Spatio-Temporal Evolution and Influencing Factors of High Quality Development in the Yunnan–Guizhou, Region Based on the Perspective of a Beautiful China and SDGs

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

Please,  pay more attention to the technical design of the paper. The maps are too small (Figure 5.), but Table 1., 4. is too large! It is problematic to understand the visual representation of the results (due to scale).

Author Response

Dear Professor,

Thank you very much for processing our manuscript (land-1707579) entitled " Spatio-temporal Evolution and Influencing Factors of High Quality Development in Yunnan-Guizhou, Region Based on the Perspective of Beautiful China and SDGs ", by Zhuoya Zhang, Zheneng Hu , Fanglei Zhong , Qingping Cheng and Mingzhu Wu. We highly appreciate your comments and revision suggestions. All the comments are constructive and valuable. Our point-to-point responses and corrections are displayed with blue fonts in the following text. We have made major and careful revisions closely following the comments. Thus, the quality and clarity of our manuscript are improved. We sincerely hope our responses are satisfactory.

If you have any question, please let us know.

Yours sincerely,

Zhuoya Zhang (Ph.D.)
Associate Professor, Environmental Ecology
Faculty of Geography and Ecotourism

Southwest Forestry University

Kunming, China, 650224

Tel: 86-138 8822 3397

E-mail: [email protected]

-Response to Reviewer 1

Please, pay more attention to the technical design of the paper. The maps are too small (Figure 5.), but Table 1., 4. is too large! It is problematic to understand the visual representation of the results (due to scale).

Answer: Thanks for pointing this out. We are sorry that these parts are not beautiful and suitable. We resized all the maps and tables.

Before submitting the manuscript, we found a professional organization to revise the language of the article by a native English speaker. During the revision process, we also submitted the need for further revision, and will make further adjustments in the language later.

Thanks again for your for the positive evaluation of our manuscript.

Author Response File: Author Response.pdf

Reviewer 2 Report

The manuscript "Spatio-temporal Evolution and Influencing Factors of High-quality Development in Yunnan-Guizhou, Region Based on the Perspective of Beautiful China and SDGs." Authors consider 25 prefectures and cities in the Yunnan-Guizhou region as an objective to refer to beautiful China and the United Nations sustainable development goals (SDGs) evaluation indexes by considering the change in the urban built-up area, per capita GDP, total foreign trade value, tourism revenue, and total fixed assets investment as main factors.

• Scientific language of this manuscript seems so poor. Moderate English changes are required. 

• The discussion section shouldn’t be mixed with the conclusion. Please separate it from the conclusion. The discussion section after the conclusion of the research seems so odd.

• Usually, authors validate their results with previously done studies in the discussion. The present discussion doesn’t support the authors' findings; it merely seems to support their topic instead of findings. The discussion section should be modified entirely.

• The conclusion section needs to be revised.

• It’s recommended to add a “limitation” section before the conclusion to discuss the limitations of your work.

• Any scale for the values in Table 2.

• Line 176. It’s better to add the Entropy weight-TOPSIS model details here instead of refereeing other manuscripts to check the model details.

• Any subheadings etc., for Line 298, 309, 320, 334, 334.
• Line 24. It's better to mention the study period.
• Line 29. Add a few pieces of information related to the application/importance of this research.
• Line 34. Any reference for that 18^th report to check the details.
• Please recheck the citation "2."
• Line 41-43. "Covering five dimensions of " or "covering five dimensions"??
• Line 58. Mention the complete name of "Party.". I think the authors are referring to the "Communist Party of China (CPC)."
• Line 60. “topic” or “topics”
• Line 103. Any reference or citation for the 14^th five-year plan?
• Figure 1. Please add the names of the study area's surrounding borders to present the study area's location clearly.
• Line 128. “double thousand project”??? add Proper details with references.
• Line 140-141. Proper references/citations are required.
• Line 162. Reference/details to check/verify?
• Line 178. Proposed by scholars like WANG et al.,” what does “Like” mean
• Line 179. geographical things???
• Please add a proper citation for “Geographic-weighted regression (GWR).”
• Line 270-272. The use of “>” is so odd. It just seems all previous factor is greater than the next one.
• Line 301. Add a “.” So finish the previous line, and start a new one.

Author Response

Dear Professors,

Thank you very much for processing our manuscript (land-1707579) entitled " Spatio-temporal Evolution and Influencing Factors of High Quality Development in Yunnan-Guizhou, Region Based on the Perspective of Beautiful China and SDGs ", by Zhuoya Zhang, Zheneng Hu , Fanglei Zhong , Qingping Cheng and Mingzhu Wu. We highly appreciate your comments and revision suggestions. All the comments from the three reviewers are constructive and valuable. Our point-to-point responses and corrections are displayed with blue fonts in the following text. We have made major and careful revisions closely following the comments. Thus, the quality and clarity of our manuscript are improved. We sincerely hope our responses are satisfactory.

