The Role of Foreign Technology Transfer in Improving Environmental Efficiency: Empirical Evidence From China’s High-Tech Industry

In recent years, China’s high-tech industry has made remarkable technological progress, but it also brought serious environmental pollution, which aroused great concern about its efficiency. Although foreign technology transfer is considered as important ways for progress of the industry, existing research on what role plays in improving efficiency still lacking. Based interprovincial panel data from 2008 to 2017, we evaluated using super-efficiency slacks-based measure (SBM) model with undesirable outputs. We then used Tobit analyze impact introduction (TI) and direct investment (FDI)—two major types transfer—on industry. The results SBM show that average only 0.4375. Except Guangdong, Shanghai, Beijing, most provinces China have low high are eastern region, whereas concentrated central western regions. regression confirm difference import improvement Technology a significant positive FDI promotes efficiency, not statistically significant. These findings were confirmed by series robust tests. This study deepens our understanding expands theoretical relationship between