Dynamic Relationship among China's Economic Development, Food Safety and Health Production from a Global Perspective

Minjie TengHua Wei^*Quanshan Tao^*

• Anhui University of Chinese Medicine, Hefei, China

In this study, we constructed a dynamic network SBM (DNSBM) model, and based on the panel data of 30 provinces in China from 2017 to 2020, for the first time, economic development, food safety and health production were included in a unified framework for efficiency assessment. The results show that China's overall efficiency is low (0.504), with significant regional heterogeneity, presenting a pattern of high in the east and low in the west; the efficiency of economic development (0.288) significantly lags behind the efficiency of health production (0.694); and the efficiency of food safety risk control is weak (the efficiency of food inspection failure rate, the number of foodborne illness incidents and patients are 0.694, 0.368 and 0.428, respectively). The DNSBM model breaks through the limitations of traditional static analysis and provides a dynamic assessment tool for emerging economies to reconcile the contradiction of "economic growth -resource consumption -public health". China's experience highlights the central role of government-led multi-sectoral collaboration, technological innovation and balanced regional development. The study calls for integrating food safety governance into the global agenda and building a global food safety network through enhanced international cooperation (e.g., drawing on European Union standards, sharing of agricultural regulatory and digital testing technologies) to promote synergistic and sustainable development of the economy, health, and the environment, and contribute to the realization of the United Nations 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).