Research On The Relationship Between Foreign Trade And Regional Economic Development In Shandong Province

Along with transformation of economic growth pattern and optimization of the industrial structure, China’s GDP increased rapidly since the reform and opening up. Economic globalization and regional groups integration makes connections between countries more closely, China’s development is more and more inseparable from the world, while the contribution to the progress of the world is also increasing.With the rapid increase of China’s GDP, the development of foreign trade has greatly improved.In 2014, China’s GDP was 63.5 trillion yuan, and the import and export trade volume was 26.4 trillion yuan.As the eastern coastal province of China,shandong province has a rapid development in foreign trade and trade structure by strategic location and policy support advantages.In 2014, Shandong total GDP was 5.9 trillion yuan, import and export volume was 1.7 trillion yuan, the export value was 0.9 trillion yuan, the import value was0.8 trillion yuan.The foreign trade has become a key factor that makes Shandong province economy be rapid, stable and healthy development.In an open market economy, position of foreign trade in the development of the economy is growing,Study on the relationship between the foreign trade and economic growth has an important theoretical and practical significance.This paper combined international trade theory、regional economic theory and geography economic theory as basic theories.Analysis mechanisms and conditions on foreign trade to economic growth. Take the actual development of Shandong as the object of study, and described the current situation in Shandong province’s economic growth, development of foreign trade and trade structure.And noted the defects of the development of foreign trade, thus accordingly proposes countermeasures.This paper is divided into four chapters, the first section briefly discusses the basis theories of foreign trade on economic growth effect, mechanism and conditions.Chapter two analyzes the current economic growth and the development of foreign trade and the trade structures.From analyzing interdependency of external trade in Shandong provinces,find foreign trade stimulus on economic growth.Although interdependency of Shandong external trade large,there is a big gap compared with Jiangsu, Guangdong and other provinces. Chapter three is the quantitative analysis method.firstly measured the effect of foreign trade on economic growth by the pulling and contribution of foreign trade. Then analyzed the relationship of foreign trade commodity structure and economic growth in Shandong Province based on Grey Correlation Analysis.Finally,this paper puts forward some policy suggestions to achieve greater development of foreign trade and economic growth.