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Developing a green economy is key to achieving the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals. This paper uses the SBM-GML index, which includes non-desired outputs, to measure the trend of regional green economic efficiency changes and analyze the impact mechanism and realization path of industrial transformation on green economic efficiency. The research results show that advanced industrial structure has a positive influence on green economic efficiency nationwide, while energy utilization structure and energy utilization efficiency have positive partial intermediary effects in the influence path; industrial structure rationalization is also significantly positively related to green economic efficiency nationwide, and the mediating effect of energy utilization is positive. The impact of industrial transformation on green economic efficiency has regional heterogeneity, and the mediating effect of energy use also differs. Among them, the impact effect in the eastern region is basically consistent with the national sample, but is negative in the central and western regions. This paper proposes countermeasures in terms of adjusting the industrial structure, improving energy efficiency, and perfecting industrial and energy policies, which can provide theoretical and practical references for promoting the transformation and upgrading of regional industrial structure, optimizing energy utilization, and advancing the efficiency of the national and regional green economy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Carbon is a key element in industrial production, but CO2 is also a greenhouse gas whose release into the atmosphere must be avoided. If its generation cannot be avoided for process‐related reasons, then a comprehensive carbon management is required to enable climate‐neutral production in industry. In the Carbon2Chem® project, partners from industry and science are successfully researching technical components that enable the implementation of concepts for CO2 capture and utilization (CCU) as part of carbon management. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this article we analyze how syngas produced in a renewable way can replace fossil‐fuel based syngas production and thereby play an essential role in the decarbonization of industry. We show that in essentially all industrial applications renewable H2 and/or CO can replace syngas from fossil fuel feedstocks, and quantify the flows of these chemical building blocks required for the transformation of industry towards a net‐zero emitting sector. We also undertake a techno‐economic analysis, in which we demonstrate that under specific assumptions for the learning rates of some of the key process components, renewable syngas can become cost‐competitive with that produced from fossil fuels. Cost competitiveness, however, only materializes for four of the five routes when natural gas prices are at least around 3 €/GJ and carbon taxes increase from 90 €/tCO2 today to 300 €/tCO2 in 2050. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In April 2024, the Institutes of Science and Development, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CASISD) released the 2023 Technology Focus report. The report uses big data and deep learning techniques to explore the hidden deep relationships among patent technologies. Based on 21 812 technology focuses formed by clustering nearly 680 000 dual jurisdictional patents, the Top 100 technology focuses are selected, named, and outlined in 32 technical fields distributed in the four major categories of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) patent classification system, and a key analysis and interpretation of 32 of them are also provided. This study is based on the Top 100 technology focuses and condenses the development trends and hotspots of technology and industry reflected in the analysis of high impact patents big data, so as reflect the situation and technological high grounds of the latest round of sci-tech revolution and industrial transformation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The increasingly environmental issues pose challenges to the economic development of countries, particularly hindering industrial transformation in developing nations. This study, grounded in the Resource-Based View, examines factors influencing green innovation in high-tech manufacturing firms. Market interactions and digital technologies significantly impact resource investments in green innovation. Using data from Chinese high-tech manufacturing firms from 2007 to 2021, the study reveals that customer concentration negatively affects green innovation, while digital transformation promotes it and mitigates the inhibitory effect of customer concentration. To explain this mechanism, green innovation is divided into green process innovation and green product innovation, and the effect of customer concentration is more pronounced in green product innovation. Further testing discusses the roles of the external environment, internal governance, and manager characteristics. Specifically, product market competition and political resources influence firms' reliance on major customers, allowing digital technologies to optimize resource allocation for green innovation. In terms of internal governance, flexibility and regulatory strength alter the emphasis firms place on green innovation, with higher governance efficiency reducing dependency on major customers. Managerial characteristics, particularly managers' rationality, determine the importance placed on digital technologies versus customer demands, leading to varied investment decisions in green innovation. Our findings provide valuable insights for optimizing resource allocation and enhancing green innovation investment, thereby effectively promoting sustainable regional economic development. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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AbstractGlobal labor market shifts have spurred the need for innovations and adaptations in workplace norms. This evolution demands a workforce with technical and soft skills to meet sustainability and industry advancements. The paper aims to elucidate the complex challenges related to the ambition to develop a socially sustainable, competitive, and green industry subjected to an accelerating pace of change. It outlines the findings of a Delphi study conducted in Sweden, which integrated workshops, interviews, and surveys with experts from various sectors to identify 14 key challenges. These challenges were synthesized into five themes: innovative competence supply management practices, resilient organizations and production systems, analytics for improvement and learning, socially sustainable work, and green transformation practices. The study provides a set of propositions within these themes, offering a strategic roadmap for future research to foster the growth of industries that are socially responsible, competitive, and committed to environmental sustainability. A practical implication of the study is the recognition of the larger competence ecosystem of which industrial companies are a part. This community must work together to create the knowledge needed to manage the shift to a green, sustainable, and digital working life.

