Study On Comparative Advantage Evolution And Upgrading Of Equipment Manufacturing Industry

The transfer of international equipment manufacturing industry has presented five transfer trends, including multi-international company as transfer subject, high-end industry as transfer field, merging and acquisition as transfer modes, decomposition of value chain and global deployment as means and China as main receiver. Driven by technical revolution and economic globalization, the international equipment manufacturing industry is experiencing substantial change, presenting features such as global division of labor, industry clustering, manufacturing informationization and service networking etc. With the abovementioned situation in mind, China has successively issued"Notion on Speeding up the Revitalization of Equipment Manufacturing Industry"(2006) and"Planning on Adjustment & Revitalization of Equipment Manufacturing Industry"(2009), bringing forward clearly the target, principles, arrangement and key construction projects etc. for development of manufacturing industry, with the aim of preparing for the transfer of international equipment manufacturing industry and speeding up the interior upgrading of equipment manufacturing industry. As one of three equipment manufacturing bases in China, the comparative advantages of Liaoning province's equipment manufacturing industry was formed in the period of planning economy, leading in the fields of key complete sets of equipment and key equipment. Liaoning province's equipment manufacturing industry had undertaken the equipment supply of most of China's infrastructure construction projects from the establishment of the country to the end of 1980s when the reform and opening up have just started, which, to certain extent, fasten the recession of its manufacturing level. Its comparative advantage has been weakening from the 1990s although it has become No.1 pillar of Liaoning industry. The analysis on upgrading of Liaoning's equipment manufacturing industry from the angel of comparative advantage evolution, can not only provide options for establishment of equipment manufacturing base in Liaoning province, drive the upgrading and progress of new industrialization of Liaoning's manufacturing industry and improve the international competitiveness, but also create an industry correlation & growth pole effects and offer reference for the upgrading of manufacturing industries in other areas.In the studies on equipment manufacturing industry, most domestic scholars have offered theoretical references for the development of equipment manufacturing nationwide, other than studying the upgrading of equipment manufacturing industry at the regional level and from the viewpoint of comparative advantage, which will undoubtedly impairing the option and counterstrategies for the upgrading of regional equipment manufacturing. The paper, based on theoretical and experiential discussion as well as analysis on the history, current status and existing problems of Liaoning's equipment manufacturing industry, in combination with the transfer of international equipment manufacturing industry and market potential of domestic equipment manufacturing industry, proposes development routes integrating mode of technical innovation, industrial cluster and export-oriented economy for the upgrading of Liaoning's equipment manufacturing industry and corresponding counterstrategies. It is not only a rational choice for revitalization of the rusty belt of Liaoning Province but also a practical approach to build Liaoning Province into an advanced equipment manufacturing base. The paper in consisted of introduction, main body and conclusion. Introduction: analyzes the background, theoretical value and application value of the paper, sets forth the general ideal and research methods of the paper and explains the object, contents, contribution and innovation of the paper.The main body of the paper includes five chapters. Chapter one, two and three deal with the basic theory. It starts with the comprehensive discussion on theory of comparative advantage evolution, upgrading within the industry, comparative advantage analysis and basic theory of equipment manufacturing industry; it then sets forth the environmental conditions, driving mechanism and estimate analysis of interior upgrading of equipment manufacturing industry. Chapter three is the comparative analysis of China's equipment manufacturing industry development, it obtains the mode, experience and path etc. of interior upgrading of equipment manufacturing industry from the international, domestic(regional) and industrial point of view and lays basis for the analysis on the interior upgrading of Liaoning's equipment manufacturing industry. The basic theories in these three chapters support the case studies in the following chapters.Chapter four and five is the core part engaging in case study. It starts with the exposition of development, spatial features and comprehensive features of Liaoning's equipment manufacturing industry and qualitative analysis on comparative advantage of Liaoning's equipment manufacturing industry by the help of"Seven Factors Analysis Approach"; introduces Primary Component Analysis(PCA) to carry out quantitative analysis on comparative advantage of Liaoning's equipment manufacturing industry and evaluate the interior upgrading of equipment manufacturing industry of Liaoning's equipment manufacturing industry, analyzes the problems hindering the development of Liaoning's equipment manufacturing industry and discusses the display and causes of weakening of comparative advantage of Liaoning's equipment manufacturing industry. Chapter five proposes, on the basis of aforesaid theoretical discussions and evaluation on Liaoning's equipment manufacturing industry, development routes integrating modes of technical innovation, industrial cluster and export-oriented economy shall be adopted for the interior upgrading of Liaoning's equipment manufacturing industry during the period comparative advantage evolution.Conclusion: summarizes relevant contents by summing up the text, finds out the shortages of the study in view of the actual study and explores the prospect of relevant matters, in an aim for achieving a reasonable and systematic study.