AUTHOR=Yang Xiaohu , Yan Xiaoling , Wang Guangyao , Wei Yanqin , Zheng Meiling 

TITLE=Drivers and group analysis of governance efficiency of eco-environmental government-enterprise co-operation in China

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Public Health

VOLUME=Volume 13 - 2025

YEAR=2025

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/public-health/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2025.1611688

DOI=10.3389/fpubh.2025.1611688

ISSN=2296-2565

ABSTRACT=The government-enterprise cooperation (GEC) model presents an innovative approach to China’s eco-environmental governance, effectively alleviating fiscal pressures on government, enhancing governance efficacy, and promoting balanced economic-ecological development across regions. This study employs the DEA method to measure eco-environmental GEC governance efficiency across 30 Chinese provinces (2010–2021), while utilizing the GTWR model to analyze spatiotemporal distribution patterns of efficiency drivers and their clustering characteristics. Key findings include: ① Temporally, China’s eco-environmental GEC governance efficiency demonstrates triphasic evolution: “declining-rising-declining.” ② Spatially, significant non-stationarity emerges with distinct high-low clustering patterns during the study period. ③ Driver analysis through spatiotemporal geographically weighted regression reveals substantial spatiotemporal heterogeneity in factor influences, with population density, technological investment, and innovation capacity emerging as key determinants through cluster analysis. Policy recommendations propose: (1) Implementing regionally differentiated GEC governance frameworks; (2) Enhancing technological sophistication and energy utilization efficiency in GEC systems; (3) Optimizing legal and market infrastructures for eco-environmental collaboration.