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Towards the Coupling Coordination Relationship between Economic Growth Quality and Environmental Regulation: An Empirical Case Study of China

Table 7

The CCD of China from 2004 to 2017.

Area20042005China’s 11th-plan periodChina’s 12th-plan period20162017MeanGrowth rate (%)

North coastBeijing0.7370.7450.7720.8070.8310.8380.7891.00
Tianjin0.7010.7050.7210.7430.7470.7480.7300.49
Hebei0.6530.6640.6930.7320.7420.7460.7091.03
Shandong0.7000.6840.7230.7390.7610.7600.7300.63

East coastShanghai0.6680.6630.7130.7500.7840.7770.7291.16
Jiangsu0.7020.7060.7280.7600.7820.7770.7430.79
Zhejiang0.6910.6820.7110.7450.7650.7660.7280.79

South coastGuangdong0.7070.7030.7280.7640.7870.7840.7460.80
Fujian0.6900.6870.6920.7270.7340.7300.7100.44
Hainan0.6550.6470.6690.7250.7330.7320.6960.87

Yangtze plain, middle and lowerAnhui0.6140.5880.6470.6950.7190.7150.6681.18
Jiangxi0.6490.6260.6580.6990.7090.7110.6770.71
Hubei0.6400.6560.6640.7150.7420.7340.6911.06
Hunan0.6250.6460.6730.7070.7260.7170.6871.07

Middle reaches of the yellow riverShanxi0.6360.6420.6850.7110.7210.7520.6951.30
Inner Mongolia0.6480.6440.6890.7400.7490.7400.7091.02
Shaanxi0.6150.6130.6460.7100.7230.7230.6751.25
Henan0.6670.6800.6840.7250.7540.7570.7080.98

Northeast ChinaLiaoning0.6470.6490.6900.7250.7360.7450.7041.09
Jilin0.6710.6490.6670.7080.7290.7130.6880.47
Heilongjiang0.6490.6400.6570.6930.7220.7140.6770.73

Southwest ChinaGuangxi0.5910.6170.6610.7020.7170.7220.6761.55
Chongqing0.6060.6000.6700.7180.7300.7230.6861.37
Sichuan0.6350.6250.6580.6890.7100.7090.6730.85
Guizhou0.5240.5500.6090.6870.7100.7050.6412.31
Yunnan0.5880.6000.6160.6770.6910.6920.6451.26

Northwest ChinaGansu0.6350.6120.6420.6780.7060.7090.6610.85
Qinghai0.6510.6160.6410.6640.6920.6800.6550.34
NingXia0.6380.5710.6620.7160.7520.7390.6851.14
Xinjiang0.6540.6260.6580.7150.7320.7430.6870.99

Note: China’s 11th-plan period represents the average score from 2006 to 2010, and China’s 12th-plan period represents the average score from 2011 to 2015.