This study determines whether industrial agglomeration can solve energy poverty(ENPO)by applying a provincial dataset(2002-2019)to assess the potential effect of industrial agglomeration on ENPO.Additionally,this stud...This study determines whether industrial agglomeration can solve energy poverty(ENPO)by applying a provincial dataset(2002-2019)to assess the potential effect of industrial agglomeration on ENPO.Additionally,this study conducts an in-depth exploration of provincial heterogeneity and its influence mechanisms.The conclusions are as follows:①Industrial agglomeration is negatively correlated with ENPO;by implication,enhancing industrial agglomeration is a driving force for reducing ENPO.②The alleviating effect of industrial agglomeration on ENPO in the midwestern region is considerably higher than that in the eastern region,and the ENPO alleviation effect of the high agglomeration region is better than that in the low agglomeration region.③Foreign investment and energy efficiency have a mediating role,that is,they are valid transmission pathways for industrial agglomeration to solve the ENPO issue.Relevant policy suggestions for reducing ENPO by accelerating industrial agglomeration are proposed by drawing on the above three conclusions.展开更多
The Industrial Agglomeration Theory has been evolving all the time. The study on the industrial location has become the focus of the massive theoretical location problems about agglomeration since the 1970s. The autho...The Industrial Agglomeration Theory has been evolving all the time. The study on the industrial location has become the focus of the massive theoretical location problems about agglomeration since the 1970s. The authors here analyze the evolution and the characteristics of the Industrial Agglomeration Theory and study its effect on the reconstruction of industrial location. The study suggests that the new idea ofrecoustmction of industrial location is to cultivate regional innovative system. On this basis, the authors analyze two cases of old industrial bases on their constniction-Tiexi Industrial District in Shenyang City and Changchun Industrial Economic Development Zone. Finally, the authors put forward some suggestions that should be regarded, which include： 1） to combine industrial location reconstruction and enterprises＇ inner reform; 2） to speed up adjustment of resources and opening to the world; 3） to combine government mechanism with the market mechanism properly.展开更多
Understanding the driving forces of regional air pollution and its mechanism has gained much attention in academic research,which can provide scientific policy-making basis for economy-environment sustainability in Ch...Understanding the driving forces of regional air pollution and its mechanism has gained much attention in academic research,which can provide scientific policy-making basis for economy-environment sustainability in China.Being an important energy and industrial base,the North China Plain region has been experiencing severe air pollution.Therefore,understanding the relationship between industrialization and air quality in this region is of great importance for air quality improvement.In this study,the average annual concentrations of SO2,NO2 and PM10 in 47 sample cities at and above the prefecture level in the North China Plain region from 2007 to 2016 were used to illustrate the spatiotemporal characteristics of air pollution within this region.Furthermore,panel data model,panel vector autoregression model,and impulse response function were used to explore the correlation and driving mechanism between energy-intensive industries and regional air quality.The results show that:first,overall air quality improved in the study area between 2007 and 2016,with a significant greater fall in concentration of SO2 than that of NO2 and PM10;second,provincial border areas suffered from severe air pollution and showed an apparent spatial agglomeration trend of pollution;and third,the test results from different models all proved that energy-intensive industries such as the chemical,non-metallic mineral production,electric and thermal power production and supply industries,had a significant positive correlation with concentrations of air pollutants,and indicated an obvious short-term impulse response effect.It concludes that upgradation of industrial structure,especially that of energy-intensive industries,plays a very important role in the improvement of regional air quality,which is recommended to be put in top priority for authorities.Therefore,policies as increasing investments in technological innovation in energy-intensive industries,deepening cooperation in environmental governance between different provinces and cities,and strengthening supervision and entry restrictions are suggested.展开更多
In this paper, the method of generalized moments of data and systems for 101 counties in Jiangsu and Zhejiang Provinces is used to analyze the impact of industrial agglomeration and industrial structure upgrading on c...In this paper, the method of generalized moments of data and systems for 101 counties in Jiangsu and Zhejiang Provinces is used to analyze the impact of industrial agglomeration and industrial structure upgrading on county economic growth. The real diagnosis result indicated that, the industry gathers with the industrial structure promotes has the forward function to the county territory economic growth rate, in the sample time that had not discovered the industry gathers to the economical growth existence non-linearity in？ uence. On the other hand, the industrial structure promotes to the county territory economy long-term growth power is stronger, later period should break through the present stage in the manufacturing industry mature county territory through the industrial structure promotion strategy the industry to glide down.展开更多
Firstly,agriculture,industry and tourism in the Yangtze River Delta,Pearl River Delta and Bohai Economic Rim were chosen to represent the primary,secondary and tertiary industries respectively,and industrial agglomera...Firstly,agriculture,industry and tourism in the Yangtze River Delta,Pearl River Delta and Bohai Economic Rim were chosen to represent the primary,secondary and tertiary industries respectively,and industrial agglomeration in the three economic zones was analyzed using location quotient coefficient method.Afterwards,the critical factors influencing industrial agglomeration were discussed using gray correlation analysis.The results showed that industrial agglomeration of agriculture,industry and tourism formed gradually in the three economic zones,and the critical factors influencing industrial agglomeration were human capital,science and technology progress,and natural resources.Meanwhile,environmental pollution affected and restricted the development of industrial agglomeration.展开更多
