Leapfrog Development Research Articles

Sugarcane breeding: a fantastic past and promising future driven by technology and methods.

Sugarcane is the most important sugar and energy crop in the world. During sugarcane breeding, technology is the requirement and methods are the means. As we know, seed is the cornerstone of the development of the sugarcane industry. Over the past century, with the advancement of technology and the expansion of methods, sugarcane breeding has continued to improve, and sugarcane production has realized a leaping growth, providing a large amount of essential sugar and clean energy for the long-term mankind development, especially in the face of the future threats of world population explosion, reduction of available arable land, and various biotic and abiotic stresses. Moreover, due to narrow genetic foundation, serious varietal degradation, lack of breakthrough varieties, as well as long breeding cycle and low probability of gene polymerization, it is particularly important to realize the leapfrog development of sugarcane breeding by seizing the opportunity for the emerging Breeding 4.0, and making full use of modern biotechnology including but not limited to whole genome selection, transgene, gene editing, and synthetic biology, combined with information technology such as remote sensing and deep learning. In view of this, we focus on sugarcane breeding from the perspective of technology and methods, reviewing the main history, pointing out the current status and challenges, and providing a reasonable outlook on the prospects of smart breeding.

The Rise of the Multipolar World Order: Opportunities and Challenges for Africa.

Purpose: The aim of this article was to investigate the rise of the multipolar world order and focus on opportunities and challenges for Africa. The 21st century is witnessing a fundamental shift in global power dynamics, moving away from the unipolar dominance of the United States towards a multipolar world characterized by multiple centers of economic, political, and military influence. In this evolving landscape, Africa, long relegated to the margins of global affairs, stands poised to play a pivotal role. With its burgeoning population, abundant resources, and increasing economic clout, the continent stands at a crossroads – a potential powerhouse with the agency to shape its own destiny and influence the trajectory of the international system. In this paper focus on some theories such as Realism, Liberalism and Constructivism and Rational Choice theory.
 Methodology: This study used a qualitative descriptive design to obtain a straight description of the phenomena, explain deeply the issues, and provide an accurate analysis for the study and target of the article was Africa.
 Findings: The result of the study was positive and it needs to demonstrate that and maintain Africa cooperation and capital building.
 Unique contribution to theory, policy and practice: Diversification move beyond resource extraction invest in value-added industries, agriculture, and tourism to build resilient economies less vulnerable to commodity price fluctuations. Regional Integration, deepen continental free trade agreements, infrastructure development, and joint investments to create a strong African market and attract foreign investment. Technological Leap, embrace technological advancements like digitalization and renewable energy to leapfrog development stages and gain competitive advantages.

Analysis of Women in Management Positions

With the continuous development of diversification and differentiation of enterprise management, more and more women have begun to take up management positions in enterprises, and it has become an important proof to promote the leapfrog development of enterprises. The report mainly analyze women global leaders, diversity, leadership styles and effectiveness, gender problems and so on. It will pay more attention to the relationships between gender, national culture and leadership style, global effectiveness with examples. Additionally, the diversity of leadership depends on many factors such as gender, age, culture, faith and so on. It also brings both positive and negative effects and deserves further analysis. The report will be divided into several parts include these aspects. The reason of an increase in management in India includes external and internal reasons. The analysis of influence that gender and national culture on leadership style and global effectiveness is based on several examples and the influences have two sides: positive and negative. And some recommendations are introduced.

Impact of urban land development on carbon emission performance based on a multidimensional framework

Massive carbon emissions resulting from global urbanization have been one of the main triggers of climate warming. Because of its scale and representativeness, China's urbanization has significantly affected the world's socioeconomic system. Therefore, a comprehensive understanding of the urban land development (ULD) process and its impact on carbon emission performance (CEP), using cities in China as an example, is crucial for achieving global climate goals. Thus, using 245 cities in China as examples, a new explanatory framework was developed to understand the multidimensional characteristics of ULD and their impact on CEP. The average ULD increased from 0.266 to 0.299 and stabilized from 2000 to 2019, with the gap between cities continuously narrowing. Average CEP increased from 0.634 to 0.663 and then decreased to 0.556, presenting an increasing distribution pattern from northwest to southeast. The coupling level between ULD and CEP decreased from the east coast inland. More than half of the cities retained their coupling levels, and 3.67% achieved leapfrog development. The higher the initial CEP level, the weaker the positive effect of an increase in ULD level on the coupling score. In addition, the influences of the multidimensional characteristics of ULD on CEP showed significant spatiotemporal heterogeneity at the country scale. Thus, this study proposes that the effect of the ULD on CEP is phased, which is highly correlated with the evolution of the coupling level. These findings highlight the necessity for city managers to incorporate the differential impacts of the multidimensional characteristics of ULD on CEP in the formulation of carbon emission reduction policies.

