Research On Industry Transition Capacity Construction And Leading Industry Selection Of Coal-mining Cities

Coal-mining cities are built up relying on the development of coal resources,due to the coal resource depletion and non-renewable, coal-mining cities have toconfront the serious challenge of sustainable development. In response to thecoal resource depleting, and to achieve economic sustainable development,coal-mining cities are active in industrial Transition. This paper studies onindustrial transition capacity construction, the leading industry selection andpolicy support system of coal-mining cities, to provide theoretical guidance andpractical reference for industrial transition of coal-mining cities.The paper first defines the connotation of coal-mining cities, and analyzesthe characteristics and the development predicament of the cities. Then identifiesthe composition of the industrial system of coal-mining cities, and makesanalysis of the structural characteristics of their industries, law of industrialdevelopment life cycle, law of returns diminishing and irreversible law ofindustrial decline. On this basis, combined with industrial transition theory andthe analysis of industries transition process, this paper builds the theoreticalframework for analysis of industrial transition of coal-mining cities, to provideguidance for the research on industrial transition of coal-mining cities.In order to achieve success of industrial transition, coal-mining cities cannot be separated from the inner industrial transition capacity’s support. Thispaper defines connotation of industrial transition capacity of coal-mining citiesand analyzes the process, systematic, dynamic and open characteristics of thecapacity, on this basis, from the perspective of the coal-mining cities’ industrialtransition process, according to involving contents of industry transition, toidentify the composition of the industrial transition capacity, build the constitutesystem of industrial transition capacity. According to the contents of the elementsinvolved, evaluation index system of each capacity is built. The methods forevaluating industrial transition capacity of coal-mining cities are proposed,including fuzzy comprehensive evaluation model of industrial transition capacity and synergistic evaluation model of constitute elements, in order to evaluate thelevel of industrial transition capacity and the synergistic level of constituteelements.Leading industries alternative set of coal-mining cities should be theindustrial set which is suitable for urban development and has developmentpotential. In this paper, the four criteria for establishing alternative set of leadingindustries: selected industries should develop with great potential andprofitability; the influence of the industry is large, can stimulate employment andthe development of related industries; selected industry should be consistent withthe comparative advantage of coal-mining cities; to meet the energy saving andenvironment-friendly standards. Based on the above criteria, from the fourdifferent perspectives: industrial development potential, industry influence,comparative advantage, and low-carbon to evaluate each industry, and accordingto the results of the calculation to determine Leading industries alternative set ofcoal-mining cities.From the development of leading industries, the old industrial exit andtransition agencies and environmental, the industrial transition policy supportsystems of coal-mining cities are proposed. The policies for the development ofleading industries are analyzed, including property rights protection, enterprisesystem support, industrial technology policies, taxation and investment andfinancing policies. And then the policies for old industry exit assistance areanalyzed, which include compensation policies for resources development anddeclining industries assistance policies, laid-off workers re-employment policies.Finally, from the view of transition institutions and transition environment,analyses the other policies for industrial transition, including the industrialtransition institutions specialization, hard environment and soft environmentsuppot policies.Finally, this paper conducts empirical research on the industrial transition ofQitaihe city. First describes the development path of its three major industries,then with the industrial transition capacity evaluation model to evluate theindustrial transition capacity of Qitaihe city and compares it with the other coal cities both in and out of the province, selects the leading industries for Qitaihecity and proposes the policy support measures for industrial transition of Qitaihecity.