The Impact of Environmental Technology and Environmental Policy Strictness on China’s Green Growth and Analysis of Development Methods

Table 1

Descriptive statistical analysis of various variables.

Symbols of variables	Minimum value	Maximum value	Mean value	Standard deviation	Definition of variables and source
GTFP	0.521	1.138	0.890	0.086	Calculation based on EBM-DDF
cer	0	28	3.622	4.559	Number of environmental regulations in each region^a
lnmer	6.764	12.531	10.470	1.026	Total amount of sewage emission expenses in each region^a
lnver	2.565	9.387	7.251	1.118	Number of environmental petitions and visits made by general public in each region^a
TI	0.130	36.804	3.978	6.336	Number of patent applications granted per 10,000 people^b,c
FS	0.010	0.228	0.057	0.029	Number of skilled labor force per unit of energy^d,e
IS	0.494	3.658	0.901	0.448	Proportion of the output value in the tertiary industry divided by the output value in the secondary industry^f
FDI	0.015	10.512	2.687	2.126	Proportion of foreign direct investment in GDP^c,f

Data sources are annotated as the following: a: China Environment Yearbook; b: China Science and Technology Statistical Yearbook; c: China Statistical Yearbook; d: China Labor Statistical Yearbook; e: China Energy Statistical Yearbook; f: Statistical Yearbooks of various provinces.