China expects its gross domestic product in 2020 to be four times that of 2000. Limits on energy resources and China's environmental needs require that electricity use grow at a much lower rate than the economy. Demand-side management (DSM) is a critical component of China's sustainable...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to review the four large and two small fluctuations in China's economic growth since the reform and opening up, which can be further divided into five periods of economic upturn and six periods of economic downturn. Design/methodology/approach This paper also...

Microgrids have become a hot topic driven by the dual pressures of environmental protection concerns and the energy crisis. In this paper, a challenge for the distributed control of a modern electric grid incorporating clusters of residential microgrids is elaborated and a hierarchical...

This paper tries to explore the interaction of institutional arrangement, technological innovation and application evolution underlying the impressive growth of China’s computing infrastructure. Drawing upon the actor-network theory, we construct a framework to explain how the elements...

We apply a two-wave nationwide correspondence experiment to assess the effects of the two-child and three-child policies on employment discrimination against women in China’s labor market. Using 13,751 observations collected through this experiment, we find that the announcement of the...

Petrochemical wastewater contains inhibitory compounds such as aromatics that are toxic to microorganisms during biological treatment. The compact and layered structure and the high amount of extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) in aerobic granular sludge (AGS) can contribute to protecting...