Research Of Guangdong Manufacturing Foreign Direct Investment Location Choice

This paper explores the main contents of the Guangdong manufacturing FDI locationselection. The study method mainly applied theory, empirical analysis, and the combination ofcase study. Firstly, based on the location selection theory part in FDI theory, the papergeneralizes the classic location selection mode in foreign direct investment, which lead to themain factors that influence location choice; Secondly, the paper focuses on the Guangdongmanufacturing FDI location distribution and location selection model, and major empirical andcase aspects of the complementary analysis. This part adopts the basic measurement, theinspection and analysis of the estimate method, and uses the regression analysis on influencefactors of the location selection, and the case analysis are also analyzed for the rest of the paper.In addition, it also demonstrate domestic manufacturing FDI location choice model and the othercountries’ manufacturing FDI of which might be used for reference analysis, during which asmall amount of cases are used as supplement. Finally, the author puts forward some personaladvice on Guangdong manufacturing FDI location choice.The results of the study shows that: Guangdong manufacturing foreign direct investment ismainly distributed in southeastern Asian countries which develop rapidly and developedcountries in America and Europe, the location selection is mainly influenced by the hostcountry’s economic factors (GDP, gross consumer spending, the host country attraction of FDIand the exchange rate, etc) and the non-economic factors (population density, etc). In addition,based on the classical location selection model, the host country FDI policy, technology maturityand social environment can also produce a certain degree of influence on Guangdongmanufacturing FDI location selection.