Intensified Restructuring of the Global Industrial System and Remodeling the Competitive Advantage of Nations

The global financial crisis of 2008 has profoundly changed global economic patterns. In response to the profound changes in the global economic environment and in order to position themselves for future economic development, all countries have engaged in significant industrial restructuring. This has led to a new round of industrial adjustment, transfer and upgrading, as well as profound adjustments in the modes of economic growth. It has also changed the pattern of international competition to some extent. Emerging economies in particular have exhibited “eye-catching” performance in overcoming the crisis, with robust economic recoveries and apparent enhancements of national competitiveness. In the current and forthcoming periods, global industrial upgrading will need more extensive technological support. Technical innovation is a key factor in enhancing the competitive advantage of nations. It will become an important driver for new and innovation modes of industrial development and global industrial benefit adjustments. All countries of the world should make timely adjustments to their economic structures, expedite innovations in industrial technology, and enhance core competencies so as to increase their international competitiveness

Evaluation and Comparative Analysis of Global Environmental Competitiveness

This article firstly puts forward a definition of global environmental competitiveness (GEC) and explains its connotations and component elements in detail. GEC has five parts, that is, ecological environmental competitiveness (EEC), resource environmental competitiveness (REC), environmental bearing competitiveness (EBC), environmental management competitiveness (EMC), and environmental coordination competitiveness (ECC). Based on the GEC Evaluation Indicator System and mathematical model, we carried out overall evaluation and regional analysis on the 2012 GEC of 133 countries. The environmental competitiveness of these countries displayed four characteristics and four rules. Finally, we propose some basic approaches and policy suggestions to enhance GEC

AN IN-DEPTH CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF NEOLIBERAL AND NEW IMPERIAL HEGEMONY: Review of "The New Imperialism and A Brief History of Neoliberalism" by David Harvey

Since the 1980s, neo-liberalism and new imperialism have become a way of thinking that is praised highly by western countries like Britain and America, and which have also affected the political, economic and cultural fields of other countries. This process has drawn sharp criticism and debate from western Marxists and left scholars—among whom Professor David Harvey is especially representative. In his two books A Brief History of Neoliberalism and The New Imperialism, Professor Harvey not only studied current practical and complex problems of neo-liberal and new imperial hegemony, but also put forward various proposals for overcoming and defending against such problems. His work plays an important role in our understanding and criticism of the phenomenon and essence of neo-liberalism and new imperialism. </p

Analysis of the COVID-19 model with self-protection and isolation measures affected by the environment

Since the global outbreak of COVID-19, the virus has continuously mutated and can survive in the air for long periods of time. This paper establishes and analyzes a model of COVID-19 with self-protection and quarantine measures affected by viruses in the environment to investigate the influence of viruses in the environment on the spread of the outbreak, as well as to develop a rational prevention and control measure to control the spread of the outbreak. The basic reproduction number was calculated and Lyapunov functions were constructed to discuss the stability of the model equilibrium points. The disease-free equilibrium point was proven to be globally asymptotically stable when R_0 < 1 , and the endemic equilibrium point was globally asymptotically stable when R_0 > 1 . The model was fitted using data from COVID-19 cases in Chongqing between November 1 to November 25, 2022. Based on the numerical analysis, the following conclusion was obtained: clearing the virus in the environment and strengthening the isolation measures for infected people can control the epidemic to a certain extent, but enhancing the self-protection of individuals can be more effective in reducing the risk of being infected and controlling the transmission of the epidemic, which is more conducive to the practical application