This paper investigates the forces that determine the industrial distribution of foreign manufacturing investment. It highlights the importance of industrial agglomeration and industrial linkage in attracting foreign ...This paper investigates the forces that determine the industrial distribution of foreign manufacturing investment. It highlights the importance of industrial agglomeration and industrial linkage in attracting foreign investment to manufacturing industries. Using panel data for two-digit manufacturing industries in Beijing during the period of 1999-2004, this study finds that geographically agglomerated industries with strong intra-industrial linkages are indeed attractive to foreign investment. Previous foreign investment has led to the current industrial concentration or foreign investment. Investors also favor capital-intensive and technology-intensive industries, and they tend to be attracted to the most profitable and exporting industries, but avoid industries with high real labor costs and high entry barriers. Competitive local industries that possess comparative advantages are critical for attracting foreign investment. The existence of industrial clusters certainly enhances a city＇s attractiveness to foreign investment.展开更多
Although China’s construction machinery thrives to meet the needs of construction,a number of challenges still remain to be overcome,such as lack of thorough knowledge of regional disparities and several limitations ...Although China’s construction machinery thrives to meet the needs of construction,a number of challenges still remain to be overcome,such as lack of thorough knowledge of regional disparities and several limitations in terms of carbon emissions and economic development.Meanwhile,a low-carbon economy was proposed and implemented in China.This research aims to investigate the differences in industrial agglomeration of construction machineries and further explore the relationship between industrial agglomeration and low-carbon economy.On this basis,spatiotemporal analysis was performed to evaluate the levels of industrial agglomeration in different regions based on the situations of China’s construction machinery industry.Furthermore,this study explored the interaction between industrial agglomeration and low-carbon economy utilizing the coupling coordination analysis method.Results showed that the coupling coordination of the two subsystems was extremely unbalanced in 2006,and it maintained an increasing trend,reaching a relatively high level in 2018.Finally,suggestions,such as establishing a policy guarantee system and implementing variable policies in different regions,were proposed to provide guidelines for the government decision-making and promote the sustainable development of China’s construction machinery industry.展开更多
This paper reports the innovation effect of pharmaceutical industry agglomeration from the perspective of patterns of agglomeration and innovation,by using registration application data for innovative and generic drug...This paper reports the innovation effect of pharmaceutical industry agglomeration from the perspective of patterns of agglomeration and innovation,by using registration application data for innovative and generic drugs as indicators of pharmaceutical innovation.First,the distribution of the pharmaceutical industry in China is characterized by high agglomeration and low innovation.Second,no significant infuence is exerted by regional industrial and development zone agglomeration on the development of innovative drugs in different regions;the effect of the promotion of generic drugs is reflected mainly in the location entropy index.Third,the existence of a crowding effect weakens the effect of the promotion of agglomeration on pharmaceutical innovation and the adverse impact on innovative drugs is significantly greater than the effect on generic drugs.In further research,we explored the bias effect of agglomeration in development zones and the synergistic effects of different agglomeration models.It is difficult to improve the quality of independent innovation by spatial agglomeration.Government-led development zones play a rather limited role in pharmaceutical innovation.展开更多
Industrial Agglomeration and Cluster Strategy in China Authors: Houkai WEI et al.Year: 2008Publisher: Economy&Management Publishing House,Beijing ISBN: 978-7-5096-0290-4(450 pages,in Chinese)An industrial cluster ...Industrial Agglomeration and Cluster Strategy in China Authors: Houkai WEI et al.Year: 2008Publisher: Economy&Management Publishing House,Beijing ISBN: 978-7-5096-0290-4(450 pages,in Chinese)An industrial cluster is more than an organizational mode that emerges out of the modern economy. In ancient China,the ceramic production in Jingdezhen,embroidery in Suzhou,the tea markets in Hangzhou,etc.,were all good examples of industrial clusters. However,as the planned economic system was gradually implemented after the founding of People’s Republic of China。展开更多
Based on principal component analysis, coordinated development model and location entropy, this paper analyzes the coordinated development of regional scientific and technological innovation ability and industrial agg...Based on principal component analysis, coordinated development model and location entropy, this paper analyzes the coordinated development of regional scientific and technological innovation ability and industrial agglomeration level and the spatial differences in Yangtze River economic zone. Firstly, the regional science and technology innovation ability is divided into two parts： innovation input and innovation transformation result. The accumulation of knowledge outside the region is introduced as a variable influencing the correlation effect, and the index system of regional innovation capability is constructed. According to the degree of coordination between the regional technological innovation ability and the level of industrial agglomeration, the Yangtze River economic belt provinces and municipalities are divided into moderate disorder class, serious disorder class, extreme disorder class, middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River region interregional knowledge accumulation weak.展开更多
