Table 2 Input and output of 12 provinces of China in 2020.

From: Regret cross-efficiency evaluation using attitudinal entropy approach

DMU

Region

Full-time Equivalent of R&D Personnel (man-year)

Expenditure on New Products Development (10000 yuan)

Number of Inventions in Force (piece)

Sales Revenue of New Products (10000 yuan)

1

Beijing

23546.2

2467158.5

31243

24875373.5

2

Shanghai

26916.9

2628347.5

23884

16057974.9

3

Guangdong

320478.9

23480624.6

271200

233583833.2

4

Shanxi

6502

197834.1

1365

3218403

5

Henan

31950.8

971926.5

7842

29156732.8

6

Hunan

27314

1355625.7

8586

14921045

7

Liaoning

13636.4

582739.3

6432

3862348.2

8

Jilin

2927.9

198220.1

1489

1555307.8

9

Heilongjiang

3410.5

222181.7

1629

1699410.8

10

Sichuan

30781.1

1993962.4

17326

18068055.2

11

Xinjiang

413.6

15688.3

319

97464

12

Inner Mongolia

1527.3

80282.5

671

490914.3