DRIVERS AND OBSTACLES OF THE REMANUFACTURING INDUSTRY IN CHINA: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY.

Remanufacturing is one of the prioritized sectors that pushes sustainability forward and has been vigorously promoted by two rounds of experimental programs in China. A survey of 7 Chinese remanufacturing enterprises involving 190 respondents is used to empirically identify the current situation and explore influential factors of the remanufacturing industry in China. The results of principal component factor analysis indicate that enterprise strategy factors as well as policy and technical factors are the major drivers of the remanufacturing industry with the largest contribution rate of 21.424% and 20.486% respectively. The policy, economic factors and industry environmental factors are major barriers with the largest contribution rate of 29.361% and 19.690% respectively. This is the first empirical study to explore the influencing factors of the remanufacturing industry in China. The results provide preliminary reference for government and industry to further develop mechanism to promote remanufacturing practice in China. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]