diff --git a/src/chart/map/MapSeries.ts b/src/chart/map/MapSeries.ts
index 83da5b0535..db3d1d7661 100644
--- a/src/chart/map/MapSeries.ts
+++ b/src/chart/map/MapSeries.ts
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ export interface MapDataItemOption extends MapStateOption,
     StatesOptionMixin<MapStateOption, StatesMixinBase>,
     OptionDataItemObject<OptionDataValueNumeric> {
     cursor?: string
+    z?: number
+    silent?: boolean
 }
 
 export type MapValueCalculationType = 'sum' | 'average' | 'min' | 'max';
diff --git a/src/component/helper/MapDraw.ts b/src/component/helper/MapDraw.ts
index b8bbb8676f..c72cf929f5 100644
--- a/src/component/helper/MapDraw.ts
+++ b/src/component/helper/MapDraw.ts
@@ -352,6 +352,12 @@ class MapDraw {
                     viewBuildCtx, compoundPath, regionName, regionModel, mapOrGeoModel, dataIdx, centerPt
                 );
 
+                const z = (regionModel as Model<RegionOption>).get('z', true);
+                z != null && (compoundPath.attr('z', z));
+
+                const silent = (regionModel as Model<RegionOption>).get('silent', true);
+                silent != null && (compoundPath.silent = silent);
+
                 if (isLine) {
                     fixLineStyle(compoundPath);
                     zrUtil.each(compoundPath.states, fixLineStyle);
diff --git a/src/coord/geo/GeoModel.ts b/src/coord/geo/GeoModel.ts
index 8caca01ea7..af8846d74c 100644
--- a/src/coord/geo/GeoModel.ts
+++ b/src/coord/geo/GeoModel.ts
@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ export interface RegionOption extends GeoStateOption, StatesOptionMixin<GeoState
     name?: string
     selected?: boolean
     tooltip?: CommonTooltipOption<GeoTooltipFormatterParams>
+    z?: number
+    silent?: boolean
 }
 
 /**
@@ -138,6 +140,8 @@ class GeoModel extends ComponentModel<GeoOption> {
     static type = 'geo';
     readonly type = GeoModel.type;
 
+    preventAutoZ = true;
+
     coordinateSystem: Geo;
 
     static layoutMode = 'box' as const;
diff --git a/src/coord/geo/geoCreator.ts b/src/coord/geo/geoCreator.ts
index 4e948d771d..4247d394ae 100644
--- a/src/coord/geo/geoCreator.ts
+++ b/src/coord/geo/geoCreator.ts
@@ -271,16 +271,17 @@ class GeoCreator implements CoordinateSystemCreator {
         const source = geoSourceManager.load(mapName, nameMap, nameProperty);
         zrUtil.each(source.regions, function (region) {
             const name = region.name;
-            if (!dataNameMap.get(name)) {
-                const regionOption = {
-                    name: name
+            let regionOption = dataNameMap.get(name);
+            // apply specified echarts style in GeoJSON data
+            const specifiedGeoJSONRegionStyle = (region as GeoJSONRegion).properties
+                && (region as GeoJSONRegion).properties.echartsStyle;
+            if (!regionOption) {
+                regionOption = {
+                   name: name
                 };
-                // apply specified echarts style in GeoJSON data
-                const specifiedGeoJSONRegionStyle = (region as GeoJSONRegion).properties
-                    && (region as GeoJSONRegion).properties.echartsStyle;
-                specifiedGeoJSONRegionStyle && zrUtil.merge(regionOption, specifiedGeoJSONRegionStyle);
                 regionsArr.push(regionOption);
             }
+            specifiedGeoJSONRegionStyle && zrUtil.merge(regionOption, specifiedGeoJSONRegionStyle);
         });
 
         return regionsArr;
diff --git a/test/data/map/js/china-map.js b/test/data/map/js/china-map.js
index 8971a39a5c..c99627cf6f 100644
--- a/test/data/map/js/china-map.js
+++ b/test/data/map/js/china-map.js
@@ -56,7 +56,9 @@
                         borderType: [5, 5],
                         // Developers should set this to chart background color
                         borderColor: '#fff'
-                    }
+                    },
+                    z: 10,
+                    silent: true
                 };
                 // Put this feature at the begining of the features so that
                 // the line will be displayed at top.
diff --git a/test/effectScatter.html b/test/effectScatter.html
index e07cb7fa4d..291f642cc8 100644
--- a/test/effectScatter.html
+++ b/test/effectScatter.html
@@ -484,7 +484,13 @@
                             emphasis: {
                                 areaColor: '#2a333d'
                             }
-                        }
+                        },
+                        regions: [{
+                            name: '新疆维吾尔自治区附近境界线',
+                            itemStyle: {
+                                borderColor: '#404a59'
+                            }
+                        }]
                     },
                     series : [
                         {
@@ -545,21 +551,21 @@
                     ]
                 });
 
-                setInterval(function () {
-                    var rippleEffectCount = ~~(Math.random() * 9) + 1;
-                    // console.log('rippleEffectCount', rippleEffectCount);
-                    myChart.setOption({
-                        series: [{
-                            name: 'Top 5',
-                            data: convertData(data.sort(function (a, b) {
-                                return b.value - a.value;
-                            }).slice(0, Math.round(6 * Math.random()))),
-                            rippleEffect: {
-                                count: rippleEffectCount
-                            }
-                        }]
-                    });
-                }, 2000);
+                // setInterval(function () {
+                //     var rippleEffectCount = ~~(Math.random() * 9) + 1;
+                //     // console.log('rippleEffectCount', rippleEffectCount);
+                //     myChart.setOption({
+                //         series: [{
+                //             name: 'Top 5',
+                //             data: convertData(data.sort(function (a, b) {
+                //                 return b.value - a.value;
+                //             }).slice(0, Math.round(6 * Math.random()))),
+                //             rippleEffect: {
+                //                 count: rippleEffectCount
+                //             }
+                //         }]
+                //     });
+                // }, 2000);
 
             });