| Threshold interval | Province distribution at different time points | 2004 | 2012 | 2020 |
| LnREG (LnHUC < 1.6799) | Shanxi, Inner Mongolia, Liaoning, Jilin, Heilongjiang, Anhui, Fujian, Jiangxi, Guangxi, Hainan, Henan, Sichuan, Chongqing, Guizhou, Yunnan, Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia, and Xinjiang | Hebei, Shanxi, Inner Mongolia, Liaoning, Jilin, Heilongjiang, Jiangxi, Guangxi, Hainan, Gansu, and Qinghai | Inner Mongolia, Liaoning, Heilongjiang, Jiangxi, Guangxi, Gansu, and Qinghai | LnREG (1.6799 ≤ LnHUC ≤ 2.1163) | Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, Jiangsu, Shanghai, Zhejiang, Shandong, Hubei, Hunan, and Guangdong | Tianjin, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, Fujian, Shandong, Hubei, Hunan, Sichuan, Henan, Guangdong, Chongqing, Guizhou, Yunnan, Shaanxi, Ningxia, and Xinjiang | Tianjin, Shanxi, Jilin, Anhui, Fujian, Shandong, Hubei, Hunan, Hainan, Sichuan, Henan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Shaanxi, Ningxia, and Xinjiang | LnREG (LnHUC > 2.1163) | | Beijing and Shanghai | Beijing, Hebei, Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Guangdong, and Chongqing |
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