Research On Fujian's Manufacturing Industry Competitiveness

Manufacturing Industry is the significant source for the development of national economy and the basis for a nation's international competitiveness. After more than twenty years' Reform and Opening up, the Manufacturing industry in Fujian Province has made great achievements. However, it is obvious that the gap between its strength and that in developed areas is still large. The key to develop Fujian's provincial economy in the new century is to grasp the opportunity that Manufacturing Industry is shifting to developing countries, especially to China, so as to establish the base of modern Manufacturing Industry in Fujian.According to the review on relevant theories and evaluation methods of International Industrial Competitiveness, the paper focuses on the reach of Fujian's Manufacturing Industry Competitiveness in China area. The main task is to form a evaluation system, select evaluation indexes, and then get a evaluation model.The purpose of this paper is to get a general acquaintance of Fujian Manufacturing Industry and find out factors that influence Manufacturing Industry Competitiveness most. After accomplishing the two stages, the paper presents some pieces of policy suggestions that may be good to the development of Fujian's Manufacturing Industry.The research of Manufacturing Industry Competitiveness requires a corresponding evaluation system. Though there are many relevant systems, there is not a general theory on the formation of evaluation system. The paper focuses on the investment,produce and market in Manufacturing Industry. It provides the evaluation system of Fujian Manufacturing Industry Competitiveness. Then 11 indexes are screened to analyze Fujian Manufacturing Industry Competitiveness, establishing the evaluation model. The paper adopts the Factor Analysis and Cluster Analysis to analyze Fujian Manufacturing Industry and grade,categorize Fujian Manufacturing Industry.The results showed that the general competitiveness of Fujian Manufacturing Industries was comparatively strong in the national scope, but not so strong. The position of competitiveness deduced from the Facto Analysis accorded with Fujian's economy situations on the whole. Finally, the policy suggestions according to the evaluation result present.