The Status Quo Of Timber Processing In Different Provinces Of China And Industrial Competitiveness Of Wood, Bamboo, Rattan, Palm, And Straw Products

Processing of timber and manufacture of wood, bamboo, rattan, palm and strawproducts is one of the basic industries of national economy in China, providing numerousresources for the rapid and healthy development of social economy in China. However, in therapid development of China’s timber processing and manufacture of wood, bamboo, rattan,palm and straw products, some fundemental problems and contradictions gradually areexposed, such as lack of the ability of independent innovation, unbalanced developmentamong regions, and low production efficiency and effectiveness. Especially the primitivedevelopment mode featured with high input, high consumption, severe pollution but lowquality and economy efficiency hinders competitive development of the industry as resourcesand capacity of environment is getting more and more limited. Therefore, the speeding up ofthe transformation to the quality and efficiency of the development model to enhance theircompetitiveness is requested. In this context, the paper conducts the research on processing oftimber and manufacture of wood, bamboo, rattan, palm and straw products, aiming to establisha new method system and theoretical system through the analysis of existing theorieson industrial competitiveness and research method system, and analyze elements, influencingfactors, evaluation model and promotion countermeasure on processing of timber andmanufacture of wood, bamboo, rattan, palm and straw products based on literature analysis.This is the first study to construct a conceptual model of China’s processing of timber andmanufacture of wood, bamboo, rattan, palm and straw products which includes7elementssuch as resource endowment, market infrastructure, financing ability, the quality of enterprise,industry structure, industry and system support environment..,The diamond model and relatedmodels have been improved the optimized in combination with industrial characteristics of theresearch object. The evaluation model for China’s provinces of industrial competitiveness ofprocessing of timber and manufacture of wood, bamboo, rattan, palm and straw products, alsohas laid the foundation for the establishment of evaluation of the competitiveness of the industry in provinces around China.With method of system analysis, AHP, Delphi method, cluster analysis and otheranalycal methods, analysis on research content, influence factors the evaluation index systemof the comprehensive research of the competitiveness of China’s processing of timber andmanufacture of wood, bamboo, rattan, palm and straw products, according to the empiricalresearch on the object of study, the paper puts forward the countermeasures to improve the itsindustrial competitiveness, and obtained a series of important conclusions:(1) There are five features of China’s processing of timber and manufacture of wood,bamboo, rattan, palm and straw products, i.e., resource intensive, labor intensive, capitalintensive, scale benefit in wood-based panels manufacture, and great industry related degree.(2) From the theoretical analysis, the main elements of competitivenessChina’s processing of timber and manufacture of wood, bamboo, rattan, palm and strawproducts include7elements, i.e., resource endowment, market infrastructure, financing ability,the quality of enterprises, industrial organization structure, supporting industries and theinstitutional environment, among which the quality of enterprise, financing capability andindustrial organization structure are the core competitiveness of the industry.(3) The evaluation model for China’s provinces of industrial competitiveness ofprocessing of timber and manufacture of wood, bamboo, rattan, palm and straw products, alsohas laid the foundation for the establishment of evaluation of the competitiveness of theindustry in provinces around China.To the theoretical analysis, the main elements ofcompetitiveness China’s processing of timber and manufacture of wood, bamboo, rattan,palm and straw products include7elements, i.e., resource endowment, market infrastructure,financing ability, the quality of enterprises, industrial organization structure, supportingindustries and the institutional environment, among which the quality of enterprise, financingcapability and industrial organization structure are the core competitiveness of the industry.(4)For the top10of the comprehensive competitiveness list, namely Jiangsu, Shandong,Guangdong, Liaoning, Henan, Zhejiang, Hunan, Guangxi and Jilin, the comprehensivecompetitiveness of top10provinces has certain fluctuation from2008to2012, which shows differentiation trends, while Jiangsu and Shandong present slow development in2009to2012.Guangdong and Henan show fall trend obviously in2009, development situation ofLiaoning is ideal, while other provinces are on the same level. Especially the primitivedevelopment mode featured with high input, high consumption, severe pollution but lowquality and economy efficiency hinders competitive development of the industry as resourcesand capacity of environment is getting more and more limited. Therefore, the speeding up ofthe transformation to the quality and efficiency of the development model to enhance theircompetitiveness is requested.(5) This study established a relatively sysmatic China wood processing and woodbamboo rattan grass products industry competitiveness evaluation system, laid the foundationfor the further research. With method of system analysis, AHP, Delphi method, cluster analysisand other analycal methods, analysis on research content, influence factors the evaluationindex system of the comprehensive research of the competitiveness of China’s processing oftimber and manufacture of wood, bamboo, rattan, palm and straw products.(6) This study established a relatively sysmatic evaluation model of industrialcompetitiveness for China’s processing of timber and manufacture of wood, bamboo, rattan,palm and straw products which laid the foundation for the further research.