| CO2 | Per capita carbon emission |
| APPCAP | Air Pollution Prevention and Control Action Plan |
| DID | Difference-in-differences |
| PSM-DID | Propensity-score-matching difference-in-differences |
| SDID | Spatial difference-in-differences |
| DN | Digital Number |
| DMSP/OLS | Defense Meteorological Satellite Program/Operational Linescan System |
| NPP/VIIRS | National Polar-orbiting Partnership/Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite |
| IPCC | Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change |
| FD | Fiscal decentralization |
| IU | Industrial upgrading |
| UR | Urbanization rate |
| FDI | Foreign direct investment |