Research On The Choice Of Leading Industries In Northwest China

Leading industries are the driving wheels of modern economic growth. From the sense, the process of modern economic development is the alternating process of leading industrial sectors. It is an orderly turnover of leading industrial sector to promote the upgrading of industrial structure and economic development. The right choice of leading industry has become important part of industrial policy in many countries and regions. Along the historical development of modern society, comprehensive investigate early English, Germany and the United States in the Power Revolution, and Japan after World War II. They have been able to achieve rapid development in a stage, which has a direct relationship with the leading industries chosen in line with international changes in industrial structure.Pull function of Leading Industries for modern economic growth, has been widely accepted by academics and policy authorities. Particularly for late-development countries and regions, the leading industries need to be correctly selected in order to achieve great-leap-forward development, scientifically allocate limited resources, and narrow the gap with the developed areas. The northwestern region is relatively backward in China, because of its harsh natural conditions, weak economic base. Although over ten years of the Great Western Development Strategy, the northwest region's economy has achieved rapid growth despite, even economic growth rate exceeds many times than the national average, the development gap with other regions in China is still relatively clear.Currently, Northwest China and, like rest of the country, is actively implementing the Twelfth Five-Year Plan, and strives to achieve rapid economic development and all-round social progress. Limited resources need to be allocated to the most efficient sectors because of those problems such as low industrial structure level, shortage of technology, capital and so on. Therefore, correct choice of leading industries is needed.Based on the above context, the issues of leading industries choice in Northwest China are studied. Over a decade when the Western Development Strategy has been implemented, some prominent problems exist in social and economic development in Northwest China. Especially during the 12th Five-Year Plan launched, re-examine the strategy of leading industries in Northwest region, and contribute to hematopoietic function produced by national preferential policies in the Northwest region. It is important to achieve the transfer of industries, local industrial development, and coordination between the economic development and environmental protection in Northwest region, for promoting Industrial Structure updating the Northwest region, achieving regional economic development from non-equilibrium to balance the direction, narrowing gaps of the urban and rural areas within the Northwest Regional, and catching up with the pace of industrialization in the country.The paper's research object is the Northwest region whose research contents are choice of leading industries. The choice of leading industry in Northwest China is studied, from the angles of the development environment, history, and regional comparison and so on. The leading industries choice is researched from four aspects. First of all, theoretical basis is introduced, which focuses on the background, significance, research methods, innovations, etc.. Research achievements on the choice of leading industries are summarized. The shortcomings of former researches are pointed out based on combining the narration and review (Part 1,2). Secondly, selection of leading industry is analyzed from the normative point of view in the Northwest Region. With combination of the development of leading industries in Northwest environment and leading industries of the general theory, the principles, criteria and precautions that the leading industries selection should pay attention to in Northwest China are researched. And the process of historical changes are studied (Part 3,4,5). Thirdly, the leading industry choice is researched with empirical approach. An empirical analysis is based on section data in 2009, which obtained range of leading industry in each province through establishing a diversified index system. Specific indicators are identified according to technological progress basis, economic datum, industrial base competitive advantage, sustainable development benchmarks, and the employment contribution baseline and so on. Northwest China's leading industry sequences are resource-based industries with the method of Factor Analysis. The status of leading industries in the country is analyzed, and contrast on the leading industries in Guanzhong-Tianshui Economic Zone is taken as a case with comparison of Chengdu-Chongqing Economic Zone and Guangxi Beibu Gulf Economic Zone in order to obtain development gap and basic foundation of leading industries choice (Part 6,7). Finally, the appropriate conclusions are obtained according to the above researches. These conclusions are:to take resource-based industries in Northwest China as the leading industries; to improve ability of sustainable development the resource-based industries; to strengthen cooperation within the region and improve the degree of opening up in the Northwest region. And the main problems need to continue to be explored are pointed out (Part 8).Based on system study on the leading industry selection in Northwest China, and previous research results, innovations are actively carried out. The main innovation points are as following:(1) Expand research fields on the selection of dominant industry. In summary, the research results of leading industries are on the view of the industrial structure theory and non-balanced growth. The existing theories research framework broken, the choice and research angle of the leading industries are discussed from the perspectives of industrial organization, regional balance development, industry transfer and so on.(2) The visual angle of study is comprehensive and novel. With the use of cross-section data Most of the current research results are based on the specific set of economic indicators to select leading industries from a static perspective. The method of the leading industries choice from the current view is logical, but in practice, often can not achieve the desired results. The leading industries in many countries and regions soon decline, indicating that the only perspective from a static Determine the dominant industry is incomplete. From a historical perspective this article examines history of changes on leading industries in Northwest China, compares the differences of the leading industries growth from the point of view within the region; Combined with the environment of leading industry in Northwest China, selection of leading industry is consistent with the direction of industrial structure change, but also based on economic and social development; the micro-foundation of the dynamic development of leading industries and sustainable development ability is highlighted.(3) The essence of the leading industries choice is studied. The process of dominant industry selection is the one of resource allocation and interest adjusting, which shows that the governments use economic and administrative means, aims at the change of industrial structure direction initiatively and adapt to economic situation changes. The selection of dominant industry is based on northwest resources endowment status and area reality, in which rational allocation of resources and interest adjustment problems are discusses.