Table 2 The list of data used in the construction.

From: Chinese provincial multi-regional input-output database for 2012, 2015, and 2017

Data

Involvement process

Source

Output for sector

Supply estimates

Provincial Statistical Yearbooks

Value-added

GRAS for balancing SRIO

Provincial Statistical Yearbooks

Export and Import

Supply and Demand estimates

China Customs data

Transport data

Gravity Model

National Railway Statistical Yearbook

Electricity transmission data

Gravity Model

China Electric Power Yearbook

Provincial SRIO table for 2012 and 2017

Basic data for 2015 SRIO table

China Statistics Bureau

National SRIO table for 2012 and 2017

Constraint in estimates

China Statistics Bureau

  1. Note: China Customs data are not free for the public, but can be accessed by subscription. National Railway Statistical Yearbook and China Electric Power Yearbook are of hard-copy data and can be accessed by purchasing statistics books published by China Railway and China Electric Power Press. Excepts mentioned data, all other data can be accessed from the website of the local or national Statistics Bureau.