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Table 3.

Quadrant distribution of economic indicators for the provinces and municipalities in quadrants 1 and 4.

Time node	Competitive level (first quadrant)	Quadrant of per capita GDP and tertiary industry value	Proportion	Competitive level (fourth quadrant)	Quadrant of per capita GDP and tertiary industry value	Proportion
1994	Jilin, Jiangsu (2)	First Quadrant (2) Second Quadrant (1) Third Quadrant (1)	1/2	Beijing, Shanxi, etc. (7)	First Quadrant (4) Second Quadrant (1) Third Quadrant (3) Fourth Quadrant (6)	5/7
2004	Tianjin, Beijing (2)	First Quadrant (3) Second Quadrant (1)	3/4	Shanghai, Guangdong, etc. (6)	First Quadrant (3) Third Quadrant (3) Fourth Quadrant (6)	3/4
2020	Shandong, Hebei, etc. (6)	First Quadrant (8) Second Quadrant (1) Third Quadrant (2) Fourth Quadrant (1)	3/4	Guangdong, Chongqing, etc. (3)	First Quadrant (1) Second Quadrant (1) Fourth Quadrant (4)	5/6

Time node

Competitive level (first quadrant)

Quadrant of per capita GDP and tertiary industry value

Proportion

Competitive level (fourth quadrant)

Quadrant of per capita GDP and tertiary industry value

Proportion

1994

Jilin, Jiangsu (2)

First Quadrant (2)

Second Quadrant (1)

Third Quadrant (1)

1/2

Beijing, Shanxi, etc. (7)

First Quadrant (4) Second Quadrant (1)

Third Quadrant (3)

Fourth Quadrant (6)

5/7

2004

Tianjin, Beijing (2)

First Quadrant (3) Second Quadrant (1)

3/4

Shanghai, Guangdong, etc. (6)

First Quadrant (3) Third Quadrant (3)

Fourth Quadrant (6)

3/4

2020

Shandong, Hebei, etc. (6)

First Quadrant (8) Second Quadrant (1)

Third Quadrant (2) Fourth Quadrant (1)

3/4

Guangdong, Chongqing, etc. (3)

First Quadrant (1) Second Quadrant (1)

Fourth Quadrant (4)

5/6

The number in parentheses represents the total number of that category.

The data in the “Proportion” column are the percentages of per capita GDP and the total output value of the tertiary industry in the first and fourth quadrants.