The primary object of this paper is to examine the spatial-temporal pattern evolution of manufacturing geographical agglomeration of the old industrial base.Industrial spatial agglomeration index and concentration rat...The primary object of this paper is to examine the spatial-temporal pattern evolution of manufacturing geographical agglomeration of the old industrial base.Industrial spatial agglomeration index and concentration ratio are used in this paper.Multiple linear regression models are also applied to try to explore the internal driving mechanisms on manufacturing geographical agglomeration.The results show that:1) the manufacturing agglomeration degree of Jilin Province is increasing gradually.The spatial polarization structure is visible;and the central region is the agglomeration area,in addition,the manufacturing industries of Changchun Proper present a trend of dispersion;2) the structure of manufacturing industries has changed,and the concentration ratio of labor-intensive manufacturing industry is declining,while the proportions of technology-intensive and capital-intensive manufacturing industry are relatively rising;3) marketing level,location accessibility,labor resources,capital,science and technology innovation capability,scale economy and the level of globalization affect manufacturing agglomeration with different degree.There are significant differences of the effects about employment,technology,the quality of residents and the export-oriented market on the industrial concentration ratio;4) in the future,the impact of policy and institution,export-oriented market and quality of resident on manufacturing geographical agglomeration pattern will be more profound.展开更多
As the significant regional development driving,industry agglomeration has become one of the most interested for industrial economist and regional economist.This paper chooses the main five E&I industrial parks in...As the significant regional development driving,industry agglomeration has become one of the most interested for industrial economist and regional economist.This paper chooses the main five E&I industrial parks in Shaanxi Province as the research object,and systematically compares their industry agglomerations,such as the situations,patterns,development approaches,and so on.Finally,based on the situation of the five E&I industrial parks,combined with the power and the attraction of sub-sectors industry,some suggestions on the formation and consolidation of agglomeration effect for each park are proposed.展开更多
To investigate how spatial heterogeneity affects the so-called“resource curse”in China,we combine a careful selection of indicators with the concept of resource industry spatial agglomeration(RISA)as a proxy for res...To investigate how spatial heterogeneity affects the so-called“resource curse”in China,we combine a careful selection of indicators with the concept of resource industry spatial agglomeration(RISA)as a proxy for resource abundance and dependency.To address RISA heterogeneity among regions,those lacking a spatial concentration in non-resource industries are excluded from the analysis.We then develop an econometric model of regional economic growth(REG)using RISA.To further investigate the impact mechanisms of RISA and other factors influencing REG,we use the feasible generalized least squares(FGLS)method and the system generalized method of moments(SGMM).Conducting a stepwise regression analysis,we systematically examine the effect of the resource curse at the regional level from a RISA perspective.Our key findings are as follows:①Fifteen provinces in China exhibit RISA,and their level of economic development is significantly lower than that of provinces without a spatial agglomeration of resource industries.②RISA and REG exhibit a“U-shaped”relationship,characterized initially by suppression followed by promotion.③In terms of transmission mechanisms,investments in material and human capital,the degree of openness to foreign trade,and residents’savings rate all suppress RISA,while investments in technological innovation,development of the private economy and the manufacturing industry,and government intervention can promote spatial agglomeration of resource industries.展开更多
The Yangtze River Delta(YRD) is a region in China with a serious contradiction between economic growth and environmental pollution. Exploring the spatiotemporal effects and influencing factors of air pollution in the ...The Yangtze River Delta(YRD) is a region in China with a serious contradiction between economic growth and environmental pollution. Exploring the spatiotemporal effects and influencing factors of air pollution in the region is highly important for formulating policies to promote the high-quality development of urban industries. This study uses the spatial Durbin model(SDM) to analyze the local direct and spatial spillover effects of industrial transformation on air pollution and quantifies the contribution of each factor. From 2008 to 2018, there was a significant spatial agglomeration of industrial sulfur dioxide emissions(ISDE) in the YRD, and every 1% increase in ISDE led to a synchronous increase of 0.603% in the ISDE in adjacent cities. The industrial scale index(ISCI) and industrial structure index(ISTI), as the core factors of industrial transformation, significantly affect the emissions of sulfur dioxide in the YRD, and the elastic coefficients are 0.677 and-0.368, respectively. The order of the direct effect of the explanatory variables on local ISDE is ISCI>ISTI>foreign direct investment(FDI)>enterprise technological innovation(ETI)>environmental regulation(ER)> per capita GDP(PGDP). Similarly, the order of the spatial spillover effect of all variables on ISDE in adjacent cities is ISCI>PGDP>FDI>ETI>ISTI>ER, and the coefficients of the ISCI and ISTI are 1.531 and 0.113, respectively. This study contributes to the existing research that verifies the environmental Kuznets curve in the YRD, denies the pollution heaven hypothesis, indicates the Porter hypothesis, and provides empirical evidence for the formation mechanism of regional environmental pollution from a spatial spillover perspective.展开更多
