Infrastructure development along the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) corridors has progressively improved connectivity—both physical (“hard”) and institutional (“soft”)—among participating economies. This enables China to gradually build a m…
Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)Supply chain relocationChinese supply chain securityTransportation infrastructureMarket access
Public investment in the information and telecommunications technology (ICT) for rural basic education is crucial for promoting the sharing of high- quality educational resources urban and rural areas and advancing educational equity. Utili…
Rural distance compulsory educationUrban-rural education gapInter-generational educational mobilityPublic investment in education
In the new era, the Paired Assistance Policy (PAP)—national governance mechanism with Chinese characteristics,—plays a key role in fostering regional coordinated development. Using data from China’s A-share listed companies between 2013 and…
Paired assistance policyCorporate cross-regional investmentRegional coordinated developmentMarketizationIndustrial structure difference
This study develops a theoretical framework to analyze the impact of e-commerce development on consumption inequality. Drawing on micro-level data from the CHFS for 2015-2019 combined with large-scale data from e-commerce platforms, we cond…
E-commerce developmentConsumption inequalityIncome inequalityConsumption mobility
Under the strategic backdrop of rural revitalization, the digital economy has emerged as a pivotal engine for rural development in China. However, systematic research remains scarce on the ways in which synergistic effects of different emer…
Digital economic synergyRural income distributionInclusive financeRural revitalizationCommon prosperity
