Examining the Development Level of Green Agriculture and Regional Differences in China in the Context of Carbon Peak and Carbon Neutrality

Green agriculture played an active part in green development, it is a necessary way for China to achieve Carbon Peak and Carbon Neutrality. Based on the background of Carbon Peak and Carbon Neutrality and the requirements of sustainable development, the study constructed the evaluation index system of China's green agriculture development level and empirically analyzed the development level of China's green agriculture along with regional development gaps based on the empirical data from 2014 to 2021. The research found that China's green agriculture development level from 2014 to 2021 has been rising each year. Yet, there were certain differences in the development level of green agriculture in 31 provinces (direct-administered municipalities and autonomous regions), and the green agriculture Development in four major regions was not balanced, showing the regional distribution characterized by highest in the east, second in the west, third in the center and lowest in the northeast region, and the gap between the East and Northeast was large, which seriously restricted the further improvement of China's green agriculture development level. To facilitate the realization of Carbon Peak and Carbon Neutrality, China's green agriculture development should strengthen the technical support to form a resource-saving and environment-friendly modernized agricultural development system. At the same time, multiple measures should be taken to narrow the development gap between different regions.