The expansion and upgrading of Chinese industries have accompanied with the spatial restructuring process across the country. This paper provides a literature review on China's industrial geography, paying special...The expansion and upgrading of Chinese industries have accompanied with the spatial restructuring process across the country. This paper provides a literature review on China's industrial geography, paying special attention to industrial agglomeration and industrial clusters. The increasing industrial agglomeration and development of industrial clusters have been the prominent characteristics of dynamics of industrial landscape in China. The major driving forces of China's industrial geography include economic globalization, decentralization and regional competition and rebuilding of regional advantages. This paper concludes with a discussion of future research focus.展开更多
Employment is the greatest livelihood.Whether the impact of industrial robotics technology materialized in machines on employment in the digital age is an“icing on the cake”or“adding fuel to the fire”needs further...Employment is the greatest livelihood.Whether the impact of industrial robotics technology materialized in machines on employment in the digital age is an“icing on the cake”or“adding fuel to the fire”needs further study.This study aims to analyze the impact of the installation and application of industrial robots on labor demand in the context of the Chinese economy.First,from the theoretical logic and the economic development law,this study gives the prior judgment and research hypothesis that industrial intelligence will increase jobs.Then,based on the panel data of 269 cities in China from 2006 to 2021,we use the two-way fixed effect model,dynamic threshold model,and two-stage intermediary effect model.The objective is to investigate the impact of industrial intelligence on enterprise labor demand and its path mechanism.Results show that the overall effect of industrial intelligence on the labor force with the installation density index of industrial robots as the proxy variable is the“creation effect”.In other words,advanced digital technology has created additional jobs,and the overall supply of employment in the labor market has increased.The conclusion is still valid after the endogeneity identification and robustness test.In addition,the positive effect has a nonlinear effect on the network scale.When the installation density of industrial robots exceeds a particular threshold value,the division of labor continues to deepen under the combined action of the production efficiency and compensation effects,which will cause enterprises to increase labor demand further.Further research showed that industrial intelligence can increase employment by promoting synergistic agglomeration and improving labor price distortions.This study concludes that in the digital China era,the introduction and installation of industrial robots by enterprises can affect the optimal allocation of the labor market.This phenomenon has essential experience and reference significance for guiding industrial digitalization and intelligent transformation and promoting the high-quality development of people’s livelihood.展开更多
Based on the plant level data from the First National Census of Basic Units,the Second National Census of Basic Units,and the First National Economic Census of China,this paper ex-amines the geographical agglomeration...Based on the plant level data from the First National Census of Basic Units,the Second National Census of Basic Units,and the First National Economic Census of China,this paper ex-amines the geographical agglomeration of Chinese manufacturing industries at a more disaggregated level both by industrial classi-fication and spatial unit analysis.Applying the agglomeration index proposed by Maurel and Sedillot,studies show that the most agglomerated industries are resource-intensive,and capital and technology intensive while industries demanding localized inputs or serving localized markets or favored by local governments are fairly dispersed.The more disaggregated industries are more spa-tially agglomerated.At the finer spatial scale,industries are more dispersed.Results indicate that within-county spillovers are stronger than nearby-county spillovers,and within-prefecture spillovers are stronger than nearby prefecture spillovers.Local-ized spillovers are still quite substantial at a range beyond that of counties.Comparing the agglomeration index of Chinese manu-facturing industries in 1996,2001 and 2004,agglomeration seems to be a general tendency.Results also indicate that some industries have experienced remarkable changes in their levels of agglom-eration in the period 1996–2004.展开更多
Rapidly emerged creative industries receive increasing attention from a variety of disciplines. However, the space features of creative industries and its association with local socio-cultural contexts have not been f...Rapidly emerged creative industries receive increasing attention from a variety of disciplines. However, the space features of creative industries and its association with local socio-cultural contexts have not been fully understood, especially at a micro-city level. This study attempts to understand the agglomeration of creative industries in Shanghai from the sociology perspective. For this study, this paper utilizes primarily a questionnaire survey to explain the space features of creative industries in Shanghai. The results indicate an extensive socio-cultural embeddedness of the agglomeration of creative industries in Shanghai. First, strong emphasis on face-to-face contacts by creative professionals makes geographical agglomeration necessary for creative industries. Second, the reason why inner city of Shanghai is popular among creative professionals and enterprises lies in the diversity of cultures and special environment of the former colonial zones of Shanghai. Additionally, highly concentrated dining and entertainment facilities in the central city of Shanghai offer creative workers social networking places and nightlife venues. Third, as the educational attainment of local citizens and the protection of intellectual property are highly stressed by creative professionals, research and design specialized creative industries are more likely located near universities and research institutes.展开更多
基金sponsored by the National Social Science Fund of China[Grant No.23VMG006].
