in China, path dependence is currently not an element of the major
barriers to innovation for green chemistry technologies, largely due to the significant amount
of capital investment that is currently taking place, which has so far prevented legacy capital
and technology from becoming overly limiting. On the other hand, Chinese green chemistry
technologies face special burdens that stem from the particulars of the primacy placed on
economic growth over environmental protection, even when the government issues explicitly
pro-green technology policies