The Research Of The Strategy&Path Of The Second-round Development Of Economic Development Zones In Jiaxing

Establishment of economic development zones was a strategic decisionmade by Chinese Government when it launched its Reform&Opening-upPolicy and has played an important role in China’s access to the worldcommunity and improving its overall economic power. Ever since theestablishment， economic development zones in Jiaxing have made greatachievements and contributed a lot to the economic and social development ofthe City. But gradually, it has also been faced up with lots of emergingchallenges concerning its management and operational mechanism.This essay focuses on the research on how to guide economic developmentzones in Jiaxing City as a whole, to initiate the second-round developmentthrough upgrading and transformation. Based on the theories of comparativeadvantage, competitive advantage, and growth pole, which are generally used instudying subjects such as geographic location and international division of labor. The essay tries to discover the regular pattern of the development ofeconomic development zones in Jiaxing. By comparison, the essay finallyconcludes that growth strategies can be adopted to initiate the second-rounddevelopment of economic development zones in Jiaxing. It also cites thesuccessful cases of Hangzhou Economic&Technological Development Zone,Changchun Economic&Technological Development Zone and SuzhouIndustrial Park to ensure its arguments are well grounded.The essay finds out that general development of economic developmentzones in Jiaxing are far behind those in advanced areas in China, esp. in terms ofoverall planning, development orientation, industrial structure, leadingenterprises, resources management, dynamic mechanism, etc. By taking into fullconsideration the overall situation both at home and abroad, as well as the actualdevelopment of economic development zones in Jiaxing, the essay puts forwardfour strategies, namely focus strategy, industrial clustering strategy,innovation-driven strategy and eco-park strategy, to improve the dynamiccomparative advantages and competitive advantages of economic developmentzones to initiate the second-round development. With current constraints ondevelopment of economic development zones, the essay finds a new path foreconomic development zones to transform their development pattern and onceagain serve as a major engine for economic growth. According to this strategicaim, the essay stresses on eight paths to ensure the above-mentioned strategiesbe well implemented. They include optimizing layout of economic development zones by better planning, attracting high-end resources by innovative FDIpromotion, fostering industrial clusters by developing pillar industries,enhancing overall strength with well-balanced development, promotingindustry-city integrated development by improving supporting facilities, pushingforward win-win development through regional cooperation, strengtheningcomprehensive competitiveness with institutional innovation, providing keysupports with strong incentives. Hopefully, the essay will be of help foreconomic development zones in Jiaxing to initiate the second-rounddevelopment.