文摘This study determines whether industrial agglomeration can solve energy poverty(ENPO)by applying a provincial dataset(2002-2019)to assess the potential effect of industrial agglomeration on ENPO.Additionally,this study conducts an in-depth exploration of provincial heterogeneity and its influence mechanisms.The conclusions are as follows:①Industrial agglomeration is negatively correlated with ENPO;by implication,enhancing industrial agglomeration is a driving force for reducing ENPO.②The alleviating effect of industrial agglomeration on ENPO in the midwestern region is considerably higher than that in the eastern region,and the ENPO alleviation effect of the high agglomeration region is better than that in the low agglomeration region.③Foreign investment and energy efficiency have a mediating role,that is,they are valid transmission pathways for industrial agglomeration to solve the ENPO issue.Relevant policy suggestions for reducing ENPO by accelerating industrial agglomeration are proposed by drawing on the above three conclusions.
基金Under the auspices of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 40171041)
文摘The Industrial Agglomeration Theory has been evolving all the time. The study on the industrial location has become the focus of the massive theoretical location problems about agglomeration since the 1970s. The authors here analyze the evolution and the characteristics of the Industrial Agglomeration Theory and study its effect on the reconstruction of industrial location. The study suggests that the new idea ofrecoustmction of industrial location is to cultivate regional innovative system. On this basis, the authors analyze two cases of old industrial bases on their constniction-Tiexi Industrial District in Shenyang City and Changchun Industrial Economic Development Zone. Finally, the authors put forward some suggestions that should be regarded, which include： 1） to combine industrial location reconstruction and enterprises＇ inner reform; 2） to speed up adjustment of resources and opening to the world; 3） to combine government mechanism with the market mechanism properly.
基金National Natural Science Foundation of China,No.41771133,No.41771181The Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences,No.XDA19040403。
文摘Understanding the driving forces of regional air pollution and its mechanism has gained much attention in academic research,which can provide scientific policy-making basis for economy-environment sustainability in China.Being an important energy and industrial base,the North China Plain region has been experiencing severe air pollution.Therefore,understanding the relationship between industrialization and air quality in this region is of great importance for air quality improvement.In this study,the average annual concentrations of SO2,NO2 and PM10 in 47 sample cities at and above the prefecture level in the North China Plain region from 2007 to 2016 were used to illustrate the spatiotemporal characteristics of air pollution within this region.Furthermore,panel data model,panel vector autoregression model,and impulse response function were used to explore the correlation and driving mechanism between energy-intensive industries and regional air quality.The results show that:first,overall air quality improved in the study area between 2007 and 2016,with a significant greater fall in concentration of SO2 than that of NO2 and PM10;second,provincial border areas suffered from severe air pollution and showed an apparent spatial agglomeration trend of pollution;and third,the test results from different models all proved that energy-intensive industries such as the chemical,non-metallic mineral production,electric and thermal power production and supply industries,had a significant positive correlation with concentrations of air pollutants,and indicated an obvious short-term impulse response effect.It concludes that upgradation of industrial structure,especially that of energy-intensive industries,plays a very important role in the improvement of regional air quality,which is recommended to be put in top priority for authorities.Therefore,policies as increasing investments in technological innovation in energy-intensive industries,deepening cooperation in environmental governance between different provinces and cities,and strengthening supervision and entry restrictions are suggested.
文摘In this paper, the method of generalized moments of data and systems for 101 counties in Jiangsu and Zhejiang Provinces is used to analyze the impact of industrial agglomeration and industrial structure upgrading on county economic growth. The real diagnosis result indicated that, the industry gathers with the industrial structure promotes has the forward function to the county territory economic growth rate, in the sample time that had not discovered the industry gathers to the economical growth existence non-linearity in？ uence. On the other hand, the industrial structure promotes to the county territory economy long-term growth power is stronger, later period should break through the present stage in the manufacturing industry mature county territory through the industrial structure promotion strategy the industry to glide down.
