Industry Restructuring Of Cities And Their Functional Transformation In The Regional System In The Course Of Economic Globalization

In the recent few years, economic globalization has a strong impact on the urban systems of various regions and countries. On one hand, globalization courses the change of space economic structure and the restructure of world urban systems. The space economic structure changes from industry chain to a value chain structure. On the other hand, more and more progress of regions and countries has been brought into the global economic network. The rivalry between these countries often present between regions and cities. The global competitive advantage of cosmopolis and the surrounding town compact districts is a critical component of the country's integrate competitive advantage.This essay is to study the cause and effect of globalization regarding the industry restructuring and the evolvement of urban function in Suzhou, Wuxi, and Changzhou. The study will use the conventional methods of cause and effect analysis. Firstly, using temporal and spatial evolution models, economic globalization as the cause factor and the function evolution of the case cities as the effect factor, estimate separately. Then, analyze the cause and effect relationship between them using relative concepts.The essay estimates the effect of economic globalization and the extent of be in "Global Value Chain" for Suzhou, Wuxi, and Changzhou by estimating the global index, analyzing different factors, especially the foreign direct investment and the evolution of international trade. At the same time, find the position of these cities in the entire long triangle urban system by comparing the global index with other cities in the system. Then, judge the position of these cities in the evolution of the long triangle urban system by analyzing the industry structure evolution. Finally, verify how the three case cities had been brought into the "industry chain" and "value chain" of global economic network, and how it causes the economic development of these cities by looking at the characteristics of typical industries in the cities.At the last, the essay will briefly discuss the direction and expectations of the future pursuit.