Measurement and spatiotemporal analysis of high-quality development of China’s industry

Abstract

Background China’s economy has been transitioning from a phase of rapid growth to high-quality development. The high-quality development of industry is the foundation of a sustainable and healthy growth of national economy, and is of great significance to improve people’s living standards, and to meet people’s needs for a better life. Methods We develop an evaluation index system of high-quality development of industry from the perspectives of industrial benefit, innovation ability, coordination ability, green ability, opening ability and sharing ability. Based on a panel data of 30 provinces in China during 1999–2018, we evaluate the level of high-quality development of industry using the entropy-weight method and Technique for Order Preference by Similarity to an Ideal Solution (TOPSIS) method. Meanwhile we select six specific years and adopt the Natural Breaks method to classify the provinces according to their levels. At last, Moran’s I index is used to analyze the spatial correlation among the provinces. Results Opening ability and innovation ability are found to have greater impacts on industrial high-quality development than other indices, and their influence has been increasing in recent years. There are large spatial and temporal differences among different provinces. Municipalities and coastal provinces are found to be at constantly high levels. The levels in the central region dropped first and then increased, however it was the opposite in the western region. In the northeast region, the levels fluctuated greatly. Overall, the high-quality development of industry among China’s provinces shows positive spatial correlation. Most provinces in China are in High-High and Low-Low clustering States. The High-High clustering type is mainly distributed in the eastern region and the Low-Low clustering type is mainly distributed in the western and central regions. Conclusion (1) Innovation ability and open ability are the most important factors. (2) Green ability has not sufficiently contributed to China’s industrial development. (3) Regional and time evolution differences are significant. (4) There is a significant and stable spatial clustering effect in the high-quality development of industry among China’s provinces.

The Measurement and Influencing Factors of High-Quality Economic Development in China

“…In terms of time, most conclude that the quality of economic development has steadily increased (Zhang X and Xu Q, 2021) [14]. Some scholars have further found that the speed of improvement is characterized by stages (Yang Y and Zhang P, 2021) [15] and the fluctuation period has gradually widened (Shi B and Ren B, 2018) [16]. From the perspective of regional research, first, the measurement of the high-quality development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt has led to a consistent conclusion that "the quality of economic development has gradually increased from upstream to downstream"(Xiaosheng Li et al, 2021) [17].…”

Study on the Impact of Clean Power Investment on Regional High-Quality Economic Development in China

“…In 2010, the average score of the eastern region was 0.323, which was higher than the national average of 0.275, the western average of 0.247, and the middle average of 0.249. This shows that the eastern region has always been ahead of other regions, not only at an economic level but also at the national leading level in the five major developments [46][47][48][49]. As is clear from Figure 2, after several years of steady improvement the level of high-quality economic development decreased significantly for the middle and western regions in the years from 2016-2018.…”

A pathway towards high-quality development of the manufacturing industry: Does scientific and technological talent matter?

“…There are two main approaches to measuring quality manufacturing development: One is using a single indicator to measure the variable, such as manufacturing total factor productivity [43][44][45] or industry value added rate, manufacturing output per capita, industrial value added, etc. [46]; The other is using the rating index system, a comprehensive measure of high-quality manufacturing development [47][48][49][50][51][52][53]. The high-quality development of the manufacturing industry is a multi-dimensional and comprehensive concept, including the improvement of science and technology innovation, structural improvement, economic efficiency, factor allocation optimization, product quality enhancement, continuous promotion of the integration of the two, and continuous improvement of the green level.…”