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Third Stage

Region

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Beijing

1

1

1

-

1

1

1

-

Tianjin

0.958

0.964

0.994

irs

0.962

0.976

0.985

irs

Hebei

0.91

0.941

0.968

drs

0.919

0.938

0.98

drs

Shanxi

0.94

0.953

0.987

drs

0.961

0.964

0.997

irs

Inner Mongolia

1

1

1

-

1

1

1

-

Liaoning

0.914

0.915

0.999

drs

0.911

0.913

0.998

irs

Jilin

1

1

1

-

0.996

1

0.996

irs

Heilongjiang

0.938

0.938

1

-

0.949

0.953

0.997

irs

Shanghai

1

1

1

-

1

1

1

-

Jiangsu

0.98

1

0.98

drs

0.983

1

0.983

drs

Zhejiang

1

1

1

-

1

1

1

-

Anhui

0.99

0.994

0.996

drs

0.994

0.996

0.997

drs

Fujian

0.977

0.992

0.984

drs

0.986

1

0.986

drs

Jiangxi

0.919

0.936

0.982

drs

0.95

0.95

0.999

irs

Shandong

0.998

1

0.998

drs

0.992

1

0.992

drs

Henan

1

1

1

-

1

1

1

-

Hubei

0.988

1

0.988

drs

0.992

1

0.992

drs

Hunan

0.989

1

0.989

drs

0.997

1

0.997

drs

Guangdong

1

1

1

-

1

1

1

-

Guangxi

1

1

1

-

1

1

1

-

Hainan

1

1

1

-

0.971

1

0.971

irs

Chongqing

0.968

0.974

0.994

irs

0.965

0.975

0.99

irs

Sichuan

1

1

1

-

1

1

1

-

Guizhou

1

1

1

-

1

1

1

-

Yunnan

0.929

0.934

0.995

drs

0.938

0.943

0.995

drs

Xizang

0.711

1

0.711

irs

0.549

1

0.549

irs

Shaanxi

0.973

0.977

0.997

irs

0.981

0.986

0.995

irs

Gansu

1

1

1

-

1

1

1

-

Qinghai

0.812

0.963

0.843

irs

0.726

1

0.726

irs

Ningxia

1

1

1

-

0.999

1

0.999

irs

Xinjiang

1

1

1

-

1

1

1

-

Average

0.964

0.983

0.981

0.959

0.987

0.972