About the Authors

E. Bai

Roles Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Management, Harbin University of Commerce, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China

Kai Wu

Roles Supervision

wukai@hrbcu.edu.cn

Affiliation School of Management, Harbin University of Commerce, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China

Hongxin Zhu

Roles Software

Affiliation School of Finance, Southwest University of Finance and Economics, Chengdu, Sichuan, China

Hejie Zhu

Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Management, Harbin University of Commerce, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China

Zhijiang Lu

Roles Methodology

Affiliation School of Management, Harbin University of Commerce, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China

Competing Interests

KW received funding from State Grid Heilongjiang Electric Power Co., Ltd. Technology Project No. SGHL0000FZJS2202122 (Analysis of Provincial Economic Operation and Policy Effectiveness Evaluation Based on Power Big Data and Blockchain Technology under the Dual Carbon Target). This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products associated with this research to declare.