through investigations and researches, reasonable thinking, and systematic analysis, the connotation of circular economy is clearly explored, and the weakness of circular economy development in western regions have been analyzed as well, thus suggestions have been raised from the following major 5 aspects: the establishment of favorable policies, financial support, technology innovation and advancement, intellectuals, and emerging industries development.