Toward a sustainable future:Examining the interconnectedness among Foreign Direct Investment(FDI),urbanization,trade openness,economic growth,and energy usage in Australia

The energy demand in Australia is increasing with the industrialization and rapid economic growth.This study analyzed the relationships among the economic growth,Foreign Direct Investment(FDI),trade openness,urbanization,and energy usage in Australia based on the data from World Development Indicators(WDI)from 1972 to 2021.The results indicates that there is a cointegration among economic growth,FDI,trade openness,urbanization,and energy usage,which was traced through the autoregressivedistributed lag(ARDL).The Zivot-Andrews unit root test reveals that energy usage,economic growth,FDI,urbanization,and trade openness show significant structural breaks in 1993,1996,1982,2008,and 1994,respectively.The ARDL model shows that economic growth has a positive and significant effect on energy usage in the long-run(0.814)and short-run(0.809).Moreover,the results also show that FDI(0.028)and trade openness(0.043)have positive impacts on energy usage in the long-run.However,urbanization shows a negative and significant influence on energy usage in the long-run(–0.965).Then,the research demonstrates a unidirectional causation between energy usage and trade openness,with energy usage significantly causing trade openness.The current study endorses energy consumption policies and investment strategies for a paradigm shifting from a reliance on fossil fuels as the primary energy source to renewable energy sources.These findings have profound implications for sustainable energy usage.

OPENING TO THE CHALLENGE --An economy thrives in openness and withers in seclusion

pening-up has always been a hot topic at the China International Import Expo(CIIE),the world's first import expo held at the national level.During the sixth CIIE,the Hongqiao International Economic Forum held on November 6 attracted many participants from government departments,academia,and the business sector to conduct in-depth discussions on global trade and the challenges it faces.Participants agreed that multi-party dialogue is key to the issue.

Construction of an evaluation system for information openness of local governments

Evaluating government openness is important in monitoring government performance and promoting government transparency. Therefore, it is necessary to develop an evaluation system for information openness of local governments. In order to select evaluation indicators, we conducted a content analysis on current evaluation systems constructed by researchers and local governments and the materials of a case study on a local government. This evaluation system is composed of 5 first-tier indicators, 30 secondtier indicators and 69 third-tier indicators. Then Delphi Method and Analytic Hierarchy Process(AHP) Method are adopted to determine the weight of each indicator. At last, the practicability of the system is tested by an evaluation of the local government of Tianjin Binhai New Area, which has been undergoing administrative reform and attempting to reinvent itself in the past 5 years.

A terrain openness index for the extraction of karst Fenglin and Fengcong landform units from DEMs

The Fenglin and Fengcong landform units are considered to be an important representation for defining the degree of development of Karst landforms. However, these terrain features have been proven difficult to delineate and extract automatically because of their complex morphology. In this paper, a new method for identifying the Fenglin and Fengcong landform units is proposed. This method consists of two steps:(1) terrain openness calculation and(2) toe line extraction. The proposed method is applied and validated in the Karst case area of Guilin by using ASTER GDEM with one arc-second resolution. The openness of both the positive and negative terrain and a threshold were used to extract toe lines for segmenting depressions and pinnacles in Fenglin and Fengcong landforms. A comparison between the extracted Fenglin and Fengcong landform units and their real units from high resolution images wascarried out to evaluate the capability of the proposed method. Results show the proposed method can effectively extract the Fenglin and Fengcong landform units, and has an overall accuracy of 93.28%. The proposed method is simple and easy to implement and is expected to play an important role in the automatic extraction of similar landform units in the Karst area.

The Openness Degree Study of the Jiaoshiba Shale Gas, Sichuan Basin, China–Potential Factor Responsible for Reversed Isotope Series

Objective Reversed alkane δ;C and δ;H values in many prolific shale plays all over the world have aroused much attention in the study of the formation mechanism of reversed isotope series in alkanes in the past few years（Zou Caineng et al., 2016）. Although many researchers have put forward different hypotheses, the mechanism has not been well understood yet. The openness degree of oil and gas system

Capital Account Openness,Exchange Rate Volatility and Economic Growth:International Experiences and Implications

