China's Tertiary Industry, Regional Development,

Combining the tertiary industry economics and regional economics, the dissertation makes theoretical study and positive analysis of regional tertiary industry development in china, based on the dividing pattern for east china, midst china and west china.The dissertation is composed of three chapters. Chapter 1 introduces several concepts, such as region, regional economic development, the tertiary industry and the tertiary industry development .Based on these concepts, chapter 1 analyzes the cause for the divergence of regional tertiary industry, and discusses the relation between regional economic development and the tertiary industry, and elaborates factors which have influence on regional tertiary industry development and the stages which regional tertiary industry development will go through. Chapter 2 applies the international theory about the tertiary industry to china to evaluate the development condition of all regions. Having collected the data from 1978 to 2000, the author makes use of these data to analyze conditions and characters in each regional development of tertiary industry, and exercises The Analytic Hierarchy Process(AHP) to build up evaluation model about the integrate development level of all regions in order to make the evaluation outcome rational, comprehensive and scientific. Chapter 3 summarizes the problems and causes about tertiary industry development in three regions and provides some suggestion, in order to guide practice and promote tertiary industry development of all regions and push forward economic advancement.The conclusions of the dissertation are summarized as follows: since 1978 to 2000, the tertiary industry in three regions developed quickly. But compared with other countries and areas, their development levels are backward. Three regions' product value increase fast in eighties than in nineties, but tendency of employment development is just the opposite.Three regions' tertiary industry developments are inequable, and the situation is worsening. The causes are three regions' low urbanization level, the slow internal structure upgrade in tertiary industry, the existence of system restriction; change in economic strategy; the differences between economic development level, urbanization level and external environment. To solve these problems, two works must been done, one is getting a clear understanding of the tertiary industry's important position, the other is making regional development equal and making a big progress in tertiary industry development.