| Budget Amount *help |
¥3,070,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Fiscal Year 2007: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Fiscal Year 2006: ¥900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000)
Fiscal Year 2005: ¥1,000,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000)
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| Research Abstract |
In recent years, industrial clustering as the policy for industrial promotion and regional development has attracted great attentions in various places of the world. The agro-food firms, the governments, universities and research institutions etc. in some rural areas of China have created different types of cluster for industry promotion and poverty reduction. However, the studies on the actual situation of cluster formation are insufficient and the tools for clustering strategy as a method of rural development are not established yet. Therefore, this research aims to clarify the possibilities and problems of cluster formation as a strategy for rural development in China. Firstly, the actual situation of cluster formation in China was described by our case studies on the vegetable cluster in Shanghai City, the dairy cluster in Inner-Mongolia Autonomous Region, and the cotton cluster and beer hop cluster in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Secondly, the comparative analysis with each food industrial cluster from the aspects of the location (i.e. socioeconomic condition), the basic crops, technological development, the characteristics of leading-companies, and the agricultural policy in the region was carried out. Thirdly, the business environment of cluster was analyzed by examining the factor condition, the context for firm strategy and rivalry, the demand condition, and related and supported industries, based on Michael Porter's "diamond model". Fourthly, the mechanism of cluster creation for rural development was clarified based on the cluster initiative performance model.
Based on the above-mentioned analytical results, this research clarified that the formation of industrial cluster had played an important role to the structural reform in Chinese agriculture. It can contribute to not only the achievement of competitive superiority for the firms but also to rural development including poverty reduction in the region.
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