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Regional industrial evolution in China

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  • Canfei He
  • Yan Yan
  • David Rigby

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Evolutionary economic geography (EEG) indicates that regional industrial development is path dependent. The empirical studies in EEG however have not paid sufficient attention to the importance of global linkages nor the role of regional institutions in driving industrial dynamics. Based on firm level data of four‐digit manufacturing industries during 1998 to 2008 in China, we find that Chinese regions branch into new industries technologically related to the existing industrial portfolio and related industries are less likely to exit. Further analysis reveals that global linkages, economic liberalization and state involvement not only create favourable conditions to allow a larger role of technological relatedness but also generate opportunities for Chinese regions to create new paths of industrial development. La geografía económica evolutiva (GEE) indica que el desarrollo industrial regional depende de la ruta. Sin embargo, los estudios empíricos sobre GEE no han prestado suficiente atención a la importancia de los vínculos globales, ni al papel de las instituciones regionales en dar impulso a las dinámicas industriales. A partir de datos a nivel de empresa de industrias manufactureras de cuatro dígitos durante 1998 a 2008 en China, se encontró que las regiones chinas se ramifican hacia nuevas industrias relacionadas tecnológicamente con la cartera industrial existente y que es menos probable que salgan las industrias relacionadas. Un análisis más detallado revela que los vínculos mundiales, la liberalización económica y la participación estatal no solo crean condiciones favorables para permitir un mayor papel de la similitud tecnológica, sino que también generan oportunidades para que las regiones chinas creen nuevas vías de desarrollo industrial. 進化経済地理学では、地域の産業発展が経路依存的であることが指摘されている。しかし、進化経済地理学における実証研究は、グローバルな産業連関の重要性や産業のダイナミクスの推進における地方機関の役割に対してこれまで十分な関心を示していない。1998年から2008年までの中国における、4桁の産業分類コードの製造業の企業レベルのデータから、中国の地方は、既存の産業ポートフォリオに科学技術的に関連がある新しい産業に手を広げており、これに関連する産業は消滅する可能性が低いことが分かる。より詳しい分析から、グローバルな産業連関、経済自由化、国家の介入は、科学技術的な関連の役割がさらに大きくなることを許容できる好条件を生み出すだけでなく、中国の地方が産業発展の新しい道を切り拓く機会をも創出することが明らかになった。

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  • Canfei He & Yan Yan & David Rigby, 2018. "Regional industrial evolution in China," Papers in Regional Science, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 97(2), pages 173-198, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:presci:v:97:y:2018:i:2:p:173-198
    DOI: 10.1111/pirs.12246
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