Based on the Barro classical growth model, this paper introduces capital account openness and exchange rate volatility to conduct an empirical analysis using the panel data of 182 countries(regions) during 1970-2013 to examine the combined effects of capital account openness and exchange rate risks on economic growth. Our findings are as follows:(1) Without considering exchange rate volatility, capital account openness is subject to a threshold effect, i.e. capital account openness significantly promotes the economic growth of middle-and high-income countries but exerts the opposite effect on low-income countries; and(2) after exchange rate volatility is taken into account, the growth effect of capital account openness is reduced and the greater the exchange rate volatility is, the smaller the marginal effect of capital account openness will be; sample-specific results also proved the existence of the threshold effect. This paper offers the following implications:(1) The effect of capital account openness can be better examined based on risk factors;(2) moderately controlling exchange rate volatility is conducive to acquiring greater benefits from capital account openness; and(3) the threshold effect of capital account openness cannot be overlooked.

Capacity Openness Boosts Digitization Transformation of Telecom Operators

With the emergence of digital transformation success stories,more and more enterprises are launching digital solutions to improve business efficiency or achieve optimal revenue growth.The traditional communication market tends to be saturated,and the digital transformation of telecom operators is imminent.This article combining the development trend of telecom operators’product business and the application situation of the pilot summarizes the innovative application categories that telecom operators continue to launch based on their own advantages and in response to the needs of the industry.This article focuses on the transformation of security capabilities in communication services,big data,Internet of Things,artificial intelligence,unified authentication and network information security,and deeply analyzes the business characteristics and application modes from the aspects of resource integration,open platform construction,new connection construction,and innovative business development.This article puts forward suggestions for the security development of telecom operators,and provides basic research content for the subsequent research on the innovative application of telecom operators’capability openness.

Financial Development, Trade Openness, and Economic Growth in Zambia

This study investigates the causal relationship among financial development, trade openness, and economic growth in Zambia from 1965 to 2011. Two measures of financial development were used： broad money and domestic credit to the private sector, each as a ratio of gross domestic product （GDP）. In this regard, two models were developed for each indicator. The Augmented Dickey-Fuller （ADF） and Phillips-Perron （PP） tests were used to determine stationarity of all the variables. Furthermore, Johansen test was employed to ascertain possible cointegration among variables. The vector error correction model （VECM） was employed to examine the short-run and long-run dynamics among the variables in each model. The results indicate that the relationship among financial development, trade openness, and economic growth is sensitive to the financial development indicator chosen.

More Trade Openness Necessary In the Future

On November 21 of 2011, Pascal Lamy, director-general of World Trade Or- ganization (WTO) warned in his annual report that the forecast for world export growth revised downwards to 5.8% in 2011 from the earlier estimate of 6.5%, because of the worsening of global economy

浅析基于TIA Portal Openness的程序自动生成

在工控领域,汽车行业中大量使用西门子博途TIA Portal系列PLC作为主控系统,软件编程和现场调试周期较长,尤其总承包项目投入人力较多,软件维护成本较高。因此,实现PLC数据及程序的自动生成功能是一种提高工作效率、减少开发成本和安全隐患的良好途径。现介绍了基于TIA Portal Openness的程序自动生成开发过程,包括开发内容、开发步骤、平台使用说明等,为项目的快速、高效实施提供了最佳的应用实践平台。

On loan words between English and Chinese——Discussion about the openness and assimilation of the words system

This paper mainly discusses the openness and assimilation of the words system from the viewpoint of loan words between English and Chinese.Both the history of loan words and the ways of borrowing words in English and Chinese have shown us the strong abilities of languages.

Government Data Openness and Coverage. How do They Affect Trust in European Countries?

Purpose: This paper aims to assess if the extent of openness and the coverage of data sets released by European governments have a significant impact on citizen trust in public institutions.Design/methodology/approach: Data for openness and coverage have been collected from the Open Data Inventory 2018(ODIN), by Open Data Watch;institutional trust is built up as a formative construct based on the European Social Survey(ESS), Round 9. The relations between the open government data features and trust have been tested on the basis of structural equation modelling(SEM).Findings: The paper reveals that as European governments improve data openness, disaggregation, and time coverage, people tend to trust them more. However, the size of the effect is still small and, comparatively, data coverage effect on citizens' confidence is more than twice than the impact of openness.Research limitations: This paper analyzes the causal effect of Open Government Data(OGD) features captured in a certain moment of time. In upcoming years, as OGD is implemented and a more consistent effect on people is expected, time series analysis will provide with a deeper insight.Practical implications: Public officers should continue working in the development of a technological framework that contributes to make OGD truly open. They should improve the added value of the increasing amount of open data currently available in order to boost internal and external innovations valuable both for public agencies and citizens.Originality/value: In a field of knowledge with little quantitative empirical evidence, this paper provides updated support for the positive effect of OGD strategies and it also points out areas of improvement in terms of the value that citizens can get from OGD coverage and openness.

