Study On Foreign Trade Augment And Growth Relation In China Furniture Industry

Furniture emerges and develops with the emergence and growth of human society. The furniture will need whereever human being lives. So the furniture industry is called "livelihood industry". The furniture industry in China has a long history; especially with its 10 years high-speed growth China has established itself in furniture industry all over the world.Foreign as one of the "three carriages" which Stimulate economic growth, take a great role in industry especially in furniture industry of China. Furniture foreign trade which creates 1/3 the output value of China furniture industry maintains a rapid growth. And effectively fill the insufficient domestic demand.However there are several of problems both in trade and growth in China furniture industry. Such as product homogeneity, the low added value and the most of the export product are OEM and export market in a high decentralization. All these problems come from both foreign trade and industry of furniture. So discussing the relation between foreign trade and industry growth and exploring the ways of in mutual promotion of foreign trade and industry growths therefore tremendously significant.At present, our country has many scholars to devote to the furniture foreign trade and furniture growth, and they make some progress. But they are limited to one of the two aspects, and unconcerned with the relation between the foreign trade and growth of China furniture industry.Guided by the theory of international trade and industry economic author selects industrial scale, industrial structure, industrial organization and industrial cluster as important indexes for the growth of furniture industry. Though quantitative and qualitative methods the relation between furniture foreign trade and furniture industry growths investigated.The re searches of this thesis mainly include:Chapter 1:introduction. This chapter introduces the background and significance of selecting the topic and the logic way of thinking, analysis framework, the research method and technologic line. The relative literatures published in recent years are reviewed. Chapter 2:associative concepts and theoretical basis. This chapter introduces the concept of industry growth and industry lifecycle. And briefly introduced the relatively thesis, preparing for the study in subsequent chapters.Chapter 3:History evolution of furniture industry of China. This chapter introduces Classical Furniture, Early Modern Furniture and Modern furniture the three stage of China furniture history. Sorts out its trail of growth, and reveals the feature of the China furniture industry growthPresent status and the stage of growth of China furniture industry. Thesis focuses on the Furniture Manufacture, Furniture, Furniture Market, Furniture Trade, Furniture Brand and Furniture Cluster also determining the stage of furniture of China by quantitative and qualitative methods.Chapter 4:Furniture foreign and furniture industry growth of China. In this chapter an empirical research is exerted on the relation between furniture foreign trade and furniture industry growth in China. The result show that the contributing ratios of the furniture export to total output averages 33.9 from 1997 to 2007. And the driven that furniture exports to growths averages 7.5%. And the result also shows that there is a stable relation between furniture foreign trade and furniture industry growth in China.Chapter 5:Furniture foreign trade and industry Technical progress. This chapter discusses the way that furniture trade promotes Technical progress. At same time the problem of furniture industrial structure and related suggestions were made.Chapter 6:Furniture foreign trade and industrial organization in China. This thesis introduces industrial organization theory, and discusses the structure, conduct, and performance of furniture market in China. Also discusses the problem of furniture industrial organization and makes related suggestions.Chapter 7:Furniture foreign trade and industrial cluster. This thesis firstly introduce the meaning and present status of industrial cluster, secondly discusses the interaction and mechanism between furniture foreign trade and industrial cluster. Finally the problem of furniture industrial cluster and related suggestions were made.Chapter 8:suggestions and countermeasures. This thesis gives suggestions and countermeansures form macroscopic policy industry association and enterprises three aspects.Chapter 9:Conclusions and Prospects. The author summarizes the main results of the thesis, and proposes some ponders to future research direction.