A Study On Spatial Economy Disparity At County Level Economics In Jiangsu And Zhejiang Provinces

The county level economics of Jiangsu and Zhejiang Provinces have developed rapidly sincereform and opening-up policy, but there still exists inner disparities in both provinces. In recentyears, Jiangsu Province on narrowing the disparity of county level economics has taken measuresand achieved certain results, which will offer a reference for Zhejiang Province. In the thesis, fromthe analysis of county economy disparity, we presume the existence of spatial effects between thecounty territory. By means of exploratory spatial data analysis and spatial economics and based onanalyzing the spatial disparity of county economy in the two provinces, we research the good trendand existing problems of spatial disparity in Jiangsu Province and provide experience and lessonsfor narrowing the disparity of county economy in Zhejiang Province. First of all, with the help ofESDA method, we use the per capita GDP as the meterage of county economic growth index, andanalyze the overall and local features of the two provinces in1990-2012. We conclude that thespatial economy disparity of both provinces is overall shrinking. The county level economics inJiangsu Province have formed the south to middle and north gradually diminishing pattern. Thesouth of Jiangsu, with its superior economic location, actively conforms with Shanghai, and enjoysa rapid development finally. In the north of Jiangsu, there exists two pole of economic, Xuzhou andLianyungang, but their radiation are small. At present, in the north of Jiangsu, with its rapid growth,it has gradually changed from the large area poverty to the development of some counties. Thecounty level economics of Zhejiang Province formed a decrease from northeast to southwest.Huzhou and Jiaxing firstly developed,but then failed to make good use of its superior economiclocation, once declined and their economic growth is relatively slow. The poverty situation in thesouthwest of Zhejiang gradually expands, and the economic growth is slow. Secondly, we use thespatial econometrics method to study the factors of space disparity in Jiangsu and ZhejiangProvinces. We can summarize that in Jiangsu Province, the role of the industrial structure,infrastructure, open degree and government is positive; the role of laborforce has been hindered;and the effect of the fixed asset investments is not obvious. In Zhejiang Province, the role of fixedasset investments, industrial structure and government function is absolute; and the role oflabor, infrastructure, and open degree is not significant. Then, in a three year time period, weanalyze the change condition of the factors. In the last three years, the labor role in Jiangsu Province gradually turned into positively, but the role of infrastructure in Zhejiang province is notsignificant. In Zhejiang Province the role of infrastructure becomes notable, but the role ofindustry structure is not remarkable, and the impact degree of opening-up was not significant atthe time of financial crisis. At last, based on the use of references of county economic developmentin Jiangsu Province, we offer some suggestions for Zhejiang Province, such as the optimization ofeconomic spatial pattern, improving the self-cultivation of labor force, improvinginfrastructure, boosting the transformation of industrial structure and enhancing the level ofopening-up and so on.