This paper focuses on Chengdu and Chongqing’s positioning as important economic center in western China and their evolving into an economic center of national influence.On the one hand,it uses the synthetic differenc...This paper focuses on Chengdu and Chongqing’s positioning as important economic center in western China and their evolving into an economic center of national influence.On the one hand,it uses the synthetic difference-in-differences(SDID)method to analyze the impact of policies since 2011 designed to build Chengdu and Chongqing into an important economic center in western China.On the other hand,it employs the entropy-weighted TOPSIS method to comprehensively evaluate the influences of ten core Chinese cities as economic centers within four major urban agglomerations,as well as conduct an analytical assessment of the Chengdu-Chongqing economic circle from key perspectives such as its capacity to lead,capacity to agglomerate,and capacity to radiate.From a longitudinal historical perspective,both Chengdu and Chongqing have benefited significantly from policies designed to build an important economic center in western China,and which laid a foundation for building an economic center of national influence.From a horizontal regional comparison,among the ten core cities evaluated as economic centers within the four major urban agglomerations,Chengdu and Chongqing ranked in the middle,possessing a moderate but not yet outstanding influence.Consequently,to evolve into an economic center of national influence,the Chengdu-Chongqing economic circle should leverage its relative advantages in connectivity,market size,value chain division of labor,policy attractiveness,and industry development.It can enhance its influence by strengthening the complementarity of its economic resources,overcoming the administrative inertia,accelerating the establishment of a regional innovation system,broadening the scope of its economic radiation,and promoting its comprehensive and all-dimensional opening-up.展开更多
文摘This paper focuses on Chengdu and Chongqing’s positioning as important economic center in western China and their evolving into an economic center of national influence.On the one hand,it uses the synthetic difference-in-differences(SDID)method to analyze the impact of policies since 2011 designed to build Chengdu and Chongqing into an important economic center in western China.On the other hand,it employs the entropy-weighted TOPSIS method to comprehensively evaluate the influences of ten core Chinese cities as economic centers within four major urban agglomerations,as well as conduct an analytical assessment of the Chengdu-Chongqing economic circle from key perspectives such as its capacity to lead,capacity to agglomerate,and capacity to radiate.From a longitudinal historical perspective,both Chengdu and Chongqing have benefited significantly from policies designed to build an important economic center in western China,and which laid a foundation for building an economic center of national influence.From a horizontal regional comparison,among the ten core cities evaluated as economic centers within the four major urban agglomerations,Chengdu and Chongqing ranked in the middle,possessing a moderate but not yet outstanding influence.Consequently,to evolve into an economic center of national influence,the Chengdu-Chongqing economic circle should leverage its relative advantages in connectivity,market size,value chain division of labor,policy attractiveness,and industry development.It can enhance its influence by strengthening the complementarity of its economic resources,overcoming the administrative inertia,accelerating the establishment of a regional innovation system,broadening the scope of its economic radiation,and promoting its comprehensive and all-dimensional opening-up.
