Table 2.

The number of cities, average GDP growth in 2019, average GDP per capita in 2019, and located regions in three groups by duration of Level I ERS.

Group	No. of cities	2019 GDP growth	2019 GDP per capita	Eastern (%)	Central (%)	Western (%)	Northeastern (%)
Short duration	141	6.80%	61,804	26.24%	19.15%	39.01%	15.60%
Medium duration	71	7.41%	64,845	28.17%	0.00%	54.93%	16.90%
Long duration	84	8.07%	65,066	35.71%	63.10%	1.19%	0.00%

Eastern region includes Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, Fujian, Guangdong, Hainan, Hebei, Jiangsu, Shandong, Zhejiang; central region includes Anhui, Jiangxi, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, and Shanxi; western region includes Chongqing, Gansu, Guangxi, Guizhou, Inner Mongolia, Ningxia, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Tibet, Xinjiang, and Yunnan; and northeast western includes Liaoning, Jilin, and Heilongjiang. GDP data are from CEIC.