The Study on Trade Policy and Openness of Mongolia： Influences on Trade Flows Between China-Mongolia-Russia （Past and Future）

This paper aimed to highlight the effects of conflict in Mongolia on trade policy and openness, by estimating the trade flows with neighbor countries （China and Russia）. Fourteen years＇ （2000-2013） data of Mongolian imports and exports were collected and gone through principal component analysis （PCA） and empirical analysis for grouping various trades with China and Russia. The empirical analysis identified the determining factors of Mongolian trade flow and openness with China and Russia. Empirical analysis evidenced that Mongolian trade and openness policy raised bilateral trade between China and Russia, leaving a great influence on economic size. Two main questions represented as empirically tested by each sample country. How did Mongolian trade policy and openness influence trade flows between China and Russia and economic growth of Mongolia？ Did Mongolian trade policy and the bilateral trade with China and Russia increase on trade openness？ Finally, the study focused on the forecasts from 2016 to 2018 to examine Mongolian trade flows with China and Russia using ordinary least squares method and autoregressive-moving-average （ARMA） model. China-Mongolia-Russia trade flows will continue to dominate during the forecasted period. As shown by the structure of export and import, goods with China and Russia influenced the mutual trade amount. Moreover, China and Russia traded to continue with Mongolia for goods in long run. Trade policy and openness, the major contributor in Mongolian economy, are significantly playing roles in trade and economy.

MONTE CARLO STUDY ON THE CRITICAL ADSORPTION POINT OF BONDFLUCTUATED POLYMER CHAINS TETHERED ON ADSORBING SURFACES

The behavior of three-dimensional bond fluctuation model chains tethered on an adsorbing fiat surface was simulated by the Monte Carlo method.The dependence of the number of surface contacts M on the interaction strengthεand the chain length N was investigated by a finite-size scaling law M = N;[a;+a;N;κ+ O((N;κ);)]forεnear the critical adsorption pointε;,i.e.,κ=（ε-ε;）/ε;closes to 0.The critical adsorption point was estimated to beε;=0.93,and the exponentsφ= 0.49 and l/v= 0.57.

Consumer Knowledge, Brand Image, Openness to Experience and Involvement: A Case in Cosmetic Consumption

The study adopted the theory of planned behavior (TPB) as research model to inspect what factors would influence consumers to purchase cosmetics by adding brand image, involvement, consumer knowledge and openness to experience to the model. A 7-point Likert scale questionnaire was designed to measure TPB items and totally 400 valid respondents were collected online. The results show that among the above, only “perceived behavioral control” has positive influence on intention of purchasing cosmetics. Neither attitude nor subjective norm has significant influence on purchasing intention. In addition, brand image and involvement have no significant influence on purchasing intention but consumer knowledge and openness to experience were found to have positive influence on purchasing intention.

China's long march toward greater openness

This paper takes stock of the process and achievements of China’s opening-up,which has stimulated the country’s economic growth,reform and structural upgrading and allowed China to benefit from income distribution.The new mission of opening-up should be to increase total factor productivity and improve opening-up regime.

A Study on the Pros and Cons of China＇ s Financial Openness

In 2008,the U. S. subprime mortgage crisis triggered global financial crisis quickly and spread all over the w orld,w hich caused serious losses to many countries. T herefore,w hether china should insist on financial market opening have become a hot topic to debate. T his article discussed the advantages and disadvantages on C hinese financial market opening. It firstly review ed opening history of C hina's financial market,and then analyzed its current situation from three aspects including banking,securities industry and insurance industry.Finally,the paper introduced the benefits and problems of financial market opening to the outside w orld,and provided suggestions for the opening process.

L^(2) Extension and Effectiveness of L^(p) Strong Openness Property

In this note,we present an L^(2) extension approach to the effectiveness result of L^(P) strong openness property of multiplier ideal sheaves.