| NO2 | Nitrogen dioxide concentrations | 
| PCG | Per capita GDP | 
| VN | Traffic development | 
| SI | Industrialization | 
| GC | Green coverage | 
| NG | Nature gas consumption | 
| IT | Technology investment | 
| RNG | Nature gas consumption of residents | 
| EKC | Environmental Kuznets Curve | 
| QML | Quasi-maximum likelihood | 
| CNEMC | China Environmental Monitoring Center | 
| CCSY | China City Statistical Yearbook | 
| SCR | Selective Catalytic Reduction |