基金Supported by the Major Program of Humanities and Social Sciences,Ministry of Education of China(10JYC790312)
文摘Firstly,agriculture,industry and tourism in the Yangtze River Delta,Pearl River Delta and Bohai Economic Rim were chosen to represent the primary,secondary and tertiary industries respectively,and industrial agglomeration in the three economic zones was analyzed using location quotient coefficient method.Afterwards,the critical factors influencing industrial agglomeration were discussed using gray correlation analysis.The results showed that industrial agglomeration of agriculture,industry and tourism formed gradually in the three economic zones,and the critical factors influencing industrial agglomeration were human capital,science and technology progress,and natural resources.Meanwhile,environmental pollution affected and restricted the development of industrial agglomeration.
基金a grant from the Natural Science Foundation of China (No.40401015)
文摘This paper investigates the forces that determine the industrial distribution of foreign manufacturing investment. It highlights the importance of industrial agglomeration and industrial linkage in attracting foreign investment to manufacturing industries. Using panel data for two-digit manufacturing industries in Beijing during the period of 1999-2004, this study finds that geographically agglomerated industries with strong intra-industrial linkages are indeed attractive to foreign investment. Previous foreign investment has led to the current industrial concentration or foreign investment. Investors also favor capital-intensive and technology-intensive industries, and they tend to be attracted to the most profitable and exporting industries, but avoid industries with high real labor costs and high entry barriers. Competitive local industries that possess comparative advantages are critical for attracting foreign investment. The existence of industrial clusters certainly enhances a city＇s attractiveness to foreign investment.
基金This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.72071043)the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province(Grant No.BK20201280)+1 种基金MOE(Ministry of Education in China)Project of Humanities and Social Sciences(Grant No.20YJAZH114)the major consulting research project of the Chinese Academy of Engineering“Strategic Research of China Construction 2035”(Grant No.2019-XZ-34-03).
文摘Although China’s construction machinery thrives to meet the needs of construction,a number of challenges still remain to be overcome,such as lack of thorough knowledge of regional disparities and several limitations in terms of carbon emissions and economic development.Meanwhile,a low-carbon economy was proposed and implemented in China.This research aims to investigate the differences in industrial agglomeration of construction machineries and further explore the relationship between industrial agglomeration and low-carbon economy.On this basis,spatiotemporal analysis was performed to evaluate the levels of industrial agglomeration in different regions based on the situations of China’s construction machinery industry.Furthermore,this study explored the interaction between industrial agglomeration and low-carbon economy utilizing the coupling coordination analysis method.Results showed that the coupling coordination of the two subsystems was extremely unbalanced in 2006,and it maintained an increasing trend,reaching a relatively high level in 2018.Finally,suggestions,such as establishing a policy guarantee system and implementing variable policies in different regions,were proposed to provide guidelines for the government decision-making and promote the sustainable development of China’s construction machinery industry.
文摘This paper reports the innovation effect of pharmaceutical industry agglomeration from the perspective of patterns of agglomeration and innovation,by using registration application data for innovative and generic drugs as indicators of pharmaceutical innovation.First,the distribution of the pharmaceutical industry in China is characterized by high agglomeration and low innovation.Second,no significant infuence is exerted by regional industrial and development zone agglomeration on the development of innovative drugs in different regions;the effect of the promotion of generic drugs is reflected mainly in the location entropy index.Third,the existence of a crowding effect weakens the effect of the promotion of agglomeration on pharmaceutical innovation and the adverse impact on innovative drugs is significantly greater than the effect on generic drugs.In further research,we explored the bias effect of agglomeration in development zones and the synergistic effects of different agglomeration models.It is difficult to improve the quality of independent innovation by spatial agglomeration.Government-led development zones play a rather limited role in pharmaceutical innovation.
文摘Industrial Agglomeration and Cluster Strategy in China Authors: Houkai WEI et al.Year: 2008Publisher: Economy&Management Publishing House,Beijing ISBN: 978-7-5096-0290-4(450 pages,in Chinese)An industrial cluster is more than an organizational mode that emerges out of the modern economy. In ancient China,the ceramic production in Jingdezhen,embroidery in Suzhou,the tea markets in Hangzhou,etc.,were all good examples of industrial clusters. However,as the planned economic system was gradually implemented after the founding of People’s Republic of China。
文摘Based on principal component analysis, coordinated development model and location entropy, this paper analyzes the coordinated development of regional scientific and technological innovation ability and industrial agglomeration level and the spatial differences in Yangtze River economic zone. Firstly, the regional science and technology innovation ability is divided into two parts： innovation input and innovation transformation result. The accumulation of knowledge outside the region is introduced as a variable influencing the correlation effect, and the index system of regional innovation capability is constructed. According to the degree of coordination between the regional technological innovation ability and the level of industrial agglomeration, the Yangtze River economic belt provinces and municipalities are divided into moderate disorder class, serious disorder class, extreme disorder class, middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River region interregional knowledge accumulation weak.