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In the context of rural revitalization strategies and humans' increasing leisure pursuits, rural tourism has begun to act as a new development path of rural economic growth and industrial transformation. This phenomenon generally occurs in rural areas around metropolitan areas, manifesting as the transformation or reconstruction of rural spaces. As a result, many new types of tertiary industry spaces utilizing rural land for leisure activities have emerged. We analyze the connotations of rural spatial and industrial transformation from the perspective of spatial production and innovatively propose that the transformed space is an ecological product, which includes three types in practice: industrial space, consumption space, and residential space. This study facilitates urban–rural integration and common prosperity. Given the lack of analysis of rural ecological products, especially rural spatial ecological products (e.g., rural B&Bs and other tertiary industry spaces), this study aims to explore the value expression and driving factors of rural spatial ecological products based on geo-visual (spatially visualizing) analytical tools looking at 10361 B&Bs in Jiangsu and Zhejiang Provinces of China as typical examples. Our results show that (1) the value of rural spatial ecological products is reflected in the price that urban consumers are willing to pay for rural natural landscapes, which constitutes an ecological premium; and (2) the prices of rural spatial ecological products are strikingly different at multiple spatial scales, and this difference is related to the local ecological resources. This study provides insights into the rational allocation of the limited resources required for rural construction, which helps optimize the spatial planning of rural ecotourism and enhance the gametogenous development momentum of rural areas. At the same time, this study theoretically expands the research results of cultural ecosystem services. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Within the European Green Deal, the European industry is summoned to transform towards a green and circular economy to reduce CO 2 -emissions and reach climate goals. Special focus is on the chemical industry to boost recycling processes for plastics, exploit resource efficiency potentials, and switch to a completely renewable feedstock (defossilization). Despite common understanding that drastic changes have to take place it is yet unknown how the industrial transformation should be accomplished. This work explains how a cost-optimal defossilization of the chemical industry in the context of national greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation strategies look like. The central part of this investigation is based on a national energy system model to optimize the future energy system design of Germany, as a case study for a highly industrialized country. A replacement of fossil-based feedstocks by renewable feedstocks leads to a significant increase in hydrogen demand by +40% compared to a reference scenario. The resulting demand of hydrogen-based energy carriers, including the demand for renewable raw materials, must be produced domestically or imported. This leads to cumulative additional costs of the transformation that are 32% higher than those of a reference scenario without defossilization of the industry. Fischer-Tropsch synthesis and the methanol-to-olefins route can be identified as key technologies for the defossilization of the chemical industry. • Defossilization is a stringent constraint in addition to GHG mitigation. • Non-energetic demand is satisfied by green hydrogen and its derivatives. • Chemical recycling and the MTO route can be identified as critical technologies. • Defossilizing the German industry doubles the industrial hydrogen demand in 2050. • Cumulative costs of transformation of a defossilized energy system increase by 32%. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In order to promote the effective connection between poverty alleviation and rural revitalization, the rural industrial cooperatives established in the targeted poverty alleviation stage are closely connected with the rural society and can play a unique connecting function for realizing the “industrial prosperity” of rural revitalization. M cooperatives have transitional problems in the transition from “industrial poverty alleviation” to industrial prosperity, that is, weak foundation for industrial transformation, insufficient support for production factors, and lack of human resources for industrial transformation. The main reasons for the above phenomenon are not smooth connection between old and new policies, insufficient capital investment, and weak support of modern science and technology. This paper attempts to innovate the transformation path of breeding and breeding cooperatives from three aspects: Enhancing capital investment to strengthen the development basis of cooperative industry, integrating various resources to improve various production factors of cooperative industry development, basing on local resources, and cultivating talents for cooperative industry development, so as to provide empirical support for promoting cooperatives to play a better role in rural revitalization. