| Energy- intensive Industries include many important basic industries, relating to many upstream and downstream industries. They play an important role in national economic development. However, they are characterized by high energy consumption, high emission and high pollution, causing enormo us pressure on energy, resource and ecological environment. Under the dual pressure of promoting economic growth and improving environment quality, the development of energy- intensive industries has become an important issue that being concerned for our government and many scholars.In the current economic background of China’s New Normal, promoting agglomeration for energy- intensive industries is an effective way to enhance competitiveness, and to transform and upgrade the industries, as well as an important measure to adjust industrial structure, to achieve the goal of energy saving and emission reduction, and to construct resource-saving and environment- friendly society. Therefore, studying the spatial distribution and influencing factors of energy-intensive industries has significant academic value and upper practical meaning. This paper measures the agglomeration degree of China’s energy- intensive industries from 1999 to 2014 by using concentration ratio CR5 and the index suggested by Ellision and Glaeser. Then we investigate regional distribution of the energy-intensive industries and analyze if they have been experiencing the transition on the regional level. Besides, this paper explores the influencing factors of energy-intensive industries’ spatial distribution and constructs econometric models to test them. Finally, based on the theoretical and empirical analyses, we put forward some applicable suggestions for C hinese government to promote sustainable and healthy development of the energy- intensive industries. |
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