A Study on the Upgrading Effect of Industrial Structure and Its Influencing Factors in the Turning Countries into Districts
LAI Sizhen1,2
1. School of Urban and Regional Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China; 2. Center for Administrative Division of China, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China
Abstract This study selects Tongzhou District of Nantong City, Tongshan District of Xuzhou City, Jiangdu District of Yangzhou City, Wujiang District of Suzhou City and Jiangyan District of Taizhou City as research cases, takes 2000-2017 as the research period, and makes a diachronic evaluation study on the industrial structure upgrade of the research cases. The results show that there is an upgrading effect of industrial structure in the district of withdrawing counties (cities). Turning countries into district plays a positive role in advancing industrial structure, rationalizing industrial structure and upgrading of industrial structure in withdrawn counties (cities), but it has a certain time lag. Turning counties (cities) into district mainly affect the upgrading of the industrial structure of the withdrawn counties (cities) through the three dimensions of government behavior, social demand and resource supply. Government behavior, social demand and resource supply play leading role , pulling role and promoting role in the upgrading of industrial structure separately. The per capita disposable income of urban residents, the average salary of on-duty employees, the accumulation of local government regulations and documents of industrial policy, the accumulation of human capital and expenditure on science, technology and education are the main influencing factors of industrial structure upgrading after the withdrawal of counties (cities).
LAI Sizhen. A Study on the Upgrading Effect of Industrial Structure and Its Influencing Factors in the Turning Countries into Districts. Economic Survey, 2021, 38(3): 03.