| Region | Comprehensive efficiency (CE) | Pure Technical Efficiency (PTE) | Scale efficiency(SE) | return to scale |
| Beijing | 1 | 1 | 1 | - |
| Tianjin | 0.958 | 0.964 | 0.994 | irs |
| Hebei | 0.91 | 0.941 | 0.968 | drs |
| Shanxi | 0.94 | 0.953 | 0.987 | drs |
| Inner Mongolia | 1 | 1 | 1 | - |
| Liaoning | 0.914 | 0.915 | 0.999 | drs |
| Jilin | 1 | 1 | 1 | - |
| Heilongjiang | 0.938 | 0.938 | 1 | - |
| Shanghai | 1 | 1 | 1 | - |
| Jiangsu | 0.98 | 1 | 0.98 | drs |
| Zhejiang | 1 | 1 | 1 | - |
| Anhui | 0.99 | 0.994 | 0.996 | drs |
| Fujian | 0.977 | 0.992 | 0.984 | drs |
| Jiangxi | 0.919 | 0.936 | 0.982 | drs |
| Shandong | 0.998 | 1 | 0.998 | drs |
| Henan | 1 | 1 | 1 | - |
| Hubei | 0.988 | 1 | 0.988 | drs |
| Hunan | 0.989 | 1 | 0.989 | drs |
| Guangdong | 1 | 1 | 1 | - |
| Guangxi | 1 | 1 | 1 | - |
| Hainan | 1 | 1 | 1 | - |
| Chongqing | 0.968 | 0.974 | 0.994 | irs |
| Sichuan | 1 | 1 | 1 | - |
| Guizhou | 1 | 1 | 1 | - |
| Yunnan | 0.929 | 0.934 | 0.995 | drs |
| Xizang | 0.711 | 1 | 0.711 | irs |
| Shaanxi | 0.973 | 0.977 | 0.997 | irs |
| Gansu | 1 | 1 | 1 | - |
| Qinghai | 0.812 | 0.963 | 0.843 | irs |
| Ningxia | 1 | 1 | 1 | - |
| Xinjiang | 1 | 1 | 1 | - |
| Average | 0.964 | 0.983 | 0.981 |
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