Table 3 Comparison of three indicators, the MRIO-CEADS with the other two MRIO tables (bold value indicates smaller metric or higher similarity).

Beijing

1.42

2.24

27.52

26.77

48%

4%

Tianjin

0.66

0.61

25.26

26.42

3%

4%

Hebei

1.30

1.00

26.77

25.97

16%

7%

Shanxi

0.48

0.38

28.63

23.71

10%

12%

Inner Mongolia

0.68

0.74

27.22

25.59

8%

12%

Liaoning

1.06

1.04

25.12

24.38

16%

7%

Jilin

0.45

0.34

29.18

17.69

10%

2%

Heilongjiang

0.51

0.59

27.16

25.26

9%

3%

Shanghai

1.53

2.13

26.77

27.03

30%

2%

Jiangsu

2.31

2.43

31.98

21.44

5%

3%

Zhejiang

1.65

1.77

26.67

22.89

16%

13%

Anhui

1.08

1.75

24.60

24.38

45%

15%

Fujian

0.69

0.56

27.97

29.75

10%

40%

Jiangxi

0.60

0.51

27.55

24.98

4%

15%

Shandong

2.01

1.67

33.47

31.69

4%

16%

Henan

1.38

1.46

26.01

24.48

19%

13%

Hubei

0.63

0.46

30.13

28.61

9%

9%

Hunan

0.77

0.67

27.56

24.91

5%

17%

Guangdong

2.83

2.93

27.37

24.51

31%

39%

Guangxi

0.40

0.35

26.60

24.92

6%

9%

Hainan

0.15

0.27

26.86

28.42

4%

33%

Chongqing

0.46

0.68

26.96

27.21

4%

17%

Sichuan

0.73

0.58

28.18

21.06

2%

6%

Guizhou

0.25

0.27

26.12

24.45

22%

20%

Yunnan

0.34

0.36

25.15

22.32

6%

13%

Tibet

0.03

0.04

27.72

27.10

21%

17%

Shannxi

0.78

0.81

25.51

24.59

47%

4%

Gansu

0.29

0.34

26.13

27.39

21%

20%

Qinghai

0.08

0.06

27.79

29.22

26%

4%

Ningxia

0.12

0.21

27.68

28.64

4%

12%

Xinjiang

0.34

0.26

27.44

23.01

8%

13%

Means

0.8

0.9

27.4

25.4

15%

13%

Values

17

14

9

22

15

16