The Necessary Logic of Multiple Cooperative Governance of Ecological Environment

For regional ecological environment governance, demonstrating the rationality of its intergovernmental multi-collaboration is crucial for strengthening cross-border cooperation, enhancing holistic ecological security, and promoting high-quality integrated development. Environmental pollution, green total factor productivity, resident health, etc, of 30 provincial-level regions from 2001 to 2020 are explained variables from the perspectives of local government, enterprises, and residents. Spatial econometric models are applied to test the spatial correlation between diverse groups in different regions and ecological environment governance, aiming to obtain empirical evidence for the necessity of diverse groups' participation in intergovernmental ecological environment governance. We primarily find that the explained variables reflecting the core interests of diverse groups are spatially correlated, and ecological environment governance has significant spatial spillover effects on them, reducing surrounding environmental pollution by 3.2542, increasing green total factor productivity of enterprises by 8.5120, and improving resident health by 0.8267. Furthermore, by comparing the regression results under different spatial weight matrices, we provide suggestions for intergovernmental coordination, including implementing a particular consciousness of responsibility for everyone's participation, enhancing the identification and management of externalities in ecological environment governance, and enriching and optimizing tools for the participation of diverse stakeholders.