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Spatial-temporal Coupling Analysis of Economic Development-Social Development-Government Governance in Xinjiang, China

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High-quality development of ethnic minority areas is a key issue in China’s economic and social transformation. In order to explore the development trend and optimization path of high-quality development in ethnic minority areas, this study constructed a systematic evaluation index system of economic development, social development and government governance. The coupled coordination model was adopted to quantitatively analyze the spatio-temporal evolution characteristics of economic development, social development and government governance in Xinjiang from 2013 to 2020. The influencing factors of coupling coordination development of the three systems were identified by grey correlation analysis. The spatial-temporal pattern analysis results show that the coupling coordination degree of Xinjiang increased steadily, but the regional differences gradually expanded. The coupling coordination degree shows a stable structure with high center and low periphery, and a spatial pattern of low in southern Xinjiang and high in northern Xinjiang. The results of grey correlation analysis show that the grey correlation degree among economic development, social development and government governance in Xinjiang is above 0.78. The three systems of economic development, social development and government governance interact with each other, forming a complex system of high-quality development in ethnic minority areas. To promote high-quality development in Xinjiang, it should take social stability and long-term stability as the overall goal, improve the quality of the production and living environment on the basis of economic development, enhance regional economic competitiveness, and take government governance as a means to optimize the environment for regional development.

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  1. School of Economics and Management, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China

    Haifeng Hu

  2. Xinjiang Academy of Social Sciences, Urumqi, 830011, China

    Haifeng Hu

  3. School of Public Administration, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou, 510006, China

    Yong Sun

  4. Institute of Geographic Science and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China

    Hao Zhao

  5. Institutes of Science and Development, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China

    Baoyin Liu & Rui Guo

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Foundation item: Under the auspices of National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 42230510), Key Project of Xinjiang Social Science Foundation (No. 22AZD006)

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Hu, H., Sun, Y., Zhao, H. et al. Spatial-temporal Coupling Analysis of Economic Development-Social Development-Government Governance in Xinjiang, China. Chin. Geogr. Sci. 33, 410–425 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11769-023-1351-3

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