China’s energy-service companies (ESCOs) have developed only modestly despite favorable political and market conditions. We argue that with sophisticated market institutions still evolving in China, trust-based relations between ESCOs and energy customers are essential for successful...

China's fiscal decentralisation system has led to the increase of local governments' independent decision-making power, which promotes to the optimisation of industrial structure and has an impact on energy efficiency. This study analyzes the social network of energy efficiency based on gravity...