Exploration of environmental governance in manufacturing enterprises under the central environmental supervision mechanism in China: a multidimensional empirical study based on double difference analysis

The report of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China clearly states that ecological environment protection is an inherent requirement for the comprehensive construction of a socialist modernized country, and points out the need to “adhere to the concept that green mountains and clear waters are as valuable as mountains of gold and silver, and deepen the fight against pollution prevention and control”. Manufacturing enterprises are the main body of energy conservation and carbon reduction, and also an important component of the entire green, low-carbon, and circular economy system. Accelerating the promotion of environmental governance in manufacturing enterprises is essential for achieving green development in the manufacturing industry. Practice has shown that the central environmental inspection takes “promoting development through inspection” as an important principle and basic starting point, fully exerting its coercive and guiding role, seriously dealing with major ecological damage and environmental pollution, promoting the accelerated development of green industries, and becoming a powerful lever for promoting environmental governance in manufacturing enterprises. This article explores the impact of central environmental inspections on environmental governance in manufacturing enterprises by using a multi period double difference model and starting from the internal dynamic mechanism of central environmental inspections driving manufacturing enterprises. This article finds that the central environmental inspection promotes environmental governance by influencing the attention allocation of enterprises, and the effect of the central environmental inspection varies depending on regional location, environmental law enforcement strength, and enterprise performance; In enterprises in the eastern region and areas with high environmental law enforcement, central environmental inspections have played a significant role in promoting environmental governance in manufacturing enterprises. However, in enterprises in the central and western regions and areas with low environmental law enforcement, the role of central environmental inspections is not significant. Compared with manufacturing enterprises with poor business performance, manufacturing enterprises with good business performance will perform better in environmental governance when facing central environmental inspections.

• Publication year

  2026

• Venue

  Carbon Balance and Management

• Publication date

  2026-01-08

• Fields of study

  Political Science, Medicine, Business, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1186/s13021-025-00392-3PMID 41505020PMCID 12794481
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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