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The article provides a comprehensive overview of the ecological well-being performance evaluation (EWP) of Chinese major node cities along the Belt and Road. The authors highlight the importance of green development in the Belt and Road initiative and propose a two-stage Super-NSBM model with undesirable output and Malmquist–Luenberger productivity index to evaluate the EWP. The study is significant as it fills the gap in research on EWP in this region, which has been largely ignored in previous studies.

However, there are some potential biases and limitations in the article that need to be addressed. Firstly, the authors do not provide a clear definition of what they mean by "ecological well-being" or how it is measured. While they mention various indicators such as GDP, HDI, education, health care, etc., it is unclear how these indicators are combined to measure ecological well-being. This lack of clarity may lead to confusion among readers and limit the usefulness of their findings.

Secondly, while the authors claim that their study provides recommendations for improving EWP in Chinese major node cities along the Belt and Road, they do not provide any concrete policy suggestions or countermeasures. Instead, they only suggest that their findings can promote high-quality economic and green development without providing any specific strategies or actions that can be taken.

Thirdly, while the authors use a two-stage Super-NSBM model with undesirable output to evaluate static EWP and Malmquist–Luenberger productivity index for dynamic analysis, they do not compare their results with other methods used in previous studies. This limits our ability to assess whether their approach is more effective than other methods used in similar studies.

Finally, while the authors acknowledge that there are different levels of economic development among Chinese major node cities along the Belt and Road and that these cities face serious ecological degradation issues, they do not explore how these factors may affect their findings or whether certain cities perform better than others due to these factors.

In conclusion, while this article provides valuable insights into EWP evaluation using a two-stage Super-NSBM model with undesirable output and Malmquist–Luenberger productivity index for Chinese major node cities along the Belt and Road region, there are some potential biases and limitations that need to be addressed. Future research should aim to provide clearer definitions of key concepts such as "ecological well-being," provide concrete policy suggestions for improving EWP, compare results with other methods used in similar studies, explore how different levels of economic development affect EWP performance among different cities along the Belt and Road region.