Research On The Development Of The Agricultural Product Processing Industry Cluster In Jilin Province

The study of industry cluster is becoming more and more popular withinresearches of Region Economics. Industry cluster is a unique way of industryorganization, which can play an important role in reducing product cost, acceleratingtechnology innovation and enhancing industry competitiveness. While the agriculturalproduct processing industry cluster is more important in promoting national andregional economic development. This kind of industry cluster always gets located inthe rural area, which makes it unreplaceable in accommodating rural surplus labor andincreasing rural per capita income. In addition, the scale economies effect of industrycluster can strengthen the status of agricultural product processing industry ineconomies development.Considering the practice of Jilin Province, which has enormous agriculturalproduct resources and traditional processing industry, the agricultural productprocessing industry cluster is a vital drive of economies development in Jilin Provinceand will be a major way to establish sustainable development in the new era. As fornow, the related industry is one of the three leading industries in Jilin Province, whichmakes it important to reinforce the establishments of the agricultural productprocessing industry cluster. However, some issues are being discovered during theprocess of industry cluster development, such as spatial distribution imbalance,weaknesses in government support system and poor agglomeration effect etc. Only bymaking solutions to those issues can we constantly push forward the integration ofeconomies development in Jilin Province.The main contents of the paper is divided into four parts.The preface is an introduction to the study background and study purposes.The first part is a summary of related concepts, theories and research overview of the agricultural product processing industry cluster at home and abroad.The second part displays in detail the developing process of the agriculturalproduct processing industry cluster in Jilin Province, including the developing patternand spatial distribution.The third part analyses problems in the development of the agricultural productprocessing industry cluster in Jilin Province, such as limited developing pattern,imbalanced spatial distribution, behindhand technology, lower brand competitivenessand inadequate innovation etc.The fourth part puts forward practical suggestions and strategies to deal withissues as above, intending to promote the sustainable development of the agriculturalproduct processing industry cluster in Jilin Province from different angles.