China's Cement Industry Market Structure Optimization Problem

The cement industry is the basis of China's industry. From the angle of industrial organization theory, based on the history and status quo of cement market structure, domestic and foreign, local and general, comparative analysis of the vertical and horizontal, the author comes to the characteristics of China's cement industry market structure and identifies the root of the problem by the ways of empirical analysis and normative analysis. In accordance with the goal of optimizing the structure of China's cement industry market, the author proposes the measures and policy recommendations to optimize China's cement market structure. Firstly, the author reviews the historical development in market structure theory and comes to the conclusion that concentration ratios, differentiation of product, entry barrier, economies of scale, enterprise merger and technological innovation all affect market structure. Secondly, the author analyses the characteristics of China's cement market structure and identifies the root of the problem by the ways of empirical analysis and normative analysis. Thirdly, the author has proposed the target to optimize China's cement market structure. Finally, the author has submitted countermeasure to optimize China's cement market structure.