| The development of the regional economy is the process of taking full advantage of theregional conditions to form the competitive industries or the industry clusters and achieving theoptimal benefits. It’s the core for developing the regional economy to form the competitiveindustries or the industry clusters. Industry competitiveness defines the specific industry position inthe international market. Trade association is the result from the development of market economyand also one of the necessary modes of economy management in a mature economic system. Tradeassociation is also the bridge between the government, enterprises and the market, and it plays veryimportant role in establishing the market order and maintaining the development of the industry.With the development of China’s market economy, Ningbo Da Xie Development Zone SafeIndustry Association (shortened as NDSIA) is established and actively fulfills the function of beingrepresentative and agent, but it also faces some problems. Take NDSIA for example, the corethesis is to analyze the factors of industry competitiveness and bring out the methods to promotethe industry international competitiveness.Firstly, the thesis reviews the research on industry competitiveness at home and abroad, clearsup the theory basis and evaluation of the industry competiveness and summarizes the currentsituation of research on industry competiveness. Based on these, the thesis uses Michael Porter’sdiamond model to deeply analyze the advantages of disadvantages of NDSIA. Secondly, the thesisintroduces the experience on how the relevant trade association promotes their superstar enterprisescompetitiveness in US, Japan and Germany. Lastly, based on NDSIA’s personnel, funding,developing members and operating, the thesis analyze the current situation of China’s associationand find the mutual problems such as lagging laws and regulations, shortage of necessary function,lack of professional talents and improving the serving philosophy.Finally, according to the reality of NDSIA and the great experience from the foreign tradeassociation developing, the thesis offers solutions such as strengthening the law and regulations,renovating the management system, building function, increase input in policy and the association’s self-building from4aspects of association’s self-discipline, serving philosophy,non-profit operation and self-operating. |