| Third-party market cooperation is a new mode of international cooperation to solve competition regulations and achieve complementary advantages,and it has become the key for China and developed countries to join hands to promote the highquality development of the belt and road initiative.However,at present,the third-party market cooperation is still at the conceptual level,and its operation mechanism and cooperation mode lack the guidance of the corresponding theoretical basis and practical experience,which leads to the lack of cooperation motivation among enterprises of all parties.While the international trade network is formed based on the comparative advantages among countries,which can fully reflect the technological advantages and resource endowments among countries,and is the basic platform for third-party market cooperation.In addition,the equipment manufacturing industry,as China’s dominant industry,is also the focus of economic and trade cooperation with developed countries and countries along the "the belt and road initiative".It is an important guarantee for smoothly promoting the "the belt and road initiative" and third-party market cooperation and realizing the interconnection of infrastructure.Therefore,it is necessary to better understand the logic,mechanism and cooperation mode of future third-party market cooperation and development by analyzing the equipment manufacturing trade network.This paper mainly studies the third-party market cooperation based on the equipment manufacturing trade network,grasps the trade network pattern from a macro perspective,and deeply understands the comparative advantages of countries.More scientifically improve the third-party market cooperation mechanism.Firstly,with the help of complex network analysis method,based on the trade data of equipment manufacturing industry among the three countries in the third-party market cooperation,this paper depicts the trade network pattern of equipment manufacturing industry from the topology construction and network index analysis.Secondly,starting from the theoretical logic of third-party market cooperation,and based on the framework of multilateral cooperation and micro-enterprise perspective,this paper makes theoretical analysis,and empirically explores the influencing factors of third-party market cooperation by using exponential random graph model.Finally,using the network community division and block model,the cluster effect among the third-party market cooperation countries is clarified,and the trade competition and complementarity index is further used to identify the cooperation situation between China and the countries along the "the belt and road initiative".Based on this,the third-party market cooperation country is selected.The findings of this paper are as follows:(1)As a whole,the trade network density of equipment manufacturing industry is high,and the trade connectivity and transmission efficiency are gradually improved;In the process of the evolution of network status,the core country of the network is relatively fixed,and China has always been in an absolute leading position,but its control over the network is constantly weakening.(2)Reciprocal trade and transitive trade relations between countries have a positive role in promoting the formation of third-party market cooperation.However,with the evolution of time,the positive effect of reciprocity is gradually enhanced,while the influence of transmission is declining.The level of economic development and the freedom of trade will positively promote the third-party market cooperation among enterprises among countries,while the geographical distance,cultural distance and institutional distance will negatively hinder it.In addition,the signing of regional trade agreements is also a positive factor for companies of all parties to participate in third-party market cooperation.(3)The grouping effect of the trade network composed of three countries is remarkable,and its scale and members are characterized by integration and differentiation.Enterprises should focus on the core country of trade associations when choosing countries for cooperation.From the perspective of cooperation situation,the trade relationship between China and countries along the line in the equipment manufacturing industry is more competitive,and the trade complementarity with the core countries of the network is weak.When Chinese companies and developed countries choose third-party market countries,they should consider more complementary countries along the route.On the one hand,this paper expands the research scope of complex networks and enriches the theoretical basis of third-party market cooperation;On the other hand,it provides policy suggestions for improving the third-party market cooperation mechanism,and provides decision-making support for the enterprises of all parties to achieve effective docking. |