Empirical Rsearch On Shaoxing Textile Industrial Cluster

Currently, whether in developed countries or in developing countries, the industries with competitive advantages in the global markets usually put up "industrial cluster" phenomenon with obvious regional characteristics. As an important phenomenon in current economic world, industrial cluster not only attracts the widespread attention of the domestic and foreign academia, but also causes great interest of all countries' governmental decision-making departments and industrial programming departments.Zhejiang Province is one of the few provinces in which industrial clusters has risen and developed rapidly more early in China. There are lots of industrial clusters with large scale, prominent cluster effect and countrywide reputation all over Zhejiang Province. Textile Industrial Clusters hold the prominent position among Zhejiang industrial clusters economy. Moreover, Shaoxing Textile Industrial Cluster that is famous for light and textile industry is one of the models with the most influence in them. After more than 20 years' unremitting effort, Shaoxing Textile Industrial Cluster has formed a relatively integrated textile industry chain, which includes several industries, such as Polyester Chips, Chemical Fiber Spinning, Fabric Weaving, Dyeing and Finishing, Garment Manufacture, Dyestuff and Machinery. Further more, Shaoxing Textile Industrial Cluster has developed into a complicated, well-ordered and multilayer regional industrial network system.We chose Shaoxing Textile Industrial Cluster Network (STICN) as the research subject of this thesis to make an in-depth and detailed case study. Firstly, the paper gives the definition of industrial cluster network and summarizes the relative theory of industrial cluster network. Secondly, the paper concretely analyses STICN's forming and developing mechanism from intrinsic factors and external conditions. Thirdly, the paper generalizes STICN's characteristics, analyses its constitutive entities and essential factors, then takes apart STICN's network structure from different angles and analyses the interrelations in STICN. Fourthly, the author distinguishes the stage of STICN in its life cycle, discusses the process of its different life period and explains the networking process. Fifthly, the paper analyzes STICN's competitive advantages and depicts its performances in regional development from economy, science & technology and society. Finally, according to the study and discussion above, the author finds out the problems that STICN facing with and puts forward the countermeasures to perfect it.