Regional Difference and Obstacle Factors of China’s High-Quality Development from the Perspective of Coupling Coordination

Abstract

China's economy has experienced phenomenal growth over the past few decades. However, energy dilemmas, environmental pollution, and the greenhouse effect arise over time [1]. Based on the profound changes in China's economic development environment, the 19th National Congress pointed out that China's economy "has shifted from a stage of high-speed growth to a stage of high-quality development". High-quality development is the fundamental embodiment of the new development concept of innovation, coordination, greenness, openness, and sharing [2,3]. China is a vast country with significant heterogeneity in geographical location, resource endowment, and economic base. Narrowing regional differences and achieving regional balance is a challenge for high-quality development. Therefore, exploring regional differences is a prerequisite for promoting regional collaborative high-quality development.