Study On The International Competitiveness Of China's Agricultural Products

After joining WTO,Chinese international trade of agricultural products face more intense market competition,especially while fulfilling the commitment to reduce tariffs on agricultural products,our agriculture is facing great opportunities and challenges.Chinese foreign trade in agricultural products has emerged trade deficit for five years.How to change the deficit situation,increase the export of agricultural products and protect the domestic agricultural market to avoid the impact of foreign products become an important practical problem,the most critical and effective measure is enhancing the international competitiveness of China's agricultural products.Based on the theory of competitive advantage,using the combination of research methods of theoretical analysis and empirical research,quantitative analysis and qualitative analysis,constructing the index system which is composed by the international market share(IMS),revealed comparative advantage index(RCA),trade competitiveness index(TC)and producer price,the paper evaluated the international competitiveness of China's agricultural products and comparised with other countries. It has concluded that China's agricultural products are lack of competitive advantage generally,the United States and Brazil's competitive advantage is superior to China's, India and China are at the same level.On this basis,the article analyzed the influencing factors of the international competitiveness of China's agricultural products by using Porter's diamond model as a framework.The study found that the per capita cultivated land and agricultural capital investment are not adequate,the level of industrialization of agriculture is low and there are many foreign technical barriers. They all are main obstructions that influence competitiveness of agricultural products. Accordingly the paper put forward the policy proposals to enhance the international competitiveness:to increase agricultural research and capital investment,to strengthen the agricultural standardization system,to promote the industrialization of agriculture,to strengthen domestic agricultural support.