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Purpose: Ten years after the introduction of Industry 4.0, politicians and scientists have started to promote the new concept of Industry 5.0. In this new concept, Industry 4.0 technologies are supposed to help companies achieve sustainability and resilience, and put people at the centre of technological change. This publication is based on a literature review. The topic of the analysis was Industry 5.0. The aim of the analysis was to present the research fields of researchers about Industry 5.0 Design/methodology/approach: Literature review was realized based on papers in data base Web of Science (WoS). The first paper was identified in 2016. After the year, there were more and more papers in the WoS data base. In the analysis, the method of SLR was used. Findings: Based on realized analysis, the key research fields was identified. On the research fields, the discussion of Industry 5.0 was realized. The discussion was conducted in line with the three strategic directions for industrial transformation, which are written in the January 2021 EC document. These directions are: human at the centre of transformation, sustainability and resilience. Originality/value: The key element of the paper is the matrix with research fields. In conclusion, the author states that due to the short period of industrial transformation, both concepts are industry changing. The concepts are difficult to separate from each other, so the author suggests using the term: Industry 4.0/5.0. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

[Objective] The Yellow River Basin has a large number of resource-based cities, and promoting the transformation of resource-based cities is of great significance for the high-quality development of the Yellow River Basin economy. Clarifying the progress and characteristics of industrial transformation in resource-based cities in the Yellow River Basin will help to formulate development policies in a more targeted manner. [Methods] In order to analyze the progress and characteristics of industrial transformation of resource-based cities in the Yellow River Basin, this study established a metric indicator system for the level of resource-based cities’ industrial transformation, quantitatively analyzed the spatiotemporal characteristics of the industrial transformation of 20 resource-based cities in the basin, and divided the industrial transformation of resource-based cities into four types by the level of transformation, the share of the output value of the mining industry, and the development of the substituting industries, and summarized and analyzed the paths and modes of industrial transformation of different types. [Results] The study found that: (1) As an important national energy and heavy chemical industry base, the overall process of industrial transformation of the 20 resource-based cities in the Yellow River Basin is relatively slow. Most of the resource-based cities are characterized by a single structure of industrial sectors, a high proportion of the output value of the mining industry, a low proportion of the production value of foreign and Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan investment enterprises, a small scale of the output value of the substitution industries, and unbalanced distribution of the sectors, and the overall level of industrial transformation is characterized by a spatial feature of “low in the middle and upper reaches and high in the lower reaches”. (2) Resource-based cities in the middle and upper reaches of the basin are mostly in the growth or maturity period, the type of industrial transformation is dominated by deepening transformation and slow transformation, and the transformation mode is mainly to mineral resources processing industry, which has the characteristics of path extension and dependence; Resource-based cities in the upper and lower reaches of the basin are mostly in the period of decline or regeneration, the type of industrial transformation is dominated by synergistic transformation and transitional transformation, the transformation mode is mainly to non-resource-processing substitution industries, and in addition to having the characteristics of path extension, the transformation is also path implantation, path creation, and path diversification. [Conclusion] Continuously promoting the transformation of resource-based cities in the Yellow River Basin and improving the resilience of the industrial economy is an important guarantee for realizing the high-quality development of the Yellow River Basin economy. Resource-based cities in the upstream and downstream areas should make full use of the conditions of transportation location, industrial foundation, and natural environment, and expand and strengthen the substitution industries according to local conditions; resource-based cities in the middle reaches should efficiently develop and utilize resources, improve the level of deep processing of resources, and promote the diversification of substitution industry development.