The technical principle and application case analysis of logistics UAV

Driven by multiple factors such as the sharp increase in distribution demand, soaring labor costs, and complex service scenarios, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) have met the basic requirements for practicality and jointly contributed to a "change" in logistics innovation —logistics UAVs. Logistics UAV is one of the typical representatives of the logistics industry's development towards automation and intelligence. After studying two representative logistics and transportation companies in the industry, it was found that the two companies have different positionings for the application scenarios of their respective logistics UAVs, but they have both developed Industry-leading products and technologies through long-term research and development. Although major companies have invested a lot in logistics UAVs in recent years, there are still four major technical problems to be overcome: path planning, automatic obstacle avoidance, battery life and safety. In addition to unavoidable technical problems, factors that hinder the large-scale deployment of logistics UAVs include imperfect commercial markets and imperfect regulatory systems. Although there is still a long way to go for logistics UAVs, logistics UAVs will surely become an indispensable infrastructure for the modern logistics industry in the future, helping the logistics industry to achieve leapfrog development.

Cyber-physical development of technopolises under conditions of digitalisation and intelligentisation of industry

The article reflects the results of a multidimensional study aimed at analyzing the established models and concepts of technopolises, focusing on their cyber-physical development in the light of modern technological and socio-economic changes. Technopolises are recognised as some of the largest and potentially most important projects in the world. The aim of the research was to systematise and analyse existing models of technopolis development, and to identify the key factors influencing the efficiency and innovation activity of these zones in the context of digitalisation and intellectualisation of industry. The evolution of research interest in the technopolis concept was analysed. The systematization of definitions and theoretical approaches to the concept of technopolis was carried out. The echeloned concept of technopolis is presented on the basis of the cognitive triad of economic, technological and urban planning aspects. The empirical typology of clusters is built, their differences from science cities and technoparks are shown. Technopolises are proposed to be considered from the position of their inclusion in the object component of innovation-industrial ecosystems along with clusters, parks and zones. The limitations of the technopolis concept are highlighted. The analysis of the current state and prospects of technopolises development in the Russian Federation as locomotives of innovation activity in the conditions of industry digitalisation is carried out. The model of cyber-physical technopolis based on intellectual spaces integrating the latest achievements in the field of information technologies and managerial innovations is proposed. The proposed model implies the creation of synergetic interaction between physical and digital elements of the industrial environment, which can serve as a stimulus for the leapfrog development of technopolises and the entire innovation-industrial ecosystem of the country. The development of models for assessing the economic contribution of cyber-physical technopolises at the macro- and micro-levels may become a direction for further research.

The Spatial–Temporal Characteristics and Driving Forces of the Coupled and Coordinated Development between New Urbanization and Rural Revitalization

In the 21st century’s global push for sustainable development, strategies for new urbanization and rural revitalization in China have transitioned from traditional geographic expansion to a focus on high-quality integration across ecological, social, and economic dimensions. Employing advanced methods such as the entropy weight TOPSIS, coupling coordination model, kernel density estimation, Markov chain, and geographic detector, this study comprehensively explores the spatiotemporal dynamics and driving mechanisms of urban–rural integration in China from 2001 to 2022. Key findings reveal increasing coupling coordination degrees in each province, with significant spatial variations. Notably, during the 15th Five-Year Plan, all regions, including eastern, central, and western areas, exhibited low-level coupling coordination. However, a decreasing ladder-like distribution emerged during the 13th and 14th Five-Year Plans, forming a development pattern centered on eastern coastal regions and spreading inland. The central regions experienced significant changes in development kernel density, while the national eastern and western regions remained relatively stable. Looking ahead, highly coupled regions are expected to maintain leadership, positively influencing neighboring areas and propelling overall urban–rural development towards sustainable goals. Conversely, low-level coupled regions require deeper reforms for leap-frog development. The core driving forces behind spatiotemporal differences in coupling coordination degrees involve innovation within the environment, government capabilities, openness to the outside world, and population agglomeration. Secondary roles are played by factors like non-agricultural industrialization, per capita GDP, government investment, and market conditions, while education, healthcare, transportation, and natural resource levels act as bridges in spatiotemporal differentiation. Overall, this study provides a concise spatiotemporal interpretation and strategic recommendations for urban–rural sustainable integration development, advancing towards a more harmonious, green, and just future in alignment with the core principles of sustainable development.

