Based on e-Business technology to construct logistics information service platform of renewable resources ——Taking Nanning city as an example

With the rapid development of economy and the increase of population, we are facing the stern challenge of lack of resources and environment pollution. Through the recycling of resources we can reduce the exploitation of native resources and save energy. At present, the level of recycling resources in Nanning city is quite low, as do the utilization rate of recovery. The recyclable resource logistics information service platform is built to collect recyclable resources, also have other function like product display, online trading, information management and customer service, the platform can give recyclable resources information service to citizens of Nanning, which have a great significance on recyclable resources industry in Nanning

A macroeconomic perspective on the rise of second-tier cities in the national and globalizing context of China

Since China’s economic reforms in the late 1970s, foreign investments have initially flooded the so-called “first-tier cities” including Shanghai, Beijing, or even Shenzhen or Guangzhou. Due to rising labour costs, growing constraints over natural resources, long-term inflation and environmental issues among others (Zhuang et al. 2012; Zuojun, 2012), they have been undertaking structural economic adjustments in order to shift from a “late-developing advantage” to a “first-mover advantage” model. This requires concentrating resources on modern services industry, strategic emerging industries and entrepreneurship rather than relying on foreign investments for technology, management skills and know-how (Liu, 2015). This process of economic restructuring and upgrading has initiated industrial relocation into the hinterland. As a consequence, several cities have emerged as new engines of economic growth in the past decade: Many second-tier cities have several millions inhabitants, the most performing achieved above 15% economic growth over the past decade, and many of them have been benefiting from massive public investments and preferential policies in order to accelerate their development path (China Briefing, 2010). Yet, the definition of a second-tier city is highly contextual and rather depends on the geographical scale we look at it. Therefore, this innovative research paper proposes to study the rise of second-tier cites in the national and globalizing context of China. In the national context, we undertake a comparative macroeconomic analysis between first-tier and second-tier cities in order to understand if the general environment is conducive to business investments. In the globalizing context, we focus our attention on the rise of secondary cities in Yangtze River Delta, a large emerging global city-region. More precisely, we study how Shanghai has become an urban vector for FDI into secondary cities, and thus stimulating their economic development by promoting industrial restructuring, upgrading and relocation. Ultimately, we conclude that the socio-economic development of second-tier cities are led by the first-tier city, which together benefit the overall sustainable development of China. In such a fast-changing and highly competitive business environment, second-tier cities shall be fully integrated to the strategic expansion plan of companies operating in China. Whether to achieve competiveness and cost optimization to better serve international markets or to increase revenue by supplying goods or services to Chinese consumers, decision makers shall take active anticipation and think ahead, so that the company can stand out in the market very rapidly

