Influencing Factors Analysis Of International Competitiveness Of China Particle Board Industry

Focusing on the influencing factors analysis of the international competitiveness of China's Particle Board industry, this thesis assesses objectively the current situation of the international competitiveness of China's Particle Board industry through statistics and tries to build up a system for its assessment. The thesis also makes a quantitative analysis through Panel Data Model in order to find out the main influencing factor of the international competitiveness of China's Particle Board industryBased on statistics over a span of 48 years, the study makes a deep quantitative comparison and analysis of variations of international competitiveness of the Particle Board industry of twelve countries as Canada, Germany, Belgium, Italy, America, and China, etc. from a global perspective in terms of Panel Data Model and five quantitative indicators----international market share, index of trade competition, index of revealed comparative advantage, intra-industry trade index and terms of trade index.Based on Porter's "Diamond Model" Theory, the study makes an international comparison of the influencing factors of international competitiveness of China's Particle Board industry from the four aspects of the factors of production, demand conditions, related and supporting industries, corporate structure and competition strategies, and two auxiliary factors of opportunities and the role of government.From the analysis of production factors, Particle Board industry of China has a certain advantage in forest resource endowment and low labor costs. However, there exists some problems in it such as lower labor quality which reflects in the low productivity of the overall labor and small expenditure on education and health and so on. Though the artificial forestation area of China and its rate of development ranks first in the world, the forest certification of China remains in a low level; The Particle Board output of China ranks second in the world, but its competitiveness still needs improving. Through the empirical analysis of demand factors, the study discovers that the great demand of domestic markets in China plays a major role in fostering and promotion of international competitiveness of China's Particle Board industry; The thesis also makes a comparative study of other supporting industries. The development of related industries,such as the constant promotion of international competitiveness of furniture industry and the improvement of Particle Board machinery manufacturing, contributes a lot to the promotion of the international competitiveness of China's Particle Board industry.While there is a fierce competition between the domestic markets of Particle Board in China from the Influencing factors analysis of enterprise architecture strategy and competition, the size of businesses is relatively small and the concentration ratio of the industry is rather low as well. The research on Government function and opportunities for role shows that Chinese government is in the middle management level, but in recent years the level of the relative ranking is declining.In the meantime, the rise of international oil price softens the advantage of low labor costs. The continuous appreciation of RMB exchange rate is not conductive to the export of medium and lower grade Particle Board products and it's a double-edged sword to the development of the industry. However, the international financial crisis and the establishment of ASEAN Free Trade Area provide new opportunities for the development of China's Particle Board industry.The measurement results of five quantitative indicators show that the international competitiveness of China's particle board industry in general is relatively weak. From the international market share, the share of China's particle board is very low; From trade competition index, China particleboard production efficiency is lower than the international level,so it does not have a competitive advantage in international competition; From the analysis of intra-industry trade index, China's trade index after 1986 is greater than 1, which indicates China's particle board imports is greater than exports during this period.Duringl998-2008, China's trade competitiveness index is decreasing in a large margin, which shows China's Particle board trade conditions are deteriorating; From the analysis of the terms of trade index, the index of China's particleboard has fallen in a large margin as well, which indicates China's international trade competitiveness of particleboard in decline; According to the revealed comparative advantage index, china has shown a decline trend in recent yearsJudging from the empirical results of the regional panel data of Panel-Data Models, when particleboard export unit price, degree of urbanization, and other wood-based panel exports and GDP per capita increased by one percentage point, a corresponding increase in particle board exports grew by 49.6% and 7711.9%,19.80% and 0.14%, which is basically in line with economic reality; When the adhesive exports and labor force increased by 1 percentage point, a corresponding decrease in particle board exports cut down 39.4% and 6.8%. The thesis also analyzes their economic significance.Finally according to the results of the theoretical analysis and empirical study, the thesis presents some policy recommendations based on domestic market demand such as raising the level of the equipment manufacturing industry, expanding sources of raw materials, paying attention to the improvement of the quality of adhesives and policy guidance.