If you have any question, please let us know.

Yours sincerely,

Zhuoya Zhang (Ph.D.)
Associate Professor, Environmental Ecology
Faculty of Geography and Ecotourism

Southwest Forestry University

Kunming, China, 650224

Tel: 86-138 8822 3397

E-mail: [email protected]

-Response to Reviewer 2

We have made a major revision based on the comments. Please see our point-to-point responses attached below. We thank the reviewer for the positive evaluation of our manuscript.

1. Scientific language of this manuscript seems so poor. Moderate English changes are required.

Answer：Thanks. Before submitting the manuscript, we found a professional organization to revise the language of the article by a native English speaker. During the revision process, we also submitted the need for further revision, and will make further adjustments in the language later.

2. The discussion section shouldn’t be mixed with the conclusion. Please separate it from the conclusion. The discussion section after the conclusion of the research seems so odd.

Answer：Thanks. We have separated the conclusion from the discussion and have rewritten it.

3. Usually, authors validate their results with previously done studies in the discussion. The present discussion doesn’t support the authors' findings; it merely seems to support their topic instead of findings. The discussion section should be modified entirely.

Answer：Thank you very much for this helpful comment. We have revised and discussed it from three parts: high-quality development level, influencing factors and limitations.

4. The conclusion section needs to be revised.

Answer：Thank you for this comment. We have made this revision.

5. It’s recommended to add a “limitation” section before the conclusion to discuss the limitations of your work.

Answer：Thank you for pointing this out. We have revised and add a “limitation” section before the conclusion

6. Any scale for the values in Table 2.

Answer：Thank you very much for this helpful comment. We have already processed the values in Table 2.

7. Line 176. It’s better to add the Entropy weight-TOPSIS model details here instead of refereeing other manuscripts to check the model details.

Answer：Thanks a lot for pointing this out. We have added details and steps of the entropy weight-TOPSIS model.

8. Any subheadings etc., for Line 298, 309, 320, 334, 334.

Answer：Thanks a lot for pointing this out. We have added the subheadings.

9. Line 24. It's better to mention the study period.

Answer：Thanks. We have changed "Study period" to "From 2005 to 2018".

10. Line 29. Add a few pieces of information related to the application/importance of this research.

Answer：Thanks a lot for pointing this out. We have added the application and importance of this research. ‘The research can provide reference for high-quality and precise development and decision-making in YGR.’

11. Line 34. Any reference for that 18th report to check the details.

Answer：Thanks. The reference to the 18th report has been cited in the sentence immediately following. In addition, we have added a detailed description of Beautiful China and related reference.

12. Please recheck the citation "2."

Answer：Thanks. We have recheck all the citations and changed sorting.

13. Line 41-43. "Covering five dimensions of " or "covering five dimensions"??

Answer：Thanks. Here is "covering five dimensions"，we have corrected it.

14. Line 58. Mention the complete name of "Party.". I think the authors are referring to the "Communist Party of China (CPC)."

Answer：Thanks. We have replaced “Party” with “Communist Party of China”.

15. Line 60. “topic” or “topics”

Answer：Thanks. Here is “topic”, we have corrected it.

16. Line 103. Any reference or citation for the 14th five-year plan?

Answer：Thanks a lot. We added the reference of Suggestions on Formulating the 14th Five-Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development and the Long-term Goals for 2035 of Yunnan Province and Guizhou Province.

People’s Government of Yunnan Province. Formulating the 14th Five-Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development and the Long-term Goals for 2035 of Yunnan Province. 2022. Available online: http://www.yn.gov.cn/zwgk/zcwj/yzf/202102/t20210209_217052.html (accessed on 23 May 2022)

People’s Government of Guizhou Province. Formulating the 14th Five-Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development and the Long-term Goals for 2035 of Guizhou Province. 2021. Available online: http://www.guizhou.gov.cn/zwgk/zdlygk/jjgzlfz/ghjh/gmjjhshfzgh_5870291/202109/t20210913_70082489.html(accessed on 23 May 2022)

17. Figure 1. Please add the names of the study area's surrounding borders to present the study area's location clearly.

Answer：Thanks. We added the study area’s surrounding borders to present the study area's location clearly.

18. Line 128. “double thousand project”??? add Proper details with references.

Answer：Thanks. “double thousand project” was the the policy of the Guizhou Provincial Government for the introduction and transformation of enterprises. Taking into account the explanation of the policy, this statement is deleted now.

19. Line 140-141. Proper references/citations are required.

Answer：Thanks a lot. We have added the proper reference.