The Urban Sprawl Typology and The Urban Growth Pattern of Peri-Urban Area in Aceh Besar Regency, Aceh

After the 2004 tsunami, Banda Aceh experienced rapid urbanization to the south and east of the city as the city grew further away from the coastline. As a result, the urban area grew beyond the city boundary into Aceh Besar Regency, especially in Darul Imarah and Ingin Jaya sub-districts. Hence, these sub-districts experienced rapid development, characterized by extensive conversion of agricultural land into built-up areas. Therefore, uncontrolled development in peri-urban areas will lead to urban sprawl causing negative environmental, economic, and social impacts. This study aims to study the level of urban sprawl and examine the urban growth pattern in peri-urban areas, focusing on Darul Imarah and Ingin Jaya sub-districts. This research used scoring analysis and spatial analysis. First, Maximum Likelihood Classification (MLC) was used to identify built-up areas in 2005 and 2020. Then, the urban growth pattern was analyzed using Landscape Expansion Index (LEI). The classification of urban sprawl was analyzed using five variables: population density, building density, distance to the city center, development within reach of road network, and leapfrog development patterns. The results showed that 33 villages (40%) in the study area were identified as sprawl. In addition, seven villages (21.2%) were classified as high-level urban sprawl, nine villages (27.3%) as medium level, and 17 villages (51.5%) as low level. Urban sprawl development was dominated by the ribbon development pattern (49.6%), concentric pattern 40.8%, and leapfrog pattern 9.6%. The ribbon development occurred along the main road, while the concentric pattern occurred around the current urban subcenter. The urban sprawl has caused negative implications such as higher car ownership and the loss of agricultural land. This research suggests Banda Aceh City and Aceh Besar Regency governments cooperate to control the urban sprawl and its negative impact by establishing a more sustainable urban policy and strengthening regional cooperation.

Study on The Applicability of Drones in The Process of Forming Towers of 500KV Transmission and Substation Lines in Highland Areas

With the continuous development of science and technology in China, China's aviation field has also been expanding, the rapid development of aviation technology, China has gradually achieved leapfrog development in UAV equipment, and gradually tends to civilization, practicality and commercialization. At present, more and more UAVs are not only opening up in the domestic market, but also have flowed to overseas markets, and the modern advanced technology represented by UAVs has gradually become the current trend development trend. In the field of electric power engineering construction, the use of drone technology is short and wide, and there are drones in both high-altitude areas and plain areas. In terms of the engineering field, the UAV technology involves the construction, monitoring and management of power grids, fault and equipment maintenance of power grids and transmission line inspection, etc.

The dynamic coupling and spatio-temporal differentiation of green finance and industrial green transformation: Evidence from China regions

Promoting the development of green finance and industrial green transformation is of great significance for achieving high-quality economic development in China's regions. A deep exploration of the dynamic coupling relationships and interaction mechanisms between green finance development and industrial green transformation has important theoretical value and practical implications. Based on relevant data from 2014 to 2019 for 30 provincial regions in China, this paper selects the Eastern, Central, Western, and Northeastern regions as the subjects of study. It constructs a comprehensive evaluation index system for the levels of green finance development and industrial green transformation. Since sorting out the interactive coupling theoretical mechanisms between the two, the paper employs a coupling coordination model to explore the coupling and coordinating relationships between green finance and industrial green transformation. Furthermore, using the Theil index, Moran's index, and Markov chain algorithms, the paper conducts a comparative analysis of the spatiotemporal differences and patterns in coupling coordination degrees between green finance and industrial green transformation in the four major regions, and identifies their causes. The results show that: overall, there is regional heterogeneity between green finance and industrial green transformation, and the mean coupling coordination degree is east, west, central and northeast in order from high to low. From the perspective of dynamic distribution, the coupling coordination of the four regions is moving to a high level, and it is difficult to achieve leapfrog development. As far as the sources of differences are concerned, intra-regional differences are the main cause of the differences in the coupling and coordinated development of the four regions, but the contribution rate shows a downward trend, and the gap between the four regions is gradually narrowing. To further reduce the coupling and coordination differences between green finance and industrial green transformation and development in the four regions, the region should strengthen mutual penetration and mutual radiation, increase the innovation of green financial products, improve the efficiency of green finance allocation, and provide an important reference for the realization of high-quality development of China's industrial green transformation.

