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Green economic development has become the common choice of all countries to cope with global warming and climate changing realize sustainable development of humanity. For China, in particular, it is an important approach to practice the Scientific Concept of Development, transform the pattern of economic growth and coordinate the development of economy, society and environment in a sustainable way. As the policy orientation and implementation directly affect the level of green economic development in a region, the Index of Support Degree of Government Policies constitutes one of the three important sub-indexes under Green Development Index (GDI). Since 2009 was an important year of the 11th Five-Year Plan period, governments at all levels had made efforts to save energy, reduce pollution, protect environment, build up ecological civilization, and guide the green development of socio-economy. These efforts were fruitful.
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For lack of key data, Tibet, Hong Kong and Chinese Taipei are excluded from the calculation.
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The eastern provinces included Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, Shandong, Guangdong and Hainan; the central provinces included Shanxi, Anhui, Jiangxi, Henan, Hubei and Hunan; the western provinces included Inner Mongolia, Guangxi, Chongqing, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Tibet, Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia and Xinjiang; the northeastern provinces included Liaoning, Jilin and Heilongjiang.
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The eastern cities included Beijing, Tianjin, Shijiazhuang, Shanghai, Nanjing, Hangzhou, Ningbo, Fuzhou, Xiamen, Jinan, Qingdao, Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Haikou; the central cities included Taiyuan, Hefei, Nanchang, Zhengzhou, Wuhan and Changsha; the western cities included Hohhot, Nanning, Chongqing, Chengdu, Guiyang, Kunming, Xi'an, Lanzhou, Xining and Yinchuan; the northeastern cities included Shenyang, Dalian, Changchun and Harbin.
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Zhao, J., Jiang, X., Song, T. (2012). Measurement and Analysis of the Support Degree of Government Policies. In: Li, X., Pan, J. (eds) China Green Development Index Report 2011. Current Chinese Economic Report Series. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-31597-8_16
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