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.
Area
2004
2005
China’s 11th-plan period
China’s 12th-plan period
2016
2017
Mean
Growth rate (%)
North coast
Beijing
0.737
0.745
0.772
0.807
0.831
0.838
0.789
1.00
Tianjin
0.701
0.705
0.721
0.743
0.747
0.748
0.730
0.49
Hebei
0.653
0.664
0.693
0.732
0.742
0.746
0.709
1.03
Shandong
0.700
0.684
0.723
0.739
0.761
0.760
0.730
0.63
East coast
Shanghai
0.668
0.663
0.713
0.750
0.784
0.777
0.729
1.16
Jiangsu
0.702
0.706
0.728
0.760
0.782
0.777
0.743
0.79
Zhejiang
0.691
0.682
0.711
0.745
0.765
0.766
0.728
0.79
South coast
Guangdong
0.707
0.703
0.728
0.764
0.787
0.784
0.746
0.80
Fujian
0.690
0.687
0.692
0.727
0.734
0.730
0.710
0.44
Hainan
0.655
0.647
0.669
0.725
0.733
0.732
0.696
0.87
Yangtze plain, middle and lower
Anhui
0.614
0.588
0.647
0.695
0.719
0.715
0.668
1.18
Jiangxi
0.649
0.626
0.658
0.699
0.709
0.711
0.677
0.71
Hubei
0.640
0.656
0.664
0.715
0.742
0.734
0.691
1.06
Hunan
0.625
0.646
0.673
0.707
0.726
0.717
0.687
1.07
Middle reaches of the yellow river
Shanxi
0.636
0.642
0.685
0.711
0.721
0.752
0.695
1.30
Inner Mongolia
0.648
0.644
0.689
0.740
0.749
0.740
0.709
1.02
Shaanxi
0.615
0.613
0.646
0.710
0.723
0.723
0.675
1.25
Henan
0.667
0.680
0.684
0.725
0.754
0.757
0.708
0.98
Northeast China
Liaoning
0.647
0.649
0.690
0.725
0.736
0.745
0.704
1.09
Jilin
0.671
0.649
0.667
0.708
0.729
0.713
0.688
0.47
Heilongjiang
0.649
0.640
0.657
0.693
0.722
0.714
0.677
0.73
Southwest China
Guangxi
0.591
0.617
0.661
0.702
0.717
0.722
0.676
1.55
Chongqing
0.606
0.600
0.670
0.718
0.730
0.723
0.686
1.37
Sichuan
0.635
0.625
0.658
0.689
0.710
0.709
0.673
0.85
Guizhou
0.524
0.550
0.609
0.687
0.710
0.705
0.641
2.31
Yunnan
0.588
0.600
0.616
0.677
0.691
0.692
0.645
1.26
Northwest China
Gansu
0.635
0.612
0.642
0.678
0.706
0.709
0.661
0.85
Qinghai
0.651
0.616
0.641
0.664
0.692
0.680
0.655
0.34
NingXia
0.638
0.571
0.662
0.716
0.752
0.739
0.685
1.14
Xinjiang
0.654
0.626
0.658
0.715
0.732
0.743
0.687
0.99
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.