Mechanism and evolution trend of digital green fusion in China's regional advanced manufacturing industry

This paper has observed pivotal changes in innovative frameworks at the intersection of the digital revolution and sustainable initiatives. Within Industry 4.0, the fusion between intelligent manufacturing and green innovation has become a central driver for sustainability. Integrating these two pivotal forces to harness their collective efficiency is crucial. However, current literature offers limited insights into their combined impact, and the direction of their evolving trends still needs to be defined. Considering this, the research elucidates the core concepts and traits of digital-green fusion (DGF) within regional advanced manufacturing (RAMIDGF). Moreover, this research proposes a double-helix fusion mechanism model. Utilizing data from the advanced manufacturing sectors in six key Chinese urban clusters, this paper adopts a comprehensive analytical toolkit that includes the Coupling Modified Model, Kernel Density Estimation, Markov Chain algorithms, and the Dagum Gini Coefficient for trend analysis. The findings indicate that between 2009 and 2021, RAMIDGF exhibited a trend of initial growth followed by a decline, showing a strong correlation with per capita GDP (RGDP). The principal source of variation in RAMIDGF stems from differences between urban agglomerations, with the Yangtze River Delta and the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei clusters exhibiting transitional behavior and a ‘ladder-type trend’ in RAMIDGF. As metropolitan clusters become more economically integrated, the probability of transitional behavior in RAMIDGF heightens. However, achieving elevated leapfrog development proves challenging, with an inherent risk of decline. Spatial spillover implications, agglomeration characteristics, and club convergence tendencies mark the RAMIDGF process. These findings expand upon new paradigms for regional sustainable development, offering novel avenues for realizing high-quality growth.

Leapfrog logistics: digital trucking platforms, infrastructure, and labor in Brazil and China

Critical political economy analyses have principally conceptualised platforms as unproductive economic forms (rentier capital) skimming value off each intermediated transaction and/or illegitimately extracting and capitalizing user data. This scholarship has also focused heavily on extractive dimensions of global North platforms’ operations within the global South. However, a small but growing literature is examining the productive aspects of digital platforms, while important digital platforms are emerging in Southern economies. These trends draw attention to the prospect of platforms playing a role in leapfrog development. This article examines digital trucking platforms in two major economies of the global South: Brazil and China. We argue that trucking platforms are engendering dramatic transformations of these countries’ disorganised road transport logistics systems. Platforms are centralising investment and co-ordinating control. Utilising technologies which surpass those deployed in the global North, they rationalise disorganised and inefficient transport systems by subjecting them to algorithmic rule and minimising bureaucratic inefficiencies. Through greater centralisation, co-ordination and rationalisation, trucking platforms further serve to proletarianize their owner-operator workforces, driving down costs and eliminating barriers to the geographical circulation of capital. While this offers some benefits to workers, it also exposes them to the vagaries of market discipline in new ways.

