Analysis Of Intra-industry Trade Between China And Japan

With the rapid development of China's economy and the constant upgrading of the industrial structure,the bilateral trade scale between China and Japan keeps expanding,and the trade pattern has undergone great changes.In the 1990 s,intra-industry trade between China and Japan gradually emerged,mainly in manufacturing products.The transformation from inter-industry trade to intra-industry trade can reflect the evolution of China's industrial structure,the change of division of labor mode and technological level difference,and the dynamic trend of comparative advantage to some extent.Therefore,the research on intra-industry trade between China and Japan has important theoretical significance and certain practical pertinence.The paper consists of four parts: the first part is the introduction,introduces the research background and significance of the paper,reviews the literature of domestic and foreign scholars on intra-industry trade research,and briefly analyzes the research methods,innovation points and shortcomings of the paper.The second part is the general overview of intra-industry trade and related theories.It defines the relevant concepts needed in the paper,introduces the structural classification and evaluation indexes of intra-industry trade,and summarizes the theoretical context of the paper.The third part is composed of three,four and five chapters of the thesis,which analyzes the development process,dynamic factors,level and structure of intra-industry trade between China and Japan.Firstly,this paper investigates the development process of intra-industry trade between China and Japan,and analyzes the driving factors for the development of intra-industry trade between China and Japan from the perspectives of product heterogeneity,demand preference,the pursuit of economies of scale and international division of labor diversification.Secondly,the international G-L index of intra-industry trade is used to measure the level of intra-industry trade between China and Japan.The results show that the bilateral trade between China and Japan has obvious characteristics of intra-industry trade.The overall G-L index of China and Japan increased from 0.26 in 1984 to 0.805 in 2017,transforming from inter-industry trade to intra-industry trade.The index of intra-industry trade of manufactured goods is high,which makes it the main body of intra-industry trade between China and Japan.The G-L index of all industries increased,especially the S7 industry,which increased from 0.008 in 1984 to 0.887 in 2017,becoming the absolute leading role of intra-industry trade between China and Japan.Finally,the Greenaway classification is used to measure the intra-industry trade structure between China and Japan.The results show that the intra-industry trade structure between China and Japan is mainly vertical,among which China is mainly at a trade disadvantage.This structure of intra-industry trade between China and Japan is mainly caused by Japan's direct investment in China according to the difference of factor endowments between China and Japan.The fourth part is the influence and countermeasures.The economic impact of intra-industry trade between China and Japan on China mainly includes that it can better exert the economies of scale of Chinese enterprises,accelerate the upgrading of China's manufacturing industry,improve product quality,and optimize the commodity structure of China's foreign trade,but it also aggravates the difficulties of China's industrial structure adjustment.Therefore,in order to better promote the development of intra-industry trade between China and Japan,the corresponding countermeasures and suggestions are put forward.China should use Japanese investment in China to promote the optimization and upgrading of China's industry;strengthen the adjustment of China's industrial structure;improve product quality and enhance product differentiation level;give full play to the advantages of Chinese enterprises in scale economy.