Does national forest city improve residents' health? Evidence from China.

Objective: National health is essential for economic and social development. The aim of this article is to examine the relationship, heterogeneity effects and influential mechanisms between National Forest Cities and the residents' health.

Methods: The article matches the China Family Panel Studies data in 2018 (CFPS2018) with the 2016-2018 National Forest Cities Construction List, resulting in a final sample of 20,041.

Does Information Infrastructure Promote Low-Carbon Development? Evidence from the "Broadband China" Pilot Policy.

While information infrastructure has remarkably boosted global economic prosperity in the last several decades, how it propels low-carbon development has failed to draw enough attention. Based on panel data from 284 cities in China from 2006 to 2019, this study used the "Broadband China" pilot policy as an exogenous event to examine the impact of information infrastructure on carbon emission intensity. We found the following: (1) The "Broadband China" pilot policy significantly reduced carbon emission intensity, which held true in a series of robustness tests.