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Are Weibo texts a proxy for daily resident sentiment?

Therefore, we gathered data on daily Weibo texts from residents during the lockdown periods in two critical cities throughout China’s COVID-19 policy cycle, using natural language processing (NLP) methods to assign sentiment scores to each text as a proxy for daily resident sentiment.

Who owns State Grid?

As of March 2024, State Grid is the world's third largest company overall by revenue, behind Walmart and Amazon. In 2023 it was reported as having 1.3 million employees, 1.1 billion customers and revenue equivalent to US$546 billion. It is overseen by the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council.

Does grid governance increase local state power in China?

Grid governance contributes to increasing local state power in China. The authors wish to thank the journal editorial process and three anonymous reviewers in addition to David S. Goodman and Michael Somers for comments on previous versions of the manuscript.

When was the State Grid Corporation of China founded?

The State Grid Corporation of China was founded on December 29, 2002, when the restructuring divided the former State Power Corporation of China into two grid companies, five generation groups and four accessorial business companies.

Is Weibo the most popular social media platform in China?

Weibo, a social platform similar to Twitter, has become one of China’s largest social media platforms, with over 500 million monthly active users since 2009. Its data have been applied in studies related to COVID-19 (Shi et al. 2022; Guo et al. 2021; Tao et al. 2020).

What percentage of China's power grid is SGCC?

SGCC accounts for 80% of the Chinese grid, with China Southern Power Grid accounting for the other 20%. : 40 At its creation, SGCC company had a generation capacity of 6.47 gigawatts. In 2003 and progressively so through the early 2000s, electrical shortages caused the government to institute rolling blackouts.