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FIGURE 16.1 Beyond-province investment inflows in central provinces, 2007e14 (billion
RMB).

(Henan, Hubei, Hunan, and Jiangxi), Anhui has the closest proximity to
Shanghai, Jiangsu, and Zhejiang, which are the wealthiest provinces by per
capita GDP at purchasing power parity after Tianjin and Beijing (NBSC, 2016).
This may suggest that Shanghai/Jiangsu/Zhejiang were the greatest sources of
low-end industrial expulsions and subsequent out-migrating high-polluting in-
dustries. Among Anhui’s cities, Hefei received the largest shares of the beyond-
province investment flowing into the province. 5
As shown in Fig. 16.2, Anhui has also led the region in the provincial
investment in the treatment of environmental pollution, the largest individual
shares of which went to Hefei. Since financing for public investment has
shifted progressively downward to the provincial level and below as fiscal
centralization has deepened, including for environmental matters (Wong,
2014), Anhui’s spending levels in the treatment of environmental pollution
was most likely both the Anhui provincial government’s own decision and
from its own provincial budget, rather than that of the central government.

5. In 2009, of Anhui’s total 464 billion RMB in beyond-province investment, Hefei received the
largest share at 77 billion RMB, followed by Wuhu and Anqing, with 57 and 45 billion RMB,
respectively. In 2010, of Anhui’s total 683 billion RMB of this investment, Hefei received the
largest share among the cities of 115 billion RMB, followed by Wuhu and Xuancheng, with 91
and 66 billion RMB, respectively. In 2011, of Anhui’s total 418 billion RMB, Hefei received 70
billion, followed by Wuhu with 50 billion, and so forth. In 2012, of Anhui’s total 528 billion
RMB, Hefei received 87 billion RMB, again the largest share of Anhui cities. In 2013 and 2014,
of Anhui’s total inflows of 679 and 794 billion RMB, respectively, Hefei received 100 billion
and 114 billion RMB. These data were obtained from investment utilization reports. For
example, for 2014: Provincial utilization of beyond-province investment and foreign investment,
January to December 2014 (2014 nian 1e12 yuefuen quansheng liyong shengwai zijin he
jingwai zijin qingkuang), Anhui Province Cooperation Exchange Office, January 2015.