Measurement of Ecological Footprint Productivity in China

Based on the traditional concept of productivity and from the environmental protection perspective, this paper put forward the concept of ecological footprint productivity (EFP), analysed its connotation, probed into its computation steps, and measured China's EFP. Results showed that EFPs of cultivated land, forest land, grassland, water areas, and whole land have displayed a tendency of increasing since 2001, showing the development track of the right half of the U-shaped curve. By contrast, the EFPs of fossil energy land and building land had shown no apparent tendency. The EFP of all kinds of lands in China was estimated to show a continuous accelerated growth trend in the coming years.