Abstract Based on the MRIO model and SDA method, this paper investigates the impact of technique effect on China’s embodied carbon emissions in export and import from 1995 to 2011, and analyzes the different effects of carbon emission technique and intermediate technique. The results show that in general, the technique effect lowers China’s embodied carbon emissions in both export and import, in which the effects of carbon emission technique and intermediate technique are opposite. For different industries, the technique effect is mainly revealed in knowledge-intensive manufacturing, which is right the biggest producer of carbon emission. There is a negative impact from intermediate technique on countries of BRIC, European Union and North American Free Trade Zone, whereas the impact is a positive one on countries from East Asia and other regions. Furthermore, the promotion of division status in GVC is beneficial to China’s embodied carbon reduction in export.
2018, Vol. 35 
