China and Europe’s Partnership for a More Sustainable World

Edited by Francesca Spigarelli, University of Macerata, Macerata, Italy Louise Curran, Toulouse Business School, Toulouse, France Alessia Arteconi, Università eCampus, Novedrate, Italy

PART I EUROPE AND CHINA INTEGRATION THROUGH TRADE AND FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTS
1. Policies That Promote Environmental Industry in China - Haitao Yin, Francesca Spigarelli, Xuemei Zhang and Hui Zhou
2. The Environmental Goods Trade between China and the EU: Development and Influencing Factors - Ruxiao Qu and Yanping Zeng
3. International Integration and Uneven Development: An Enquiry into the Spatial Distribution of Foreign Firms in China - Hongbo Cai and Eleonora Cutrini
4. The Liability of Foreignness of EU Environmental Protection Companies in China: Manifestations and Mitigating Strategies - Lee Keng Ng and Louise Curran
5. The Renewable Energy Industry in Europe: Business and Internationalization Models. A Focus on the Chinese Market - Elena Cedrola and Loretta Battaglia
6. China’s FDI in the EU’s Environmental Protection Industries - Chunming Zhao, Mi Dai, Qun Zhang and Lei Wen
7. Chinese OFDI to Germany in the Environmental Industries: A Multiple Case Study - Katiuscia Vaccarini, Francesca Spigarelli, Christoph Lattemann, Federico Salvatelli and Ernesto Tavoletti
PART II ENVIRONMENT AND REGULATIONS
8. China: The Long March toward a Virtuous Environmental Legal Framework - Lihong Zhang
9. Chinese Environmental Protection: Between National Laws and Governance System - Federica Monti
10. Efficient Energy Systems in the Chinese Electricity Sector: Some Legal Issues - Fabio Lorusso
11. Corporate Social Responsibility Standards in Green Energy Industry: A Comparison between European Union and China - Giuseppe A. Policaro and Paolo Rossi
12. Energy Investments in China and the Role of Environmental Regulation: The Legal Perspective - Changmian Zhang and Piercarlo Rossi
PART III ALTERNATIVE FUELS AND LOW CARBON BUILDINGS: RESEARCH TRENDS IN EUROPE AND CHINA
13. The Feasibility of Liquefied Methane as an Alternative Fuel in Europe and China - Marco Spitoni, Fabio Polonara and Alessia Arteconi
14. Vapor Compression Heat Pumps and District Thermal Energy Networks for Efficient Building Heating and Cooling - Neil Hewitt, Ye Huang, Mingjun Huang and Caterina Brandoni
15. Research on Biomass Energy Utilization in Chinese Rural Area - Xu Zhang, Mingling Zhai, Yanyan Wang, Yulei Gao, Haoliang Zhao, Xiang Zhou and Jun Gao
16. Novel Energy Systems for Smart Houses - Yong Li and Ruzhu Wang