Table 1 Comparative framework of new quality productive forces and related international concepts.

From: Study on the impact of new quality productive forces on agricultural green production efficiency

Concept

New quality productive forces

Eco-innovation

Green growth

TFP enhancement

Core definition

Driving systematic upgrading of productive forces through technological innovation to achieve green-efficient development

Environmental impact reduction through innovation

The coordinated development of economic growth and environmental sustainability

Enhancing production efficiency through technological progress and management optimization

Primary goal

A qualitative leap in productive forces to achieve optimization and upgrading of industrial structure

Resolve economy-environment conflicts

Balancing economic growth with ecological carrying capacity

Enhance factor utilization efficiency and economic growth quality

Key focus

systemic transformation of productive forces elements (e.g., smart agricultural machinery, digital technologies)

Specific tech/institutional innovations (e.g., green tech)

Overall transformation of the economic system (e.g., low-carbon industries)

Capital/labor efficiency optimization

Theoretical basis

Marxist productive forces theory localized in China

Endogenous growth theory and Sustainable development theory

Sustainable development theory and Circular economy theory

Neoclassical growth theory