Resource-based cities provide a large amount of natural resources for national economic construction, but they are faced with problems such as resource depletion and environmental pollution, so they must carry out green transformation and upgrading to achieve sustainable development. In this paper, the green transformation efficiency of typical resource-based cities in China is evaluated and studied in the context of "carbon neutrality". Firstly, this paper explains and determines the main influencing factors of green transformation of resource-based cities, constructs the evaluation index system of green transformation, and divides the transformation levels. Secondly, an evaluation model considering the non-expected output is established to conduct an empirical evaluation of the green transformation efficiency of 17 typical resource-based cities in China to test the scientificity and feasibility of the evaluation system constructed. The results show that the dual effects of low-carbon technology progress and environmental control policies can promote the green transformation of resource-based cities, and the superposition of the two effects makes the funds more inclined to the field of technological innovation and concentrate on green industries, which effectively promotes the growth of green economy of resource-based cities.

Yingying Fan, Yi Liang, Chaoli Jiang, Weigao Meng, Qiaoran Yang. Research on the Efficiency Evaluation of Green Transformation of Resource-based Cities in China under the Goal of "Carbon Neutrality". International Journal of Social Sciences and Economic Management (2023), Vol. 4, Issue 2: 108-118. https://doi.org/10.38007/IJSSEM.2023.040214.

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