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Health is fundamental for human well-being and economic growth and the development of an economy. Particularly, poor health has a perpetually damaging effect on the well-being of people and consequently, lowers life expectancy. Our study explores the influence of trade openness(domestic-invested enterprises (DIEs) and foreign-invested enterprises (FIEs) trade) on life expectancy in China and across gender using Chinese provincial panel data. The results reveal that trade openness significantly promotes life expectancy. We find a positive relationship between trade openness (DIEs and FIEs trade) and life expectancy in China and across gender. Our findings are robust to the inclusion of other control variables for the overall and female cases but not the male. The policy implication is that the government should open the economy more for international trade to benefit more, especially in the health sector and improve the health of its population.

Tourism has been the fastest-growing sector in the world over the last decade, contributes to employment opportunities, and generates earnings in foreign currencies. Tourism intensively needs energy to promote tourist activities, which in turn causes economic growth. However, as almost all tourist activities, like hotel accommodations and transportation, strongly depend on energy use, it may contribute to increased energy consumption. Our study explores the impact of tourism on energy consumption in the BRICS (i.e., Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) by using the panel data set of 1995–2014. In this study, feasible generalized least squares (FGLS) and Panel corrected standard error (PCSE) panel regression techniques are used for empirical analysis. The results reveal that tourism has a positive and significant impact on energy consumption. Our findings are robust and unaffected by the use of various energy consumption proxies and econometric techniques. Furthermore, our findings are robust and significant due to the inclusion of various controls such as financial development, gross fixed capital formation, total population, and gross domestic product. The policy implication is that governments should promote the tourism sector as a way to boost the growth of their economies. Sustainable tourism can help these economies achieve sustainable development.