China’s digital and green (twin) transition : insights from national and regional innovation policies
(2025) In Regional Studies 59(1).- Abstract
This paper examines the role of policy in China’s digital and green (twin) transition, building on a qualitative study of a large corpus of policy documents in green and digital domains. We analyse the multi-level governance of these transitions for three regional case studies: Shanghai, Wuhan and Hangzhou. We find that regions both adopt and adjust green and digital aims and means differently from national policy. A twin transition is not comprehensively addressed at the national level, but is partially implemented in the three regions. Based on our findings, we develop a regional typology sketching top-down policy implementation strategies.
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- Brueck, Chris ; Losacker, Sebastian LU and Liefner, Ingo
- organization
- publishing date
- 2025
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- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- China, digital technologies, green technologies, innovation, policy, twin transition
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- Regional Studies
- volume
- 59
- issue
- 1
- article number
- 2384411
- publisher
- Taylor & Francis
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- scopus:105001354629
- scopus:85201676090
- ISSN
- 0034-3404
- DOI
- 10.1080/00343404.2024.2384411
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- English
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