The Department of Statistics of Yunnan Province. Yunnan Statistical Yearbook 2005-2021. 2022. Available online: http://www.yn.gov.cn/sjfb/tjnj_2/ (accessed on 22 May 2022)

The Department of Statistics of Guizhou Province. Guizhou Statistical Yearbook 2005-2021. 2022. Available online: https://www.guizhou.gov.cn/zwgk/zfsj/tjnj/ (accessed on 22 May 2022)

National Bureau of Statistics. Chinese Urban Statistical Bulletin 2005-2021. 2022. Available online: http://www.stats.gov.cn/tjsj/ndsj/ (accessed on 22 May 2022)

The Department of Ecology and Environment of Yunnan Province. Yunnan Environmental Bulletin2005-2020. 2020. Available online: http://sthjt.yn.gov.cn/xxgk/xxgknb.aspx (accessed on 22 May 2022)

The Department of Ecology and Environment of Guizhou Province. Guizhou Environmental Bulletin2005-2020. 2020. Available online: https://sthj.guizhou.gov.cn/hjsj/hjzlsjzx_5802731/hjzkgb_5802732/szf_list.html (accessed on 22 May 2022)

The Department of Water Resources of Yunnan Province. Yunnan Water Resources Bulletin2005-2020. 2020. Available online: http://wcb.yn.gov.cn/html/shuiziyuangongbao/ (accessed on 22 May 2022)

The Department of Water Resources of Guizhou Province. Guizhou Water Resources Bulletin2005-2020. 2020. Available online: http://mwr.guizhou.gov.cn/slgb/slgb1/ (accessed on 22 May 2022)

20. Line 162. Reference/details to check/verify?

Answer：Thanks. We added the reference of Suggestions on Formulating the 14th Five-Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development and the Long-term Goals for 2035 of Yunnan Province and Guizhou Province.

People’s Government of Yunnan Province. Formulating the 14th Five-Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development and the Long-term Goals for 2035 of Yunnan Province. 2022. Available online: http://www.yn.gov.cn/zwgk/zcwj/yzf/202102/t20210209_217052.html (accessed on 23 May 2022)

People’s Government of Guizhou Province. Formulating the 14th Five-Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development and the Long-term Goals for 2035 of Guizhou Province. 2021. Available online: http://www.guizhou.gov.cn/zwgk/zdlygk/jjgzlfz/ghjh/gmjjhshfzgh_5870291/202109/t20210913_70082489.html(accessed on 23 May 2022)

21. Line 178. Proposed by scholars like WANG et al.,” what does “Like” mean

Answer：There is something wrong with this sentence, and we have modified it as “proposed by Wang Jinfeng et al.”.

22. Line 179. geographical things???

Answer：Thanks a lot. We have replaced it with “geography thing”.

23. Please add a proper citation for “Geographic-weighted regression (GWR).”

Answer：Thanks a lot. We have added the proper citation.

Powers S L, Matthews S A, Mowen A J. Does the relationship between racial, ethnic, and income diversity and social capital vary across the United States? A county-level analysis using geographically weighted regression[J]. Applied Geography, 2021, 130: 102446.

24. Line 270-272. The use of “>” is so odd. It just seems all previous factor is greater than the next one.

Answer：Thanks. We have corrected this sentence.

25. Line 301. Add a “.” So finish the previous line, and start a new one.

Answer：Thanks. This issue has been modified to change “:” to”.”.

Author Response File: Author Response.pdf

Reviewer 3 Report

I consider this article well written. I have no suggestions for the authors.

Author Response

Dear Professor,

Thank you very much for processing our manuscript (land-1707579) entitled " Spatio-temporal Evolution and Influencing Factors of High Quality Development in Yunnan-Guizhou, Region Based on the Perspective of Beautiful China and SDGs ", by Zhuoya Zhang, Zheneng Hu , Fanglei Zhong , Qingping Cheng and Mingzhu Wu. We highly appreciate your comments and revision suggestions. All the comments are constructive and valuable. Our point-to-point responses and corrections are displayed with blue fonts in the following text. We have made major and careful revisions closely following the comments. Thus, the quality and clarity of our manuscript are improved. We sincerely hope our responses are satisfactory.

If you have any question, please let us know.

Yours sincerely,

Zhuoya Zhang (Ph.D.)
Associate Professor, Environmental Ecology
Faculty of Geography and Ecotourism

Southwest Forestry University

Kunming, China, 650224

Tel: 86-138 8822 3397

E-mail: [email protected]

-Response to Reviewer 3

I consider this article well written. I have no suggestions for the authors.

Answer：Thank you very much for your advices. Before submitting the manuscript, we found a professional organization to revise the language of the article by a native English speaker. During the revision process, we also submitted the need for further revision, and will make further adjustments in the language later.

Thanks again for your for the positive evaluation of our manuscript.

Author Response File: Author Response.pdf

Round 2

Reviewer 2 Report

The authors have addressed all my suggestions, and the manuscript is now significantly improved and acceptable for publication.