A Study On The Industrial Layout Of Woody Biodiesel In China

In recent years, woody biodiesel industry has gained the attention of a wide range of developing countries, including China. In China, this industry has developed rapidly. But as a newly born industry and social phenomenon, there are still problems and uncertainties standing out, such as much capital crashing in and many programs setting up, which cause the disorder in the industrial layout. Therefore, based on the facts that there are many researches about material supply and material production, and the technical reserve is sufficient, studying the industrial layout of woody biodiesel in China is significant to the whole industry.Based on the theory of sustainable development, location theory, the theory of comparative advantage, growth pole theory and the pole-axis theory, this paper takes woody biodiesel industry as study object. After referring to a large number of domestic and oversea literatures, and summarizing the development of their woody biodiesel industries, the author tries to analyze the situation of the industrial layout of woody biodiesel in China and its major influence factors. On this basis, the indicator system of China’s woody biodiesel industrial layout is established with the method of factor analysis. By questionnaire survey of experts and Analytic Hierarchy Process, the weight of the indicator system is determined. Afterwards, the priority regions and layout patterns of China’s woody biodiesel industry are analyzed on a macroscopic scale using systematic cluster analysis.In addition, with the method combining GIS with total transportation cost, this paper analyzes the site selection of woody biodiesel factories in China on a microscopic scale, and picking Panzhihua City in Sichuan Province as an example to do empirical analysis using jatropha curcas as raw material. In the end, certain policy suggestions and supporting measures to the industrial layout of woody biodiesel in China are put forward.Major achievements of this study are shown as follows:a) The main factors influencing the industrial layout of woody biodiesel in China are including resource factor, population and labor force factors, demand factor, economic factor and policy factor.b) After realizing the meanings and determining the principles of establishing the indicator system of China’s woody biodiesel industrial layout, the author combines current literatures and expert interviews to select the indicators of correlation, and uses factor analysis method to analyze the chosen indicators. Eventually, the indicator system of China’s woody biodiesel industrial layout is established.c) With the approaches of questionnaire survey of experts, Analytic Hierarchy Process, data standardization and systematic cluster analysis, the priority regions of China’s woody biodiesel industry are determined on a macroscopic scale and divided into there categories, including the optimal layout regions, the appropriate layout regions and the inappropriate layout regions. Meanwhile, two kinds of layout patterns are presented, which are the growth pole layout pattern and the layout pattern of growth pole promotion.d) With the method combining GIS with total transportation cost, the site selection of woody biodiesel factories in China on a microscopic scale is analyzed. Through empirical analysis, Yinjiang Town is the best site to build woody biodiesel factory in Panzhihua City using jatropha curcas as raw material.At last, certain policy suggestions and supporting measures to the industrial layout of woody biodiesel in China are put forward. The policy suggestions on the national level include two points-the first one is that taking the influence factors of the industrial layout into account, and determine the implementation mechanism clearly; the other is that formulating the layout patterns rationally on the basis of different development phases of the industry. The policy suggestions on the local level include two points as well, which are firstly, based on the overall state layout strategy, to set up corresponding policies according to local conditions and secondly, to enhance the cooperation and communication between local governments. The supporting measures to implement the industrial layout of woody biodiesel in China are organizational guarantee, legal system guarantee, fund guarantee and technical support.