The impact of the Belt and Road initiative: in Egypts economy and foreign policy

학위논문(석사)--서울대학교 대학원 :국제대학원 국제학과(국제지역학전공),2019. 8. 한영혜.This dissertation examines the expectations impact of the Belt and Road initiative in Egypt economic and foreign policy. Particularly, that the BRI has become the focal point of Chinas national strategy. However, the objective of BRI is a subject heavily debated by think tanks, academia, and public media since its begun. This study investigates the current trends in Chinese outward foreign direct investment since the initiation of the One Belt, One Road initiative by the Chinese government in 2013. For China, meanwhile, strategic interest in Egypt was also growing. Unlike Chinas other Middle Eastern partners, ties with Egypt are not motivated by oil imports, but by a more geographic calculus. The Suez Canal has long been Chinas primary shipping route for sending goods to Europe, Chinas largest market. As a result, China has been eager to increase its presence in the crucial canal for decades. This study examine Egypts political situation with explanations of Egypts revolutions history and the Arab Spring in addition to the motives behind Egypts revolution in 2011. Furthermore, explanation for Egypts economic perspective, Egypts ODA and Egypts economic, political, and social challenges. The study additional examines the motivation behind a comprehensive strategic partnership between China and Egypt, particularly in terms of the prorated slump in United State power and influence in the Middle East. In point of fact, it is expected that China can profit successively by acquisition a foothold within the Middle East. This study found a significant potential benefit for Egypt with the chance to function as the hub for the BRI into Africa and the Middle East. The Chinese have already selected it as one of the top 5 countries for acquisitions and mergers potential over the following 5 years. The Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZone) could play a significant role for China as well by transferring Chinese production to the nations with substantial imports.이 논문은 일대일로가 이집트 경제 및 대외 정책에 가져오는 기대 효과를 조사합니다. 일대일로는 중국 국가전략의 중심에 있습니다. 그러나 일대일로의 탄생부터 그것의 목적은 싱크 탱크, 학계 및 대중 매체에 의해 심도 있게 논의되어왔다. 이 연구는 중국 정부의 일대일로 계획의 시작인 2013 년부터 최근까지의 외국인직접투자의 동향을 조사합니다. 중국의 경우 이집트를 전략적인 관점에서 더욱더 바라보았습니다. 중국의 다른 중동 파트너들과의 관계와는 다르게 이집트와의 관계는 석유의 수입이 바탕이 되지 않고 지리적인 계산이 바탕이 됩니다. 중국은 오랫동안 유럽으로 수출을 할 때 수에즈 운하를 주된 운송경로로 이용해왔습니다. 결과적으로 중국은 수십 년 동안 이 핵심적인 운하에서 입지를 강화하기를 희망하였습니다. 이 연구는 이집트의 정치적인 현황, 이집트 혁명의 역사, 아랍의 봄, 그리고 2011 년 이집트 혁명의 동기에 대하여 살펴봅니다. 또한 이집트 경제의 전망, 이집트의 공적개발원조, 그리고 이집트의 경제적, 정치적, 사회적 문제에 대하여 설명합니다. 이 연구는 더 나아가 중국과 이집트간의 포괄적인 전략적 파트너십에 대한 동기를 특히 약화되고 분배된 미국의 중동 국가에 대한 권력을 중심으로 살펴봅니다. 중국은 중동에 발판을 마련함으로써 성공적으로 이득을 취할 수 있습니다. 이 연구는 이집트가 일대일로를 아프리카와 중동 지역에 연결해주는 허브역할을 함으로써 상당한 이득을 취할 수 있다는 점을 발견했습니다. 중국은 이미 5 년 내에 인수합병 시 잠재력이 가장 높은 상위 5 개국 중 하나로 이집트를 선정했습니다. 이집트는 인수합병 대상 나라 .또한 수에즈 운하 경제 수역은 수입이 상당한 나라들에게 중국의 생산품을 전달해주는 역할을 할 수 있습니다.Chapter I. Introduction……………………………………………..…...…… 7 Chapter II. Egypts Political and Economic Situation………………..….… 12 Chapter II. BRI initiative……………………………………..……………… 50 Chapter IV. Egypt and China economic and political relation …………..…86 Chapter II. Conclusion ………………………………….……………..…..… 119Maste

The Belt and Road Initiative and the SDGs: Towards Equitable, Sustainable Development

Established in 2013 by President Xi Jinping, China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is the source of significant academic and policy debate, in terms of how it is defined and how far it can contribute to the achievement of the United Nations Global Goals for Sustainable Development (Global Goals) by 2030. This introductory article seeks to explore these debates in more depth, looking at the opportunities and challenges that are associated with aligning the BRI and Global Goals frameworks at local, national and international levels to achieve universal global economic social and environmental goals. It highlights new evidence, analyses and insights from across a range of experts from China and BRI countries, and points both to the potential for the BRI to help achieve sustainable development outcomes and the political, economic, financial, environmental and social risks, implications and impacts for involved countries and communities.Center for International Knowledge on Development’s (CIKD) China–UK Partnership Programme on Knowledge for Development

