Table 2 Range of eight economic zones in China.

From: Research on spatial and temporal differences of carbon emissions and influencing factors in eight economic regions of China based on LMDI model

Name

Code

Regional scope

Northeast economic zone

NEEZ

Liaoning, Jilin, Heilongjiang

Northern coastal economic zone

NEZ

Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, Shandong

Eastern coastal economic zone

ECEZ

Shanghai, Zhejiang, Jiangsu

Southern coastal economic zone

SCEZ

Fujian, Guangdong, Hainan

Mid-Yellow river economic zone

MYeREZ

Shanxi, Inner Mongolia, Henan, Shaanxi

Mid-Yangtze river economic zone

MYtREZ

Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Anhui

Southwest economic zone

SWEZ

Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan, Chongqing, Guangxi

Northwest economic zone

NWEZ

Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia, Xinjiang