With the emergence of new and advanced information and telecommunication technologies, Chinese cities are encountering significant changes in their development dynamics. This study examines the spatial pattern of emerging industries under the influence of new technologies within the context of China's "Internet Plus" initiative. It constructs a theoretical framework from an evolutionary economic geography (EEG) perspective and highlights the interdependence between the Internet Plus economy and urban systems. The analysis finds that the development of Internet Plus in cities intensifies the spatial agglomeration of new economic resources, and results in industrial transformation led by only a few large cities and spatial polarization within the urban system. However, advances in Internet technologies also provide a window of opportunity for smaller cities, and local industrial bases and relevant specializations play a crucial role in this process. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This study investigated the agriculture risks and opportunities in a fragile watershed, the Lanyang River Watershed (LRW) in Northeastern Taiwan, under the current situation of climate change. Agriculture in the LRW is a traditional sector, highly vulnerable to climate change, and is a declining economic sector due to the trend of trade liberalization of agriculture. At present, the government of Taiwan encourages local farmers to transform towards recreational farm types. Leisure agriculture operators have successfully transitioned their tilling to a business model of recreational farming. A telephone survey of leisure agriculture operators was applied with a three-stage approach to obtain their opinions. The results showed that climate change may entail risks for agriculture in watersheds. Transformation to leisure agriculture can enhance farm adaptation and increase farm income. The long-term implementation of slope- and geology-based land classification and land use planning can protect the watershed, especially from extreme weather, while enhancing water and soil conservation efforts, and bolstering climate resilience. Innovative agricultural practices offer viable solutions, including greenhouse farming for high-economic-value crops, leisure agriculture, organic farming, and ecotourism. These strategies can rejuvenate the LRW's agriculture industry, foster ecological tourism, and provide opportunities for traditional farmers to thrive in this highly climate-fragile area. The implications of this case study are that appropriate responses can improve local climate resilience, and that correspondingly well-designed adaptation measures can transform threats and risks into new opportunities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The industrial transformation of hot spring villages is an important means to promote the sustainable development of the rural economy and achieve common prosperity. This study aims to explore the models of hot spring industrial transformation and reveal the influencing mechanisms in hot spring villages. Based on the theory of rural industrial transformation, an evaluation index system was constructed to measure rural industrial development by using the attribute data of enterprises in hot spring villages. Taking 19 typical hot spring villages in Fujian Province of China as examples, this study explores the process, models and influencing factors of the industrial transformation of hot spring villages from a sustainable perspective. Research results show that (1) the industrial transformation of the hot spring village includes the initial development stage and the rapid development stage, with the leading industries being transformed into service industries. (2) The industrial transformation of the hot spring village presents a gradual transformation model from hot spring aquaculture to hot spring processing and hot spring services, which not only reflects the transformation process of the hot spring village from the development of its primary industry to that of its secondary and tertiary industries, but also reveals the transformation trend of specialization and the high-end productive service industry and the convenient and high-quality transformation process of the living service industry. (3) The influencing factors of the industrial transformation of the hot spring village mainly include location conditions, the demand of the rural hot spring tourism market, government funding policy support and the choices of local villagers. This study not only enriches the theory of industrial transformation in resource-based rural areas, but also provides decision-making references for the sustainable development of hot spring villages in practice. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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It is of great significance for the sustainable development of steel cities to explore the relationship between the spatial pattern change in steel plants and land cover change during the transformation of steel cities. To address the issue of unsatisfactory results for segmenting steel plants based on high-resolution remote sensing images, due to insufficient sample datasets and task complexity, we proposed a steel plant segmentation strategy that combines high-resolution remote sensing images, POI data, and OSM data. Additionally, we discussed the effect of POI data and OSM data on steel plant segmentation, analyzing the spatial pattern change in steel plants in Tangshan City during 2017–2022 and its relationship with land cover change. The results demonstrate that: (1) The proposed strategy can significantly improve the accuracy of steel plant segmentation. The introduction of POI data can significantly improve the precision of steel plant segmentation, however, it will to some extent reduce the recall of steel plant segmentation, and this phenomenon weakens as the distance threshold increases. The introduction of OSM data can effectively improve the effectiveness of steel plant segmentation, however, it has significant limitations. (2) During 2017–2022, the spatial distribution center of steel plants in Tangshan City moved obviously to the southeast, and the positive change in steel plants was mainly concentrated in the coastal regions of southern Tangshan City, while the negative change in steel plants was mainly concentrated in central Tangshan City. (3) There is a relatively strong spatial correlation between the positive change in steel plants and the transition from vegetation to built area, as well as the transition from cropland to built area. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The 4th China Design Exhibition and Public Art Thematic Exhibition Seminar, focusing on the theme of 'New Starting Point, New Fashion', was held at the Shenzhen Contemporary Art and Urban Planning Museum. Experts and scholars from the national design and public fields were invited to conduct discussions and academic exchanges online and offline. Through the introduction of the excellent achievements of Chinese design and public art in economic construction, political construction, cultural construction, social construction and ecological civilization construction, this paper expounds on the professionalism and frontier of Chinese contemporary design, as well as the achievements made in design innovation, transformation and upgrading of manufacturing industry, improvement of people's lives, integration of arts and sciences, green ecology and so on. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article offers a theological rationale for engaging in a great ecological transformation. The author argues that this transformation cannot be achieved solely with technological means. Rather, we need far more than a great industrial transformation. We also need ecological justice that gives the nature of the earth and the animals their rights; recognition that ecological justice is related to social justice and, especially, to the rights of future generations; a new understanding of nature that liberates the nature of the earth from its modern, alienated status as a mere object; a new understanding of humanity that embeds human beings in the community of creation; and finally, a new cosmic spirituality that sanctifies lived life and engenders "respect for life" for everything that lives. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Despite the key role of multinational enterprises (MNEs) in both international markets and domestic economies, there is no consensus on their impact on their host economy. In particular, do MNEs stimulate new domestic firms through knowledge spillovers? Here, we look at the impact of MNEs on the entry and exit of domestic industries in Irish regions before, during, and after the 2008 Financial Crisis. Specifically, we are interested in whether the presence of MNEs in a region results in knowledge spillovers and the creation of new domestic industries in related sectors. To quantify how related an industry is to a region's industry basket we propose two cohesion measures, weighted closeness and strategic closeness which capture direct linkages and dense inter-industry links between local industries respectively. We use a dataset of government-supported firms in Ireland (covering 90% of manufacturing and exporting) between 2006 and 2019. We find that domestic industries are both more likely to enter and less likely to leave a region if they are related to so-called 'overlapping' industries containing both domestic and MNE firms. In contrast, we find a negative impact on domestic entry and survival from cohesion to 'exclusive MNE' industries, suggesting that domestic firms are unable to 'leap' and thrive in MNE-proximate industries likely due to a technology or know-how gap. Finally, the type of cohesion matters. During the economic recovery (2015–2019), it is strategic rather than weighted closeness to overlapping industries that is associated with both domestic industry entry and survival. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Carbon emissions from manufacturing have been a growing global concern in recent years. The growth in manufacturing firms' service output and its carbon emission reduction effect have received less attention, though. Using data from 2008-2020 for listed companies in China, this study empirically analyzed the effects of manufacturing output servitization on carbon intensity. The results revealed a significant negative relationship between them. Heterogeneity analysis finds that the carbon emission reduction effect of manufacturing servitization is strongest in (i) private and relatively small-scale firms and (ii) developed regions and capital-intensive industries. The mediating effect study shows that green TFP and revenue growth rate are the transmission channels for the environmental impact of manufacturing servitization. This study verifies that servitization is a feasible path to coordinate high-quality economic development with resource and environmental constraints from different perspectives to provide a reference for the realistic development of diverse economies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the context of rural revitalization strategies and humans’ increasing leisure pursuits, rural tourism has begun to act as a new development path of rural economic growth and industrial transformation. This phenomenon generally occurs in rural areas around metropolitan areas, manifesting as the transformation or reconstruction of rural spaces. As a result, many new types of tertiary industry spaces utilizing rural land for leisure activities have emerged. We analyze the connotations of rural spatial and industrial transformation from the perspective of spatial production and innovatively propose that the transformed space is an ecological product, which includes three types in practice: industrial space, consumption space, and residential space. This study facilitates urban–rural integration and common prosperity. Given the lack of analysis of rural ecological products, especially rural spatial ecological products (e.g., rural B&Bs and other tertiary industry spaces), this study aims to explore the value expression and driving factors of rural spatial ecological products based on geo-visual (spatially visualizing) analytical tools looking at 10361 B&Bs in Jiangsu and Zhejiang Provinces of China as typical examples. Our results show that (1) the value of rural spatial ecological products is reflected in the price that urban consumers are willing to pay for rural natural landscapes, which constitutes an ecological premium; and (2) the prices of rural spatial ecological products are strikingly different at multiple spatial scales, and this difference is related to the local ecological resources. This study provides insights into the rational allocation of the limited resources required for rural construction, which helps optimize the spatial planning of rural ecotourism and enhance the gametogenous development momentum of rural areas. At the same time, this study theoretically expands the research results of cultural ecosystem services.

This article analyzes various aspects of the introduction and use of innovative technologies in Japanese industry, with an emphasis on green transformation and sustainable development. The authors consider the influence of Japan’s strong innovation base and technological potential on the development of green technologies, covering various sectors of the economy. The main focus is on government policies aimed at accelerating the introduction of environmentally friendly technologies, as well as the role of private capital in this process. We discuss the key factors contributing to the transformation of Japanese industry, including demographic changes, declining productivity and international competitiveness. The article emphasizes the importance of industrial agglomeration and cooperation in enhancing competitiveness. The study is of interest to researchers and practitioners working on sustainable development and industrial policy.

The United Nations formally adopted 17 sustainable development goals (SDGs) at the summit in 2015. With the goal of SDGs, China has formulated the “3,060” dual carbon target, that is, to achieve a carbon peak before 2030 and carbon neutrality before 2060. Consequently, this goal will direct positive changes in industrial transformation, and employment quality will be impacted. In this article, 106 listed manufacturing enterprises in the Yangtze River Delta are selected to explore the impacts of industrial transformation and just transition on employment. The result shows that the industrial transformation has no significant promoting effect on employment quality in state-owned enterprises (SOEs), and just transition has no significant moderating effect. However, in private enterprises, industrial transformation has a significant negative impact on employment equality. Moreover, employee training can alleviate the negative impact of industrial transformation on employment quality. On the contrary, employee welfare will play a negative moderating role. The conclusions of this research can help enterprises make better strategies to guarantee the interests of employees and stimulate staff. In addition, the government should advise relevant enterprises to transform steadily.

