2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
The End of "China as Workshop of the World"?: Empirical Analysis on Chinese Coastal Industrial Clusters
| Project/Area Number |
24830024
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Applied economics
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| Research Institution | The University of Tokyo |
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Principal Investigator |
ITO Asei 東京大学, 社会科学研究所, 助教 (60636885)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2012-08-31 – 2014-03-31
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| Keywords | 中国 / 産業立地 / 産業集積 |
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| Research Abstract |
In this research project, we examined spatial reformation of Chinese manufacturing industry during the late 2000s to 2012. Results of analysis using region-industry data suggests "agglomeration force" and "dispersion force" are simultaneously observed. It can be said, while coastal industry maintaining the scale, firm location and trading network were diffusing to inland areas during the researched period. As a conclusion, "China as the factory of the world" due to the spatial vastness, has an internal mechanism that may maintain the high international competitiveness in wide range of product variety(from labor-intensive products to capital-intensive product).
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