简介：Thereisanobviousdeparturefromtheregionalequi-libriumofdevelopmentsbetweentheupperandlowerreachesofthePearlRiverinGuangdong,whichresultedin'theeffectsofcontra-geography-gradsdevelopment'.Itismainlybecausetheuprivermountainousareashavebeendeeplystuckinindustriali-zationdelayandmarginalizationplights,sothatnearly40millionlocalpeoplehaveconceivedadreamtogetridof'theviciouscircleofpoverty'byspeedingupindustrialdevelopment.Buttheproblemisthatsuchindustrializationeffortsonalargescaleinmountainousareasareencounteringthebottleneckofenviron-mentalcapacitythatstrictlylimitsindustrialemissionsalongtheupperreachesofanywatersystem.Asasolution,aninstitutionalarrangementcalled'theLocalAreaQuotasforIndustrialEmis-sionsalongthePearlRiver'isputforwardsupposedtogivecor-respondingcompensationtotherightsofindustrialdevelopmentyieldedbysomeareaswithlowerenvironmentalcapacitythroughthedistributionandtradingofIDQs.