The optimal reuse of abandoned mining land is of great practical significance to construct and expand the space that required by the transformation of resource-based towns in China. Taking Mentougou District of Beijing as an example, the 3S technology and field research were integrated to analyze the type, area, distribution, reuse status, as well as the temporal and spatial changes of abandoned mining land. A dynamic environment model of geographical process (Dinamica EGO) was used to simulate the reuse pattern of abandoned mining land under the trend development scenario. The appropriateness of abandoned mining land was evaluated to reuse for the ecological agriculture, ecological tourism, and high-tech industry under the functional positioning of “Capital ecological conservation development area” of Mentougou District using principal component analysis and BP neural network. According to the suitability evaluation and the land needs of industrial transformation, the land conversion rules were established to optimize the quantitative structure using the linear niche programming model and constraint conditions. Dinamica EGO model was then used to optimize the spatial pattern of the abandoned mining land that reused for the industrial transformation. Regulation was conducted to compare the optimization pattern with the trend development. The results showed were as follows: 1) A total of 323.30 hm2 of abandoned mining land was reused in the study area from 2006 to 2018. The abandoned mining land in the western towns was mainly reused as the woodland, cultivated land and orchards, while the abandoned mining land in eastern towns was mainly reused as the woodland, park, residential, and high-tech industrial land. 2) In the trend development scenario pattern, the abandoned mining land reused as ecological agricultural land was mainly distributed in Miaofengshan and Tanzhesi Town, the ecological tourism industry was mainly distributed in Datai Street and Wangping Town, and the high-tech industrial land was in Datai Street and Junzhuang Town. In the optimized pattern of abandoned mining land reuse for the industrial transformation, the area of abandoned mining land reused as the ecological agriculture was 251.75 hm2, mainly concentrated in Junzhuang, and Wangping Town, the reused area of the ecotourism was 67.25 hm2 in Miaofengshan, and Qingshui Town, and the area as the high-tech industry was 84.25 hm2 in Wangping and Miaofengshan Town. 3) In the two scenarios, about 108.5 hm2 of abandoned mining land was reused for the same purpose, indicating no adjustment to need. About 63.75 hm2 of abandoned mining land was reused as the ecological tourism land under the trend development scenario, which should be adjusted to the ecological agriculture land. By contrast, the ecological agriculture land was about 61 hm2 of abandoned mining land under the trend development scenario, which should be adjusted to the ecological tourism land. There was the 12.5 hm2 abandoned mining land should be developed into the high-tech industrial land in the Miaofeng Mountain, Wangping, and Yongding Town, according to the local infrastructure. Consequently, the direct and substantial combination were realized for the reuse of abandoned mine land and the demand for the industrial transformation of mineral resource-based towns. The findings can provide the theoretical support for the reuse and regulation of local abandoned mine land. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Improving industrial eco-efficiency (IEE) is significant for green development, particularly in the areas characterized by intense industrial agglomerations, such as the Yangtze River Economic Belt (YREB). This study analyzes IEE in the middle and lower reaches of the YREB (YREBML) from 2011 to 2020 using the Super SBM-ML model. Based on industrial and commercial enterprise database, this study clarifies the effects of industrial transformation and agglomeration on IEE based on spatial Durbin model. From 2011 to 2020, the IEE in the YREBML exhibited an increased trend, with an average annual increasing rate of 1.48%. The high IEE areas predominantly clustered in eastern coastal cities, while lower IEE regions were mostly located in the central and western areas. Malmquist-Luenberger index decomposition analysis suggests that advanced production technology, improved efficient resource allocation, and optimized industrial structure enhance IEE. The spatial econometric analysis revealed industrial structure rationalization (ISR) and textile industry factory scatter index (FSI) had significant positive effect on IEE, while FSI of chemical raw materials and product manufacturing industry had significant negative effect on IEE. These findings highlight the importance of promoting textile industrial clusters and controlling the quantity and distribution density of chemical industries to improve overall IEE in the YREBML. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Using oil, gas, and coal to produce platform chemicals on an enormous scale, the petrochemical industry constitutes a core part of the global energy order. Given demand growth for petrochemicals, the sector is set to become increasingly important to fossil fuel interests. Arguing that internationalised networks help structure the social metabolism and are important for transformative change, this paper sets out to analyse economic ties in the global petrochemical industry. In this paper, we conceptualise such relations and explore how they foster alignment on a global scale. We emphasise the role of internationalised networks in global socio-technical regimes, arguing for the importance of economic ties that establish a financial and juridical relation. On this basis, we theorise that extensive lead firm ties strengthen global regimes and shape socio-technical reconfigurations to align the interests of incumbent actors. Applying this framework, we analyse ownership relations amongst lead firms in the global petrochemical sector. We find a polycentric but global network aligning interests across major producers which we argue helps maintain and reproduce commitments to fossil fuels. The findings illustrate the relevance of pursuing parallel transitions along the petrochemical value chain, including energy, chemicals, and plastics, to break from fossil fuel dependency. • The petrochemical industry is key to the global fossil energy order. • Lead firm networks conditions pressures for transformative change. • Major petrochemical firms are integrated through ownership networks. • Ownership integration amongst lead firms underpin commitments to fossil fuels. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