基金Under the auspices of National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.41371135)Science and Technology Guide Plan Soft Science Project of Jilin Province(No.20120635)
文摘The primary object of this paper is to examine the spatial-temporal pattern evolution of manufacturing geographical agglomeration of the old industrial base.Industrial spatial agglomeration index and concentration ratio are used in this paper.Multiple linear regression models are also applied to try to explore the internal driving mechanisms on manufacturing geographical agglomeration.The results show that:1) the manufacturing agglomeration degree of Jilin Province is increasing gradually.The spatial polarization structure is visible;and the central region is the agglomeration area,in addition,the manufacturing industries of Changchun Proper present a trend of dispersion;2) the structure of manufacturing industries has changed,and the concentration ratio of labor-intensive manufacturing industry is declining,while the proportions of technology-intensive and capital-intensive manufacturing industry are relatively rising;3) marketing level,location accessibility,labor resources,capital,science and technology innovation capability,scale economy and the level of globalization affect manufacturing agglomeration with different degree.There are significant differences of the effects about employment,technology,the quality of residents and the export-oriented market on the industrial concentration ratio;4) in the future,the impact of policy and institution,export-oriented market and quality of resident on manufacturing geographical agglomeration pattern will be more profound.
文摘As the significant regional development driving,industry agglomeration has become one of the most interested for industrial economist and regional economist.This paper chooses the main five E&I industrial parks in Shaanxi Province as the research object,and systematically compares their industry agglomerations,such as the situations,patterns,development approaches,and so on.Finally,based on the situation of the five E&I industrial parks,combined with the power and the attraction of sub-sectors industry,some suggestions on the formation and consolidation of agglomeration effect for each park are proposed.
基金Ministry of Education Humanities and Social Sciences Research General Project“Study on the Responsibility Sharing Accounting and Accountability Mechanism for Coordinated Air Pollution Control in the Yellow River Basin”Project[Grant No.24YJC630260].
文摘To investigate how spatial heterogeneity affects the so-called“resource curse”in China,we combine a careful selection of indicators with the concept of resource industry spatial agglomeration(RISA)as a proxy for resource abundance and dependency.To address RISA heterogeneity among regions,those lacking a spatial concentration in non-resource industries are excluded from the analysis.We then develop an econometric model of regional economic growth(REG)using RISA.To further investigate the impact mechanisms of RISA and other factors influencing REG,we use the feasible generalized least squares(FGLS)method and the system generalized method of moments(SGMM).Conducting a stepwise regression analysis,we systematically examine the effect of the resource curse at the regional level from a RISA perspective.Our key findings are as follows:①Fifteen provinces in China exhibit RISA,and their level of economic development is significantly lower than that of provinces without a spatial agglomeration of resource industries.②RISA and REG exhibit a“U-shaped”relationship,characterized initially by suppression followed by promotion.③In terms of transmission mechanisms,investments in material and human capital,the degree of openness to foreign trade,and residents’savings rate all suppress RISA,while investments in technological innovation,development of the private economy and the manufacturing industry,and government intervention can promote spatial agglomeration of resource industries.
基金The Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences,No.XDA23020101National Natural Science Foundation of China,No.41901181。
文摘The Yangtze River Delta(YRD) is a region in China with a serious contradiction between economic growth and environmental pollution. Exploring the spatiotemporal effects and influencing factors of air pollution in the region is highly important for formulating policies to promote the high-quality development of urban industries. This study uses the spatial Durbin model(SDM) to analyze the local direct and spatial spillover effects of industrial transformation on air pollution and quantifies the contribution of each factor. From 2008 to 2018, there was a significant spatial agglomeration of industrial sulfur dioxide emissions(ISDE) in the YRD, and every 1% increase in ISDE led to a synchronous increase of 0.603% in the ISDE in adjacent cities. The industrial scale index(ISCI) and industrial structure index(ISTI), as the core factors of industrial transformation, significantly affect the emissions of sulfur dioxide in the YRD, and the elastic coefficients are 0.677 and-0.368, respectively. The order of the direct effect of the explanatory variables on local ISDE is ISCI>ISTI>foreign direct investment(FDI)>enterprise technological innovation(ETI)>environmental regulation(ER)> per capita GDP(PGDP). Similarly, the order of the spatial spillover effect of all variables on ISDE in adjacent cities is ISCI>PGDP>FDI>ETI>ISTI>ER, and the coefficients of the ISCI and ISTI are 1.531 and 0.113, respectively. This study contributes to the existing research that verifies the environmental Kuznets curve in the YRD, denies the pollution heaven hypothesis, indicates the Porter hypothesis, and provides empirical evidence for the formation mechanism of regional environmental pollution from a spatial spillover perspective.
