Industrial Space Agglomeration And Imbalance Of Regional Development:Measurement,Application And Countermeasures

The modern regional development is bound to interaction and game among economic entities.The imbalance of regional development is the common problem in all countries around the world,and this is also one of the objective phenomena of China’s economic development.Since the founding of New China,China’s regional development has run through a main line from low-level balanced to unbalanced development,from unbalanced to coordinated development,and then emphasizing high-quality development,showing obvious phase characteristics.Moreover,affected by multiple factors such as the in-depth adjustment of the global industrial division of labor,the increasingly complex domestic and foreign environments,the fluctuations in regional hot spots,the increase of instability and uncertainty,China’s regional development has become more complex and diversified,and the North-South gap is prominent,new characteristics of the disparity in regional economic development potential and the widening of the difference in factor support are emerging gradually.In light with the systematic and scientific measurement of the imbalance of regional development(IRD),this paper conducts method design and empirical research from factors flow,structural transformation,scale economy and policy implementation from the perspective of internal and external linkage of industrial spatial agglomeration(ISA).In the research on IRD’s measurement,based on the macro and micro perspective,the method of calculating the imbalance of regional economic high-quality development and regional comprehensive development in the provincial unit is improved,and in the family unit is improved also.And from the three aspects of industry,resources and market,a method for measuring the imbalance of regional industrial agglomeration based on the ideas of ‘Ranking’and ‘Matching’ is proposed,and the internal mechanism of ISA and IRD is explored.In addition,from the aspects of non-linearity,spatial radiation and external constraints,the external influence mechanism of ISA on IRD is studied.And in light with regional industrial policies,urban agglomeration construction and the ‘Belt and Road’ initiative,regional development policy evaluations are made,and experience lessons and countermeasures for regional coordinated development are given.Combining theoretical mechanism and empirical research results,we draw the following conclusions:(1)IRD in China shifted to the right side of the inverted U-shaped curve from2004 to 2018,showing a trend of decreasing volatility,but it expanded in 2015,with the spatial distribution characteristics of decreasing East,Central,and West.(2)ISA has a significant internal adjustment effect on the imbalance of regional development,and the gap of regional development can be narrowed by improving the matching degree of industry-resources and the matching degree of Industry,Resources and Market.(3)The non-linear and spatial radiation effects of ISA on IRD is an important part of the industrial structure dividend to promote the high-quality and balanced development of the regional economy.It can be used to improve the labor productivity of various regions to alleviate the inconsistency among regions.(4)Resources,population,and technology are the three major driving forces for regional economic development;and compared with labor input and resource distribution,the reduction of regional gaps in China at this stage is more dependent on capital and technology input.(5)The key to promoting regional coordination to a larger scale and higher level lies in the formulation and implementation of differentiated,diversified and characteristic regional policies in accordance with local conditions.Moreover,the formulation and implementation of regional policies reflects its historical inheritance,dynamic development,innovation and perfection characteristics.Compared with existing studies,this paper has four main contributions: first,from the parts of households,provinces,three major zones,and social development,a comprehensive measurement of the degree of IRD in the micro,meso and macro perspectives is conducted.Second,based on the two dimensions of region and industry,considering both internal and external factors,the analysis framework for the relationship between ISA and IRD is constructed under the location factors,factor endowments,comparative advantages and policy orientation.Third,driven by practical problems,focus on improving the index design of the ISA’s effect and IRD’s degree,and innovate the measurement method that meets the applicability and effectiveness principles.Fourth,based on the integrated development of multiple perspectives such as geographic location,factor endowment,comparative advantage and countermeasure research,it finds the core reasons for IRD,and provides conclusion support for the implementation of differentiated regional strategies.