BRICS Cities: Facts & Analysis 2016

BRICS Cities: Facts & Analysis is a compendium of research produced through a partnership between the South African Cities Network (SACN) and the South African Research Chair in Spatial Analysis and City Planning (SA&CP) in the School of Architecture and Planning at the University of the Witwatersrand. It presents key general and thematic descriptive and comparative information about urban growth and development in the five BRICS states: Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. The comparative analysis includes a section relating to cities in Africa, while the detailed Factsheets cover thirty-one of the largest BRICS cities. BRICS Cities provides a first-of-its-kind research base to inform ongoing sub-national BRICS research and policy consideration. Recent reports on urbanization point out that over the next 20-30 years, almost all of the expected growth in the world population will be concentrated in the urban areas of the less developed countries of which a significant 42% will occur in cities in BRICS countries. Despite the fact that the distribution of the urbanization figures will be highly unequal between the different countries, considering the currently high levels of urbanization in Russia and Brazil and the extremely low levels (just over 35%) in India, the realities of large scale urbanization can and no doubt will have substantial impacts on the material conditions of urban life, governance, service provision, social relations and the environment. There has also been, and will continue to be, the expansion of networks of all kinds far beyond designated urban boundaries. In some cases, these challenges and the expanding boundaries have been met with additional layers of government, innovations in policy-making, and the reconfiguring of relationships between urban actors. However little is known in a comparative sense around some of the most important sites and cities in the BRICS countries , and insufficient research has been undertaken to learn from the differences that have been identified. The SACN and SA&CP, in line with our mutual interest around the nature and shape of urbanization and urban processes in South Africa and in BRICS countries, have developed a compendium of comparable information around key cities in the BRICS countries. BRICS Cities will serve as a useful reference of important base line information but also offers comment on the state of key areas of shared concern: innovation-driven economies, transport and mobility, and green energy. Furthermore, the publication provides a careful analysis of these factors in a comparative and relational framing.AA2017https://www.wits.ac.za/archplan/research-entities/spatial-analysis-and-city-planning/featured-projects/brics-fact-sheet-book

Railway Research

This book focuses on selected research problems of contemporary railways. The first chapter is devoted to the prediction of railways development in the nearest future. The second chapter discusses safety and security problems in general, precisely from the system point of view. In the third chapter, both the general approach and a particular case study of a critical incident with regard to railway safety are presented. In the fourth chapter, the question of railway infrastructure studies is presented, which is devoted to track superstructure. In the fifth chapter, the modern system for the technical condition monitoring of railway tracks is discussed. The compact on-board sensing device is presented. The last chapter focuses on modeling railway vehicle dynamics using numerical simulation, where the dynamical models are exploited

Sustainable Freight Village Concepts for Agricultural Products Logistics - A Knowledge Management-oriented Study

Freight villages (FVs) are logistics phenomenon with broad economic, environmental, and social consequences. This research extends sustainability in the context of FVs to twofold meanings. This includes the sustainable development of FVs, and the sustainability contributions they created. China has showed a more recent but quicker story in developing FVs. Nevertheless, a number of problems and limits exist. Taking China as research background, this research consists of theoretical explorations, status quo analysis, and practical applications in agricultural products logistics (APL). This research proposes that knowledge management (KM) is the most desirable option to reach sustainable values of FVs. The status quo analysis examines the adaption of FVs to China s current logistics situation. It identifies several orientations for the next development step of FVs. To cope with the pervasive problems during FV planning stage, this research adopts sense-making KM approach to guide a systematic planning process including sense making, knowledge creation, and decision making. In order to achieve a high sustainability rating, this research uses KM cycle model to generate synergies among major stakeholders of FVs. Moreover, it proposes a roadmap for organizing KM process so as to build sustainability capability. Three key elements for the roadmap are identified: human ability, stakeholder engagement, and information system. This research focuses on the application of sustainable FV concepts for agricultural products logistics (APL). It deals with issues affecting city logistics and agricultural products (agri-products) supply in China. This can make best use of FV functions from a sustainability perspective. Agri-FV is proposed to bring professional logistics facilities and services, efficient distribution of agri-products, and information-based operations. An integrated APL system is structured consisting of farmers cooperatives, chain stores, and agri-FVs. In this system, agri-FV plays an important role in levering sustainability outcomes. Furthermore, KM approaches are applied to agri-FV project planning and operations, meanwhile considering the characteristics of agri-products and APL