| Quadrant | Year | 2000 | 2015 |
| The first quadrant (HH) | Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, Shandong, Hubei, Jiangsu, Anhui, Hebei, Henan, Shanxi, Ningxia | Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, Shandong, Liaoning, Hubei, Jiangsu, Anhui, Hebei, Henan | The second quadrant (LH) | Shanxi, Inner Mongolia | Zhejiang, Shanxi | Third quadrant (LL) | Jiangxi, Sichuan, Liaoning, Hunan, Fujian, Guangxi, Guangzhou, Guizhou, Jilin, Heilongjiang, Yunnan | Jiangxi, Heilongjiang, Shanxi, Hunan, Ningxia, Gansu, Guangxi, Guangzhou, Guizhou, Chongqing, Fujian, Qinghai, Sichuan, Yunnan | Fourth quadrant (HL) | Xinjiang | Xinjiang, Jilin | Cross-quadrant province | Zhejiang, Hainan, Qinghai, Chongqing, Gansu | Inner Mongolia, Hainan |
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