Table 3.

The analysis of influence factors with the QAP method.

Independent Variables	Specific Indicators	Dependent Variable （in 2015 ）		Dependent Variable （ in 2020）
		Correlation Analysis	Regression Analysis	Correlation Analysis	Regression Analysis
Economic Gap	Per Capita GDP Gap/Yuan	0.402c	0.304c	0.420c	0.284c
The Gap in Information Technology	The Number Gap of Internet Users/%	−0.259b	−0.185b	−0.170b	−0.229b
The Gap in Scientific Investment	R&D Funding Gap/100 million Yuan	−0.256b	−0.147a	−0.264b	−0.045a
The Gap in Human Capital	The Gap in Employees	−0.285b	−0.153a	−0.225b	−0.247a
Geographical Proximity Effect	Adjacency is 1/Otherwise 0	−0.417c	−0.382c	−0.412c	−0.375c
The Relationship of Administrative Affiliation Relation	1 in the Same Province/Otherwise 0	−0.288a	−0.257a	−0.104	−0.120
R2			0.336a		0.322a
Adjusted R2			0.312a		0.301a

Note.

^ap < 0.10.

^bp < 0.05.

^cp < 0.01.