As an effective measure to promote socio-economic development, industrial transformation indirectly changes the characteristics of urban underlying surfaces, leading to the complexity of controlling nonpoint source (NPS) pollution in cities. However, the relationship between industrial transformation and urban NPS pollution, as well as the critical socioeconomic factors influencing the characteristics of urban NPS pollution during the period of industrial transformation, is still unclear, seriously affecting urban water environment management. In this research, indicator systems for the estimation of industrial transformation and urban NPS pollution were first established. Then, the characteristics of industrial transformation and urban NPS pollution were analyzed through an entropy weight method and a volume–concentration model. In addition, critical socioeconomic factors affecting urban NPS pollution during periods of industrial transformation were identified using Pearson correlation analysis and a grey correlation model. Using Dongguan City in South China as the study area, the results showed that the level of industrial transformation in this city shows an upward trend, and the towns with relatively high level of industrial transformation gradually gathered around Songshan Lake. The four urban NPS pollution index (i.e., chemical oxygen demand, suspended solids, total nitrogen, and total phosphorus) significantly increased during the slow transformation period (2000–2010), then slightly decreased during the rapid transformation period (2010–2020). The pollution loads exhibited significant spatiotemporal heterogeneity. A significantly negative correlation (p < 0.05) was observed between industrial transformation and urban NPS pollution levels during the transformation period. It was found that fertilizer, electricity, and water consumptions, as well as permanent population were the critical socioeconomic factors affecting urban NPS pollution. Control of the application amounts of fertilizers and improvement in the efficiencies of urban water and electricity use are the effective methods for preventing and controlling urban NPS pollution during the period of industrial transformation. In addition, industrial enterprises should increase their investment in research and development activities to accelerate industrial transformation and reduce the urban NPS pollution load. This research contributes to urban NPS pollution control in the area undergoing industrial transformation. • A comprehensive method was proposed for evaluating urban NPS pollution during the period of industrial transformation. • The relationship between industrial transformation and urban NPS pollution was analyzed for the first time. • A significant negative correlation was observed between the levels of industrial transformation and NPS pollution. • Critical socioeconomic factors affecting urban NPS pollution during the industrial transformation period were identified. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Clarifying the evolution of international competitiveness for strategic and critical mineral articles is of great significance for promoting new energy development and achieving carbon neutrality in China. This study, therefore, calculates the series of indicators based on product space theory, for instance, international import & export shares, revealed comparative advantage (RCA) and product density, to analyze the competitiveness evolution. Results show that: the international competitiveness of China’s strategic and critical mineral articles demonstrated a declining tendency, and the rising percentage of imports was much larger than the decreasing export percentage. The evolution of the international competitiveness of 11 strategic and critical minerals is different. Among them, the international competitiveness of two articles is very strong, that of four articles is relatively weak, and that of three products is decreasing trend. From the perspectives of industrial sectors and trade, we analyze the underlying reasons for the competitiveness evolution of 11 strategic and critical mineral articles in detail and discuss the industry transformation and upgrade feasibility for strategic and critical mineral articles. Our work aims to provide strong support for the upgrading and high-quality development of the strategic and critical mineral products industry by providing corresponding policy suggestions.

This paper, based on the numerical simulation research, has come out with findings, such as the sluggish interregional industrial transformation in China and the factors responsible for that, the need to define the new economic geography from the angle of geographic view, the need to have a theoretical model based on implementing development centre periphery, the use of element resources endowment system reference analysis, and the need for implementation of the numerical simulation of the model, and finally the need to clear the factors that influence the sluggish industrial transfer. The final results show that the factor resource endowment, transportation cost, and labour price are still impediments affecting industrial transfer. Since the development level of the manufacturing industry in eastern China has not reached the critical point of industrial transfer, it is necessary to to find out a pragmatic solution to achieve development.