As China's economy continues to recover from the pandemic, growth in each province has varied, reflecting different consumption rebounds and the uneven effects of the central government's carbon policy.
Among China's 31 provinces and provincial-level municipalities, 27 reported first-half economic results as of July 23. Hubei, the center of the COVID-19 outbreak last year, achieved the highest year-on-year growth at 28.5% -- triple the 9.1% expansion recorded by the landlocked northwestern province of Qinghai, which was the lowest.