Satisfaction evaluation of a just energy transition policy: evidence from China

China has declared that it will achieve carbon neutrality by 2060, and energy transition will play a primary role in this process. This transition will encourage leapfrog development in efforts to achieve carbon neutrality. However, energy transition is often accompanied by social risks and injustices, which can be effectively addressed only by incorporating a just energy transition (JET) into the policy process. In this paper, three policy dimensions (material compensation, livelihood maintenance, and social development) associated with 13 policies designed to promote a JET in China are categorized. In addition, the satisfaction of vulnerable groups with these policy approaches is evaluated according to the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) and via second-level fuzzy comprehensive assessment (FCA). The results of a satisfaction evaluation of 1,329 vulnerable people who have been laid off, forced to immigrate, fallen into energy poverty, had their rights and interests violated, etc., indicate that the overall satisfaction rate with a JET is 0.404 (the total values of “very satisfied” and “satisfied”), i.e., less than half. Accordingly, China still faces clear JET challenges and should rely on the collaborative promotion of four multi-responsible actors: the government, enterprises and trade unions, social organizations, and individuals. Only through this process can social resources be widely absorbed and mobilized to foster cross-boundary discussions and ensure that no vulnerable populations are left behind. This study thus enriches policy research on energy transition, providing an opportunity to expand the academic horizon of JET as a research field. Furthermore, this study may also inspire policymakers to pay more attention to JET, offering references for subsequent policy improvement.

Urban Spatial Patterns in Banda Aceh City Using the Shannon's Entrophy Model

The rapid development of the city of Banda Aceh occurred in general in the suburbs. The impact is the occurrence of propagation which is a complex urban phenomenon and difficult to measure. Policy makers need a simple method to control and evaluate urban spread. This study integrates the Shannon's Entropy model with remote sensing and GIS to analyze spreading patterns in each sub-district in Banda Aceh City based on two aspects of distance, namely the distance to the city center and the road network to describe urban spreading patterns. The application of the Shannon's Entropy method in Banda Aceh City in 2010-2020 can be seen in the Relative Entropy Matrix which shows that the linear propagation pattern (Quadrant C) is more dominant in Banda Raya District, Baiturrahman District, Kuta Raja District, Kuta Alam District, Lueng District Bata, and the District of Syiah Kuala. Whereas the spreading pattern of Meuraxa District and Jaya Baru District is in quadrant B, namely the elongated (Radial) type of propagation pattern, but in 2020 Jaya Baru District there has been a change in the propagation pattern, namely the linear propagation pattern. In the Ulee Kareng sub-district, there was a pattern of propagation changes in 2020 which was in quadrant D, namely the leapfrog development pattern from the previous year, namely 2010 and 2015 in quadrant C with a linear propagation pattern. The spreading pattern of Banda Aceh City tends to lead to the East. This is mostly caused by the shape of the land which is very suitable to be used as a built-up area

Rural China Staggering towards the Digital Era: Evolution and Restructuring

This research aims to explore how rural China evolves towards and how it is restructured in the digital era. Rooted in the systematically entrenched urban–rural duality, rural China was traditionally marginalised and received limited benefits from the country’s urbanisation development. Digital technologies are thus highly expected to facilitate novel opportunities towards rural reinvigorating development in China. This research first investigates the trajectories of rural China’s development via a retrospective lens, and argues that the evolution of rural China has the potential to transform from a top-down, policy-driven regime in the pre-digital era towards a bottom-up and top-down, technology and policy jointly driven regime in the digital era; and the digital era presents opportunities for rural in-situ urbanisation 2.0 in China, which is socio-economically and spatially distinct from the Township and Village Enterprise-based rural in-situ urbanisation of the reform era. This study further explores the possible restructuring of rural China in the digital era and argues that the digital force-enabled rural restructuring would be filled with dynamics and complexity and lie in multi-facets. This seminal research generates valuable references on the trajectory of rural society’s development in China, and the findings can help comprehend both opportunities and challenges that rural China embraces amidst the digital era. These references are essential for crafting evidence-based policy instruments to facilitate rural communities better leverage lucrative opportunities brought by digital transformation to catalyse leapfrog development and shake-off the image of decline.

Research on the application of CLO3D technology in the structure design of national costume

Compared with the traditional artificial clothing design mode, the structure design of national clothing with digital technology as the core has unique economic and technological advantages. Especially in the era of artificial intelligence, the application of AI and virtual reality technology in the fashion design industry has accelerated the pace of digital transformation of the design system. A large number of technical software such as digital clothing and AI fitting have emerged in the market, and the fashion industry has truly realized leapfrog development with the help of networking and intelligent technology. Therefore, on the basis of understanding the research status of national costume structure design in the new era, according to the application characteristics and unique advantages of CLO3D technology, this paper mainly studies how to use CLO3D software technology to realize the design of national costume structure. The final result shows that the content presented by this design scheme is more clear and intuitive, and the later modification is more convenient, which can effectively reduce the cost.