基金National Science Foundation of China for Distinguished Young Scholars,No.41425001
文摘The expansion and upgrading of Chinese industries have accompanied with the spatial restructuring process across the country. This paper provides a literature review on China's industrial geography, paying special attention to industrial agglomeration and industrial clusters. The increasing industrial agglomeration and development of industrial clusters have been the prominent characteristics of dynamics of industrial landscape in China. The major driving forces of China's industrial geography include economic globalization, decentralization and regional competition and rebuilding of regional advantages. This paper concludes with a discussion of future research focus.
文摘Employment is the greatest livelihood.Whether the impact of industrial robotics technology materialized in machines on employment in the digital age is an“icing on the cake”or“adding fuel to the fire”needs further study.This study aims to analyze the impact of the installation and application of industrial robots on labor demand in the context of the Chinese economy.First,from the theoretical logic and the economic development law,this study gives the prior judgment and research hypothesis that industrial intelligence will increase jobs.Then,based on the panel data of 269 cities in China from 2006 to 2021,we use the two-way fixed effect model,dynamic threshold model,and two-stage intermediary effect model.The objective is to investigate the impact of industrial intelligence on enterprise labor demand and its path mechanism.Results show that the overall effect of industrial intelligence on the labor force with the installation density index of industrial robots as the proxy variable is the“creation effect”.In other words,advanced digital technology has created additional jobs,and the overall supply of employment in the labor market has increased.The conclusion is still valid after the endogeneity identification and robustness test.In addition,the positive effect has a nonlinear effect on the network scale.When the installation density of industrial robots exceeds a particular threshold value,the division of labor continues to deepen under the combined action of the production efficiency and compensation effects,which will cause enterprises to increase labor demand further.Further research showed that industrial intelligence can increase employment by promoting synergistic agglomeration and improving labor price distortions.This study concludes that in the digital China era,the introduction and installation of industrial robots by enterprises can affect the optimal allocation of the labor market.This phenomenon has essential experience and reference significance for guiding industrial digitalization and intelligent transformation and promoting the high-quality development of people’s livelihood.
基金funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(GrantNo.40401015).
文摘Based on the plant level data from the First National Census of Basic Units,the Second National Census of Basic Units,and the First National Economic Census of China,this paper ex-amines the geographical agglomeration of Chinese manufacturing industries at a more disaggregated level both by industrial classi-fication and spatial unit analysis.Applying the agglomeration index proposed by Maurel and Sedillot,studies show that the most agglomerated industries are resource-intensive,and capital and technology intensive while industries demanding localized inputs or serving localized markets or favored by local governments are fairly dispersed.The more disaggregated industries are more spa-tially agglomerated.At the finer spatial scale,industries are more dispersed.Results indicate that within-county spillovers are stronger than nearby-county spillovers,and within-prefecture spillovers are stronger than nearby prefecture spillovers.Local-ized spillovers are still quite substantial at a range beyond that of counties.Comparing the agglomeration index of Chinese manu-facturing industries in 1996,2001 and 2004,agglomeration seems to be a general tendency.Results also indicate that some industries have experienced remarkable changes in their levels of agglom-eration in the period 1996–2004.
文摘Rapidly emerged creative industries receive increasing attention from a variety of disciplines. However, the space features of creative industries and its association with local socio-cultural contexts have not been fully understood, especially at a micro-city level. This study attempts to understand the agglomeration of creative industries in Shanghai from the sociology perspective. For this study, this paper utilizes primarily a questionnaire survey to explain the space features of creative industries in Shanghai. The results indicate an extensive socio-cultural embeddedness of the agglomeration of creative industries in Shanghai. First, strong emphasis on face-to-face contacts by creative professionals makes geographical agglomeration necessary for creative industries. Second, the reason why inner city of Shanghai is popular among creative professionals and enterprises lies in the diversity of cultures and special environment of the former colonial zones of Shanghai. Additionally, highly concentrated dining and entertainment facilities in the central city of Shanghai offer creative workers social networking places and nightlife venues. Third, as the educational attainment of local citizens and the protection of intellectual property are highly stressed by creative professionals, research and design specialized creative industries are more likely located near universities and research institutes.
