An Empirical Study On The Construction Of China's Regional Financial Centers And The Analysis Of Paths Of Shanghai As International Regional Financial Center

In the view of the economic spatial structure of great nation, there is a visible regional characteristic in economic operation and development owing to the obvious unbalances of the distribution of economic resources, the level of economic development and the social divisions of labors in regions. Also financial system, as an important component of national economy system, is bound to take on regional characteristics. In the process of financial development, financial resources including elements driven by it, aggregating into the economic central city, which is promoted to be upgraded and forms a regional financial center (RFC).Then, what is financial center? Which cities are potential candidates for financial centers and what are there suitable levels? The above questions are under heated discussion in the academic circle. This paper carries on the research to the formation and development problems of the regional financial center by empirical approach. Furthermore this paper refers to the construction of regional financial centers.This paper contains four chapters.Chapter 1 is general introduction. This chapter firstly introduces the research background, the purposes and the significance of dissertation. And then briefly summarizes and evaluates the dynamics of domestic and international research on the study of ideas. Finally, the chapter puts forward methods and possible innovations.Chapter 2 is basic theory of the development of regional financial center. This chapter is the foundation of follow-up research of the dissertation. In the beginning, this chapter defines the regional financial center according to the common define and the constructive codes of financial centers. Then the author carries on a theories analysis about financial center formation mainly basing on the financial clusters theories, the theories of growth pole and the theories of financial geography. At last, we introduce the factor analysis model, which is the basis of follow-up empirical research.Chapter 3 is the establishing of regional financial center. This paper charts out a comprehensive evaluation system of the potential. Through PCA, this paper carry out an analysis of 49 cities as samples. According to the results of analysis and demarcation standard of the financial centers ,this paper classifies the potential cities for National Financial Centers, Regional Financial Centers, Local Financial Centers, the Financial Supports.Chapter 4 is the case study. This chapter mainly introduces the construction of Shanghai as International Financial Center. This chapter use SWOT method.Chapter 5 is the summary. This chapter summarizes this article's research, and proposed the question which further researches need to develop before conclusive discussion. This paper has some places with innovation and my own feature. Firstly, this paper has its own objects; Secondly, this paper use SPSS software to research the construction of regional financial centers. Thirdly, this paper combines the methods of empirical and standardize.This paper has its disadvantages. Firstly, the accuracy of data needs to improve. Secondly, the range of research need to Improve.