| As a pillar industry of national economic and social development, environmental pollution control in the textile industry is crucial for the comprehensive establishment of China’s green and low-carbon industrial development pattern. Using the improved factor analysis method and Dagum Gini coefficient to examine the environmental pollution status and regional differences of China’s textile industry, conducting scenario analysis of textile industry environmental policies and exploring emission reduction paths through simultaneous equation regression. The results show that from 1998 to 2021, the environmental pollution index of the textile industry at the national level slightly decreased; There are significant differences in environmental pollution in the textile industry among the eight comprehensive economic zones, but the overall Gini coefficient shows a downward trend; At the national level, increasing investment in environmental governance, strengthening environmental regulations, and increasing foreign direct investment have not effectively promoted pollution reduction in the textile industry. Policies that reduce energy consumption have effectively promoted pollution reduction in the textile industry, but they will to some extent affect the growth of the textile economy. Based on this, a general path for pollution reduction in China’s textile industry is proposed; From the average environmental pollution index of the textile industry in various economic zones, the middle reaches of the Yangtze River Economic Zone has the highest value, while the rest are ranked from high to low in the eastern coastal economic zone, southern coastal economic zone, northern coastal economic zone, southwestern economic zone, northwestern economic zone, and the middle reaches of the Yellow River Economic Zone. The northeast economic zone has a lower value, and based on this, a differentiated path for pollution reduction in China's textile industry is proposed. |
