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The thin-wall effect of single crystal superalloys refers to the phenomenon that when the thickness of the sample and the part is less than 1 mm，the lasting life is reduced， the creep rate is increased and other mechanical properties are significantly attenuated. With the development of the internal cooling structure of advanced aero-engine single crystal blade parts， the structural thickness of some areas decreases， making it a typical thin-walled structure. Thus， it is of great engineering significance to consider the thin-wall effect in the thin-wall region during the design and manufacture of blades. Creep performance is one of the most important properties of superalloys for turbine blade application. This paper summarizes the thin-wall effect in creep performance of the superalloys as well as some advanced experimental equipment in the study of thin-wall effect. Research on thin-wall debit effect of superalloys can be divided into two categories，one is the cause of thin-wall debit，including the relative enhancement of oxidation，more significance in anisotropy，changes in microstructure and the initiation or growth of defects，and the factors that influence the thin-wall debit effect including experimental conditions（temperature，stress，etc.），the processing methods（casting， machining）， geometric shape （rectangular cross-section， ring cross-section， film cooling holes）. Research on thin-wall debit effect is within the scope of engineering application，as a part of “component level/analog component level” in “building block” verification and evaluation technology，thin-wall debit effect research under service environment or near-service environment conditions is more valuable for application. For this purpose，a variety of advanced experimental equipment platforms have been developed to simulate one or several coupled service conditions（high temperature，high pressure，corrosion/erosion，centrifugal loading） of the blade in the engine. Future research on thin-wall effects should be carried out under conditions closer to actual service conditions by preparing specimens according to the actual blade manufacturing process and conducting experiments on the equipment that simulates the service environment.

The 2015 Paris Agreement has set out the climate change target of limiting global warming to 1.5 °C, which poses a serious challenge to countries to reduce emissions. As the world's largest carbon emitter, promoting the realization of the "dual-carbon" goal is the key to realizing China's green transformation and high-quality development. Chinese asset managers play active roles in the capital market as an important channel of asset allocation. Currently, the vast majority of Chinese asset managers hold high percentages of high-carbon industries in their portfolios, and lack quantitative data of their carbon footprints embodied in equity investments, which faces huge carbon-related risks. Therefore, it's an urgent need to comprehensively and scientifically measure financed emissions of Chinese asset managers, which is of great significance for asset managers' carbon risk management and sustainable investment. This paper develops a detailed inventory of carbon emissions for equity portfolios managed by Chinese asset managers from 2010 to 2020, which stands as a pivotal reference for in-depth analysis of emission characteristics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

China is facing serious water scarcity, and the effects of international trade on its water resources have been widely examined. Processing exports account for nearly half of China's gross exports. Adopting China's multi-regional input–output table that captures processing exports, we enrich the literature on virtual water exports by accounting for trade heterogeneity. The results show that China's virtual water exports show a significant trade heterogeneity. Normal and processing exports are attributed to 86.7% and 13.3% of the Agriculture sector's water use induced by exports respectively. Conversely, normal and processing exports are attributed to 31.8% and 68.3% of the Communications Equipment, Computers sector's water use induced by exports respectively. In addition, a cross-regional compensation is needed to deal with the unequal regional distribution of water uses and economic benefits related to exports. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]