Table 5.

Total GE($\alpha$) Values based on City’s average score per 10,000 People (subgroups by province, region and zone).

32 Provinces	GE(0)	GE(1)	7 Regions	GE(0)	GE(1)	3 Zones	GE(0)	GE(1)
Total	0.34	0.32	Total	0.34	0.32	Total	0.34	0.32
1-Heilongjiang	0.28	0.18	1-NE	0.32	0.25	1-Eastern China	0.28	0.27
2-Jilin	0.38	0.32	2-NC	0.39	0.36	2-Central China	0.37	0.35
3-Liaoning	0.30	0.27	3-EC	0.25	0.25	3-Western China	0.37	0.38
4-Beijing	0	0	4-CC	0.38	0.38
5-Tianjin	0	0	5-SC	0.26	0.26
6-Hebei	0.18	0.15	6-SW	0.28	0.28
7-Shanxi	0.43	0.47	7-NW	0.42	0.37
8-Inner Mongolia	0.34	0.36
9-Shanghai	0	0
10-Jiangsu	0.37	0.36
11-Zhejiang	0.19	0.21
12-Anhui	0.19	0.18	Note: 1-NE comprises provinces No. 1~3; 2-NC comprises provinces No. 4~8; 3-EC comprises provinces No. 9~14; 4-CC comprises provinces No. 15~18; 5-SC comprises provinces No. 19~21; 6-SW comprises provinces No. 22~26; 7-NW comprises provinces No. 27~32.			Note: 1-Eastern China comprises provinces No. 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 19, 20 and 21; 2-Central China comprises provinces No. 1, 2, 8, 12, 15, 16, 17 and 18; 3-Western China comprises provinces No. 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31 and 32.
13-Fujian	0.27	0.26
14-Shandong	0.18	0.18
15-Henan	0.35	0.30
16-Hubei	0.34	0.32
17-Hunan	0.26	0.28
18-Jiangxi	0.52	0.57
19-Guangdong	0.24	0.26
20-Hainan	0.002	0.002
21-Guangxi	0.27	0.25
22-Chongqing	0	0
23-Sichuan	0.28	0.26
24-Guizhou	0.41	0.46
25-Yunnan	0.31	0.34
26-Tibet	0	0
27-Shaanxi	0.43	0.39
28-Gansu	0.33	0.34
29-Qinghai	0	0
30-Ningxia	0	0
31-Xinjiang	0.43	0.33
32-XPCC	0	0
GE_W($\alpha$) GE_B($\alpha$)	80.36% 19.64%	76.13% 23.87%	GE_W($\alpha$) GE_B($\alpha$)	92.82% 7.18%	92.52% 7.47%	GE_W($\alpha$) GE_B($\alpha$)	97.43% 2.56%	97.35% 2.65%

Source: Calculated by the authors. Note: GE($\alpha$) Values are all calculated based on 312 observations, which combines 308 cities and 4 municipalities.