Green finance drives renewable energy development: empirical evidence from 53 countries worldwide.

Green finance is profoundly affecting the energy transition, and at the global level, renewable energy has entered a leapfrog development phase. Unlike the research object that existing studies focus on, this paper selects 53 countries and regions that have launched green finance businesses as research sample, and empirically assesses the effect of green finance on the development of renewable energy based on cross-country panel data spanning 2000 to 2021. The results show that renewable energy development is positively impacted by green finance, and the marginal impact of green finance is gradually growing as renewable energy development level improves; the contribution of green finance to renewable energy development holds only in developed countries, emerging economies, countries with high green financial development levels, and countries with strong environmental regulations, but not in relatively backward developing countries, countries with low green financial development levels, and countries with weak environmental regulations; sectors of renewable energy that rely more heavily on external financing are more likely to be promoted by green finance; green finance supports renewable energy development mainly through promoting investment in renewable energy fixed assets and innovation in technology of the sector. This study provides an empirical and theoretical basis for green finance to promote renewable energy development.

A Strategic Study on the Effective Communication of Zhaoming Academy Culture from the Perspective of Cultural and Tourism Integration

As China's cultural and tourism industry enters a critical historical period of comprehensive improvement, the role of cultural and tourism in cultural dissemination and integration has attracted social attention. In the context of the continuous deepening of cultural and tourism integration, accelerating the orderly dissemination of culture and promoting the leapfrog development of the cultural and tourism industry is of great significance for enhancing the influence of traditional Chinese culture. Academies are an important base for contemporary people to experience traditional culture and a space for inheriting the excellent traditional culture of the Chinese nation. Spreading the culture of academies helps to make them an effective space for civilization preservation, cultural innovation, and cultural value dissemination in the new era, enriching people's thinking and culture, inspiring people to think, and achieving spiritual enlightenment. The article takes the integration of culture and tourism as the starting point, taking the iconic representative of Wuzhen culture - Zhaoming Academy as an example, to clarify the historical development and cultural connotations of Zhaoming Academy's inscriptions, explain the era value and advantages of the dissemination of academy's inscriptions, and propose strategies for the effective dissemination of Zhaoming Academy's culture from the perspective of cultural and tourism integration.

An Information Education Management and Teaching Information Management System Construction of Universities in Guangdong Province

Information education management is a complex and tedious work, especially with the continuous expansion of the scale of colleges and universities, the number of students has risen sharply, the relevant student information has doubled and doubled, to bring more pressure to the information management. The construction of information-based educational administration and teaching information management system is an inevitable choice for the development of contemporary education, which drives the modernization of education through informationization and realizes the leapfrog development of education. Given department in colleges and universities set up more less tedious, management staff , all kinds of students to the current situation of increasing year by year, the new system can design students throughout the school each department and each link of the students to meet the needs of the school information management, information management of students, teachers and other information digitization, automation, scientifi c management, to improve the teaching quality and management level, Promote the informatization reform of education.

The Path of Alibabas IPO

With the development and growth of enterprises, listing always provides leapfrog development for them. Almost all of the worlds well-known large enterprises have realized they could expand the size and quickly cross into the ranks of large enterprises through listing and financing. However, as one of the largest internet companies in China, Alibabas journey to list is quite different than others. This paper focuses on the analysis of Alibabas listing by using a combination of literature research, descriptive method and comparative analysis. This is demonstrated by first describing Alibabas listing experience in chronological order; then analyzing the reasons and impacts of its listing from three aspects: social, economic, and global development; and finally, comparing the advantages and disadvantages of Alibabas listing locations, Hong Kong and New York. So far, Alibaba has gone through three listings in two places and the impact of each one has been significant to the local market or to the main industry. When Alibaba went public in the U.S. in 2014, that was a primary listing, and then in November 2019, Alibaba went public again in Hong Kong, which is called a secondary listing. Now Alibaba is considering a dual primary listing in Hong Kong while maintaining its U.S. listing, so that they can not be affected by each other. The both sides of the stock price are independent, if one is delisted, it does not affect the other.