Technical Standards,Innovation Driven and Upgrading of China’s Manufacturing Export Complexity
LI Dan1, DONG Qin2
1. School of Finance and Trade, Liaoning University, Shenyang 110036, China; 2. School of International Economics and Politics, Liaoning University, Shenyang 110036, China
Abstract The competition of technical standards has increasingly become the core content of the international market competition of manufacturing industry. This paper matches the International Classification of Technical Standards (ICS) and the Industrial Classification of China’s National economy (2002), obtains the stock data of technical standards in China’s manufacturing industry segments from 2000 to 2013, and examines the impact of technical standards on the upgrading of China’s manufacturing export complexity. The results are as follows: (1)Technical standards have a significant positive impact on the upgrading of export complexity of China’s manufacturing industry, which is still valid under various robustness tests; (2)Technological innovation is an important way for technological standards to influence the upgrading of manufacturing export complexity; (3)Technical standards have a more significant impact on the upgrading of export complexity of technology-intensive manufacturing, heavy manufacturing and high-tech-intensive manufacturing.Compared with the mandatory technical standards, the recommended technical standards have a more significant impact on the upgrading of manufacturing export complexity. The conclusions provide some theoretical and policy implications for the further implementation of China’s standardization strategy and the further improvement of the technical standard system.
2022, Vol. 39 
