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  <journal-meta>
   <journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">Economic and Social Research</journal-id>
   <journal-title-group>
    <journal-title xml:lang="en">Economic and Social Research</journal-title>
    <trans-title-group xml:lang="ru">
     <trans-title>Экономические и социально-гуманитарные исследования</trans-title>
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   <issn publication-format="print">2409-1073</issn>
   <issn publication-format="online">3033-5442</issn>
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   <article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">6a84bd1394fbba14f786f817</article-id>
   <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.24151/2409-1073-2025-12-4-m10s01a20</article-id>
   <article-id pub-id-type="edn">YJDNUM</article-id>
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    <subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru">
     <subject>Экономика инновационного развития: теория и практика</subject>
    </subj-group>
    <subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en">
     <subject>Economics of Innovation-Driven Growth: Theory and Practice</subject>
    </subj-group>
    <subj-group>
     <subject>Экономика инновационного развития: теория и практика</subject>
    </subj-group>
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   <title-group>
    <article-title xml:lang="en">Measuring the effectiveness of China provinces’ economic development using the DEA method and the Malmquist index</article-title>
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     <trans-title>Измерение эффективности экономического развития провинций Китая с использованием метода DEA и индекса Мальмквиста</trans-title>
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     <name-alternatives>
      <name xml:lang="ru">
       <surname>Карпенко</surname>
       <given-names>Валерий Михайлович</given-names>
      </name>
      <name xml:lang="en">
       <surname>Karpenko</surname>
       <given-names>Valeriy Mihaylovich</given-names>
      </name>
     </name-alternatives>
     <email>vmkarpenka@gmail.com</email>
     <bio xml:lang="ru">
      <p>кандидат технических наук;</p>
     </bio>
     <bio xml:lang="en">
      <p>candidate of technical sciences;</p>
     </bio>
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     <name-alternatives>
      <name xml:lang="ru">
       <surname>Чжу</surname>
       <given-names>Хао </given-names>
      </name>
      <name xml:lang="en">
       <surname>Zhu</surname>
       <given-names>Hao </given-names>
      </name>
     </name-alternatives>
     <bio xml:lang="ru">
      <p>аспирант экономических наук;</p>
     </bio>
     <bio xml:lang="en">
      <p>graduate student of economic sciences;</p>
     </bio>
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    <aff>
     <institution xml:lang="ru">Белорусский государственный университет</institution>
     <city>Minsk</city>
     <country>BY</country>
    </aff>
    <aff>
     <institution xml:lang="en">Belarusian State University</institution>
     <city>Minsk</city>
     <country>BY</country>
    </aff>
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   <aff-alternatives id="aff-2">
    <aff>
     <institution xml:lang="ru">Белорусский государственный университет</institution>
    </aff>
    <aff>
     <institution xml:lang="en">Belarusian State University</institution>
    </aff>
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   <pub-date publication-format="print" date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2026-02-13T00:00:00+03:00">
    <day>13</day>
    <month>02</month>
    <year>2026</year>
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   <pub-date publication-format="electronic" date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2026-02-13T00:00:00+03:00">
    <day>13</day>
    <month>02</month>
    <year>2026</year>
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   <elocation-id>m10s01a20</elocation-id>
   <history>
    <date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2025-10-01T00:00:00+03:00">
     <day>01</day>
     <month>10</month>
     <year>2025</year>
    </date>
    <date date-type="accepted" iso-8601-date="2025-11-01T00:00:00+03:00">
     <day>01</day>
     <month>11</month>
     <year>2025</year>
    </date>
   </history>
   <permissions>
    <copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">© 2026 Карпенко В.М., Чжу Х.</copyright-statement>
    <copyright-statement xml:lang="en">© 2026 Karpenko V.M., Zhu H.</copyright-statement>
    <copyright-year>2026</copyright-year>
    <copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Карпенко Валерий Михайлович, Чжу Хао</copyright-holder>
    <copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Karpenko Valeriy Mihaylovich, Zhu Hao</copyright-holder>
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   <self-uri xlink:href="https://esgi-journal.ru/en/nauka/publications/6a84bd1394fbba14f786f817/view">https://esgi-journal.ru/en/nauka/publications/6a84bd1394fbba14f786f817/view</self-uri>
   <abstract xml:lang="ru">
    <p>Авторы решают вопросы рационального распределения ресурсов и координированного высококачественного развития экономики регионов. Разработан инструментарий для выявления источников регионального роста и причин региональных отличий. На основе панельных данных по 30 единицам провинциального уровня Китая за 2014—2023 гг. построена трехэтапная DEA-модель, рассчитан индекс Мальмквиста и его декомпозиция. Сделаны выводы об особенностях развития экономических регионов Китая, о причинах и структуре экономического роста провинций. Путем анализа индекса Мальмквиста определено влияние технического прогресса на факторную производительность. Приведены рекомендации по улучшению внутренней эффективности регионов.</p>
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    <p>The authors address the issues of rational allocation of resources and coordinated high-quality development of the regional economy. In this work, a toolkit is developed to identify the sources of regional growth and the causes of regional differences. Based on panel data on 30 provincial-level units in China for the years 2014 to 2023, a three-stage DEA model is built, the Malmquist index and its decomposition are calculated. Conclusions have been drawn about the peculiarities of the development of China’s economic regions, the causes and structure of the provinces’ economic growth. By analyzing the Malmquist index, the impact of technological progress on factor productivity has been determined. Recommendations for improving the internal efficiency of the regions are given.</p>
   </trans-abstract>
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    <kwd>экономика регионов</kwd>
    <kwd>трехэтапная DEA-модель</kwd>
    <kwd>индекс Мальмквиста</kwd>
    <kwd>межпровинциальные различия</kwd>
    <kwd>экономическая эффективность</kwd>
    <kwd>технический прогресс</kwd>
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    <kwd>regional economy</kwd>
    <kwd>three-stage DEA model</kwd>
    <kwd>Malmquist index</kwd>
    <kwd>interprovincial differences</kwd>
    <kwd>economic efficiency</kwd>
    <kwd>technological progress</kwd>
   </kwd-group>
   <funding-group>
    <funding-statement xml:lang="ru">авторы заявляют об отсутствии внешнего финансирования при проведении исследования.</funding-statement>
    <funding-statement xml:lang="en">this study was not supported by any external sources of funding.</funding-statement>
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