Does China’s OFDI Successfully Promote Environmental Technology Innovation?

Table 5

Distribution of relative thresholds of IPP in 30 provinces of China.

Region	Number	Region	Number
2009	Tianjin, Liaoning, Zhejiang, Hainan, Chongqing, and Ningxia	6	Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangdong	3
2011	Liaoning, Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong, Chongqing, Ningxia, and Xinjiang	7	Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangdong	3
2013	Liaoning, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong, Chongqing, and Ningxia	7	Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, and Guangdong	4
2015	Tianjin, Liaoning, Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong, and Chongqing	6	Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, Chongqing, and Guangdong	5
2017	Liaoning, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong, Chongqing, and Ningxia	7	Beijing, Shanghai, Zhejiang, and Guangdong	4

Note. The eastern regions include Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Shandong, and Guangdong; the central areas include Anhui, Jiangxi, Henan, Hubei, and Hunan; the western areas include Chongqing, Sichuan, Guizhou, Shaanxi, and Gansu. The northeast region includes Heilongjiang and Liaoning; other regions were not included in the sample due to serious data missing.