| As one of the major categories of agricultural products in China,have a significant level of development for food security and food supply in China.Guangdong Province is an important fishery large province in China,with the advantages of abundant water resources as well as significant geographical location advantages.Since China’s WTO accession in 2001,Guangdong Province has experienced a rapid increase in the export of aquatic products,and the export scale as well as quality have all improved,but in recent years,both the export growth and the number of exports lag behind those of other large fisheries provinces in China.Based on a systematic teasing of the research literature on domestic and foreign aquatic product competitiveness and defining the relevant concepts,this paper provides an in-depth analysis of the current status of Guangdong aquatic product export competitiveness and its influencing factors,leading to the following conclusions: first,through the analysis of relevant data on Guangdong provincial aquatic product production and import and export over successive years,we conclude that Guangdong provincial aquatic product production,as well as export growth,is significant and of large scale,However,compared with the large provinces of major fisheries in China,they also face problems of single export varieties,insufficient development of processing trade,and more concentrated export markets,in addition,Guangdong Province has seen an enormous increase in its imports of aquatic products,and an substantially reduced trade surplus.Second,using the resource endowment coefficient,international market occupancy,trade competitiveness index,and the display comparative advantage index to fully calculate Guangdong’s aquatic products export competitiveness from 2008 to 2020,we conclude that Guangdong’s aquatic products have a low level of competition during this period and have experienced a significant downward trend in recent years.Third,empirical analysis of the factors that affect Guangdong’s aquatic product export competitiveness through the extended gravity model yields the following: Guangdong’s average export price of aquatic products,per capital GDP of the exporting country,and fisheries industry and construction industry output have a significant positive effect on Guangdong’s aquatic product export competitiveness,while the distance factor and whether or not joining the APEC affects it significantly negatively,whereas Guangdong’s Aquaculture area、the number of processing firms above the scale as well as trade openness has no obvious effect.Based on the analytical conclusion,this paper respectively analyzes the promotion path of Guangdong Province’s aquatic products export competitiveness from four aspects,including raising the quality of aquatic products,expanding foreign market demands,improving the development of related industries,actively meeting challenges and clashing opportunities,and proposing the following suggestions:Reducing aquaculture density and strengthening fishery technology innovation,thereby improving the quality of aquatic products;Strengthening aquatic product safety regulation and raising consumer food safety awareness;Actively expanding international markets and promoting diversification of export markets;Improving relevant industry supporting,and promoting the upgrading of the aquatic industry chain;To actively address challenges and seize opportunities for RCEP development. |
