Based on the entropy method and the coupling coordination degree model, this paper the coordination degree of economic and water and land resources in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region was calculated. It is found that the overall economic composite index of each banner county in Inner Mongolia shows an upward trend of varying degrees from 1990 to 2018, but there is spatial imbalance and increasing gap in regional economic development. The natural resources index shows an upward trend, but the increase is small, and the spatial difference of natural resources is relatively large and shows an increasing trend. Since 2005, the coordination degree of Inner Mongolia has shown an N-shape, indicating that the coordination between economic development and water and land resources has a positive trend.

In the context of digital economy, manufacturing enterprises promote high-quality development through digital transformation and upgrading. However, the single champion enterprises in manufacturing industry are different from large manufacturing enterprises because of their limited resources and lower scientific and technological innovation ability compared with large manufacturing enterprises, so how to achieve high-quality development through digitalization is worthy of in-depth discussion. Starting from the perspective of resource arrangement, “resource combination-resource bundling-resource utilization” was taken as the logical main line, taking 10 individual champion manufacturing enterprises in Shandong Province as the research object, the high-quality development path of individual champion manufacturing enterprises on the basis of field investigation and existing research was analyzed, multi-case analysis and rooted theory were combined, and a construction concept derived from practice for subsequent research is layed.

The study of the spatial and temporal patterns of carbon emissions and the influencing factors in the western region is of great significance to the realization of the “double carbon target”. In this paper, the panel data of 11 provinces in the western region from 2000 to 2022 was used to study the spatial and temporal patterns of carbon emissions based on the nighttime lighting data, and the extended STIRPAT model was used to explore the influencing factors of carbon emissions. It is found that the total carbon emissions in the west continue to rise, with obvious regional differences. There is significant high-high and low-low agglomeration of carbon emissions in the west. Although the influencing factors of carbon emissions among the western provinces, municipalities, and autonomous regions show significant differences, the energy structure is the main factor for the growth of carbon emissions, and the industrial structure plays an inhibitory effect.

With the development of technology, the digital economy era has arrived. The 20th CPC National Congress report pointed out that “efforts should be made to enhance the resilience and security level of industrial chains and supply chains” and “promote the deep integration of innovation chains, industrial chains, capital chains and talent chains”, further clarifying the key tasks for modernizing industrial chains.The dairy industry is a long chain industry that involves agriculture, livestock, industry and services. Yili Group is the leading enterprise in China’s dairy products industry and is located at the core position of the entire industrial chain. Meanwhile, the supply chain is an important force that promotes the healthy and stable development of the entire industrial chain. Therefore, achieving digital supply chain management is a trend for future enterprises. The impact of digital transformation on supply chain operations at Yili from 2016 to 2023 was analyzed, identifed the current challenges faced by Yili Group’s supply chain management, and reasonable solutions are proposed.

In order to deeply analyze the current status and trends of electric vertical take-off and landing(eVTOL) aircraft, and reveal the correlation between technological innovation and market demand, the “Incopat” patent database was used to retrieve patent data related to the field of eVTOL aircraft published globally from 2000 to the present. After noise reduction, cleaning and other processing of the retrieved results, a final sample of 2 794 patent data points was determined for analysis. The patent information in the field of eVTOL aircraft was studied from aspects including application trends, layout in major countries, patent technology distribution and analysis of major applicants. It is found that eVTOL aircraft, as an emerging technology field, are experiencing rapid growth in patent application activities globally. The United States leads in technological innovation and patent layout within this field. China still lags behind the United States in the realm of eVTOL aircraft, but it is currently a major source of innovation and a potential industrial base in the market, developing rapidly and poised to become a new leader. Europe, Japan and South Korea are actively making layouts, reflecting a trend of globalized development in this field. Regions such as Shanghai, Jiangsu and Beijing have already emerged as hubs of innovation, while central and western provinces represent future growth areas. However, there is a lack of involvement from relevant research institutes. It is recommended that relevant entities strengthen deep integration and collaborative innovation globally to promote the development of this emerging technology.

Promoting the sustainable development of resource-based cities is an important task for deepening regional coordinated development and building an ecological civilization society. The SBM model was used to calculate the energy utilization efficiency of 282 prefecture level cities in China from 2006 to 2021 from three aspects, such as input, expected output and unexpected output. The National Resource based City Sustainable Development Plan(2013—2020) is regarded as a quasi natural experiment, and the impact of sustainable development policies on energy utilization efficiency is examined using the difference in differences method. It is found that the implementation of sustainable development policies has a significant positive impact on the energy efficiency of resource-based cities, and this conclusion still holds true after a series of robustness tests.

In the context of globalization, the development of new quality productivity provides an important opportunity to enhance the innovation ability of enterprises and promote the internationalization of technical standards. Based on the theory of diffusion of innovation, a theoretical model of the impact of new quality productivity on the internationalization of technical standards was constructed, taking Chinese A-share manufacturing companies listed in 2010—2023 as the research sample. The empirical test finds that the enhancement of new quality productivity significantly contributes to the internationalization of enterprises’ technical standards. Global innovation network embedding plays a mediating role in it. It suggests that firms can accelerate the globalization of technology standards through cooperation and interaction with international innovation agents. This study reveals the influence path of new quality productivity to promote the internationalization of technical standards through global innovation network embeddedness, which further expands the application scope of innovation diffusion theory. Scientific guidance for enterprises is provided to promote the internationalization of technical standards, and is helpful to give full play to the intrinsic potential of new productivity.

A comprehensive evaluation index system was developed for assessing the intelligent innovation capabilities of enterprises, integrating data from A-share listed companies and artificial intelligence policies spanning 2010 to 2022.Employing a multi-period difference-in-differences(DID) approach, the effects and mechanisms were investigated through which artificial intelligence policies enhanced enterprise intelligent innovation capabilities. The findings indicate that these policies facilitate improvements in such capabilities by optimizing resource allocation and signaling positively via three primary channels, which are alleviating financing constraints, augmenting research and development investments, and fostering talent aggregation. Notably, the impact is more pronounced among firms located in eastern regions as well as those classified as SRDI, manufacturing, or information technology enterprises. The conclusions drawn from this research offer significant insights for industrial policy formulation and strategies aimed at bolstering enterprise-level intelligent innovation.

Based on the data of A-share manufacturing listed companies from 2010 to 2022, the difference-in-difference model was used and technological innovation was introduced as a mechanism variable to explore the impact of “Made in China 2025” on the high-quality development of China’s manufacturing enterprises and the role of technological innovation in it. The results show that “Made in China 2025” has a significant role in promoting the high-quality development of China’s manufacturing enterprises, and the promotion effect is more significant in non-state-owned enterprises and enterprises in the central and eastern regions. “Made in China 2025” can promote the high-quality development of manufacturing enterprises by improving their technological innovation capabilities.

Focusing on the annual report tone and listed companies in heavily polluting industries, a unique text analysis dictionary was firstly constructed based on annual reports and social responsibility reports. Then, using data from listed companies on the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges, generalized additive models(GAM) and Logit regression were applied to explore potential connections between annual report tone and the severity of violations, as well as different types of violations. The findings reveal a non-linear relationship between annual report tone and the severity of violations for listed companies in heavily polluting industries, which can be specifically divided into three stages. Additionally, there exists a significant linear correlation between annual report tone and specific violation types(e.g., fictitious profits, false disclosure), with certain tone features potentially serving as tools to conceal violations. Therefore, regulatory agencies should strengthen their regulatory measures based on text analysis. For investors, non-financial information deserves increased attention.