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The theme of the 42nd World Economic Forum Annual Meeting is “The Great Transformation: Shaping New Models.” As Klaus Schwab, Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum said, “the great transformation is generating tremendous opportunities for humankind to live in a more prosperous, more peaceful world… What we are trying to do at this annual meeting is to re-paint a blueprint for constructive collaborations”. At the current stage of economic and social development, only by accelerating the change of growth model and building up the harmony between man and nature can we and our future generations enjoy sustainable development and happiness.
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The Calculation and analysis of GDI is a joint work of the PGDI Measurement Team and the CGDI Measurement Team.
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Due to the lack of data, Tibet, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan are not included in the measurement.
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The comparison of this report is made between the four regions, namely Eastern China, Central China, Western China and Northeast China, proposed in the Regional Development Strategy of the 11th Five-Year Plan. Eastern China includes 10 provinces: Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, Shandong, Guangdong and Hainan; Central China includes six provinces: Shanxi, Anhui, Jiangxi, Henan, Hubei and Hunan; Western China includes 12 provinces : Inner Mongolia, Guangxi, Chongqing, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Tibet, Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia and Xinjiang; Northeast China includes three provinces: Liaoning, Jilin and Heilongjiang.
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Li, X., Pan, J. (2014). Introduction. In: Li, X., Pan, J. (eds) China Green Development Index Report 2012. Current Chinese Economic Report Series. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-54178-0_1
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