Analysis Of Spatial Agglomeration Feature And Economic Growth Efficiency Of Chinese Cultural And Creative Industry

At the background of knowledge economy, the cultural and creative industry hasbeen undoubtedly acknowledged as a powerful productive force fostered in the newmodel of cultural and creative industry cluster. As a new fortune-creating form, theindustry not only can create diversified cultural products as well as services, providenumerous jobs, but also can bring added value to the manufacturing and service industry.Viewed from the world at large, the development of cultural and creative industry ischanging the traditional economic form, imposing a significant influence on the trendand sustainable development of economy, which has been crucial to the cultivation ofinnovation ability, the growth of economy, the enhancement of the overallcompetitiveness of region, city and the country. Therefore, the development of culturaland creative industry has been put high in the strategic agenda of all countries in theworld.In China, the integration of cultural and economic development is well embodiedthroughout the course of urbanization. The development of industry starts to beaccompanied with certain esthetical and symbolic characteristics. There is no doubt thatthe cultural and creative industry has become the most vigorous one. The domesticmetropolis have all made plans of development based on their unique cultural andcreative industry, whose creative industry parks are gradually formed into a clusterwhich has aroused great interests. The core question is that: Is there any regularity of thedevelopment of cultural and creative industry? What is the motive of the forming ofcultural and creative industry into the cluster or industrial parks?Based upon the above questions, some definitions on the cultural and creativeindustry are given, and some relevant theories of the industry’s influence on theefficiency of economic growth are illustrated, forming a theoretical foundation for thisresearch. Secondly, sub-industries related to the cultural and creative industry arechosen for the research, attempting to work out the agglomeration degree of the industryin31provinces and cities between2003and2011and analyze the cluster features ofthis industry in China in terms of region and industry. Thirdly, according to the clusterfeatures of cultural and creative industry, measurement models are built after selectingcertain variables to figure out the influence of cultural and creative industry cluster onthe efficiency of economic growth in this industry. Finally, effective policies aresuggested according to the features of the cluster development. This thesis consists of six chapters. Chapter One is an introduction to the researchbackground, significance of topic and the structure of thesis. Chapter Two illustrates thetheoretical foundation for the cultural and creative industry cluster, presents theliterature review in three aspects, and concludes the results and shortcomings of theresearch, thus deciding the orientation of this thesis. Based on the in-depth explorationof the attribute of the cultural and creative products and the industrial value chain,Chapter Three analyzes the influence of industry cluster on the economic growthefficiency of cultural and creative industry in terms of external economy effect,transaction cost saving, regional brand effects, and learning effects. And Chapter Fouranalyzes the feature of cultural and creative industry cluster of China from two aspects:regional and industrial. From the part of region, the CRn index is employed to figure outthe agglomeration degree of the cultural and creative industry of China; from the part ofindustry, HHI is adopted to measure the spatial agglomeration level of cultural andcreative industry, and the cluster feature of cultural and creative industry is analyzedwith the measurement result. Chapter Five illustrates the influence of industry cluster onthe economic growth efficiency of China’s cultural and creative industry with empiricalinvestigations. In this chapter, the relation between the current cultural and creativeindustry cluster and the economic growth efficiency of China’s cultural and creativeindustry is described dynamically by using location quotient index and taking intoaccount the urbanization level, per capita GDP, output of tertiary industry, foreigninvestment volume, human capital, and policy orientation, etc. Chapter Six is theconclusion of the thesis, aiming to analyze the policy meaning in the theory andempirical results.Through the theoretical and empirical analysis, this thesis holds that theconcentration level of cultural and creative industry in all areas has a positive role inpromoting the economic growth efficiency of the industry. Meanwhile the efficiency isaffected by the urbanization level, output of tertiary industry, foreign investment volumeand policy orientation, etc. The research findings provide a theoretical foundation andsupport for the cluster development of China’s cultural and creative industry, as well asthe building of China’s cultural and creative industry park, and the development ofregional and city economy.