| The development of highway in transportation industry has made remarkable achievements in recent years, both mileage length and the quality of the construction refers to the highway in China rank first in the world. Highway is the modern road especially designed for high-speed vehicle, which is an inevitable product when social economic develops to a certain stage. Expressway is the catalyst of the modern economy as well, the pulling effect of the regional economic and social development shows in many aspects. This thesis proposed the empirical study about the influence of the highway when researching on the economic development in Henan Province.The first chapter introduces the research background and significance of this thesis, dynamic of the study, literature review, the content of the study and the innovation in this paper; second chapter introduces the status of transportation in Henan Province; third chapter specially analyze the contribution of constructing highway in the respect of the economic development in Henan Province; Chapter IV quantitatively analyzes the contribution of highway construction to regional economic growth in Henan Province by using the improved multi-objective production function model, which is combining with the statistics of Henan Province during the period of1994-2011; The Fifth chapter issues the problems of highway construction in Henan Province, and proposes the corresponding countermeasures.By learning from the results of previous studies, adopting systems thinking as the guide, using a combination of qualitative analysis and quantitative analysis method, combining theoretical research and empirical research, the research work, which is about the contribution on the economic development of Henan when constructing highway, is carried out. This is intuitive reflection of the highway construction on the economic development of Henan, which is also the objective expression of the effects of the economic development of Henan highway construction, and it will also play a positive role in guiding highway construction work. |