Study On The International Competitiveness Of China's And Japan's Transport Service Trade

Since China's accession to the WTO in 2001,China's international trade has been developing more rapidly,which basically is reflected in two aspects,trade in goods and service trade.Besides maintaining the position as a big trading nation in goods trade,China also develops service trade at the same time.According to the data of United Nations Conference on Trade and Development,China's service trade has maintained a continuous upward trend and in 2016,the total volume of import and export of China's service trade reached $661.502 billion,which reached an all-time high.But compared with trade in goods,China's trade in service still has plenty of room to grow.Transport service trade is one of the traditional service trade items,which has been regarded as an advantageous industry in our country.In 2016,the import volume of China's transport service trade reached $80.67 billion,the export volume reached $33.857 billion,and the total volume of transport service trade reached $114.527 billion,accounting for 17.31%of China's total trade in service.Although the transport service trade is doing well in terms of import and export volume,the deficit has been lasted for many years.What's worse,the deficit is expanding with each passing year,which is one of the main causes of the deficit in service trade.Meanwhile,the international competitiveness of transport service trade is closely related to the international competitiveness of service trade,which will also affect the overall development of China's international trade.Japan,as a coastal Asian country like China,also holds the geographical advantage of trade in transport service.The UNCTAD data shows that in 2016,the export of Japan's transport service trade reached $31.651 billion,the import was $37.976 billion and the total transport trade service volume reached $69.627 billion,accounting for 19.42%of Japan's service trade.By comparison,Japan's total volume of transport service trade is less than China's,although China and Japan are in the same state of deficit,Japan's deficit is significantly smaller than that of China and has narrowed year by year,which plays an important role in the balance of Japan's service trade.So this thesis analyzes the international competitiveness of China's a and Japan's transport service trade through comparing the international market share,revealed comparative advantage index and trade competitive index of China's and Japan's transport service trade to find the shortcomings and problems of China's transport service trade,so that suggestions can be given to improve the international competitiveness of China's transport service trade.In this paper,the comparative analysis method is used firstly to calculate and compare the international market share,revealed comparative advantage index and trade competitive index of China's and Japan's transport service trade,as well as their export,import,total volume,balance of export and import and proportion of transport service trade to service trade so as to compare the international competitiveness of China's and Japan's transport service trade.Then factor analysis approach is used to analyze the factors influencing the international competitiveness of China's transport service trade.At last,SWOT analysis is used to summarize the strengths,weaknesses,opportunities and threats of China's transport service trade.The significance of this paper is embodied in two aspects.Theoretically speaking,this paper can on the one hand enrich domestic research on specific service trade industry,supplement the comparison of transport service trade.On the other hand,the comparison between the transport service trade of Japan and China can help analyze the transport service trade structure of Japan and China,figure out the irrationality of the structure of China's transport service trade.Practically speaking,this paper can find out the shortcomings of China's transport service trade,make clear the current international status and competitiveness of China's transport service trade and provide feasible suggestions for China's transport service trade from the practical aspect,which will help improve the international competitiveness of China's transport service trade and improve the service trade structure and China's economic development.This thesis comprises six parts.Chapter one is the introduction,which mainly introduces the research background,significance,the relevant literature review at home and abroad,the structure,research methods,related theories and innovation of this paper.Chapter two is about the data comparison of the international competitiveness of China's and Japan's transport service trade.In this chapter,the international market share,revealed comparative advantage index and trade competitive index of China's and Japan's international transport service trade are compared based on the data from 2005 to 2016 released by UNCTAD.Chapter three is the current situation comparison between China and Japan in transport service trade,from the aspects of import,export,total volume of import and export,trade balance,and the proportion of transport service trade to service trade of Japan and China.And Michael Porter diamond model is used to analyze the transport service trade of China,from the aspects of factor endowments,related and supporting industries,demand conditions,strategy,structure and competition of enterprises,the role of government and opportunity to find out the related factors affecting the international competitiveness of China's transport service trade.Chapter four is the SWOT analysis of China's transport service trade,aiming at figuring out the strengths,weaknesses,threats and opportunities.And then based on the above data comparison and model analysis,feasible suggestions are given to improve the international competitiveness of China's transport service trade in chapter five.Chapter six is conclusion,summarizing the content of this thesis,drawing conclusion and finding deficiency which this thesis possibly has.Through data comparison and factor analysis,this paper draws the following conclusion.In terms of the international competitiveness of China's and Japan's transport service trade,China is stronger than Japan considering the international market share,but considering from the revealed comparative advantage index and trade competitive advantage index,Japan is stronger than China.In terms of the development situation of transport service trade from 2005 to 2016,China 's transport service trade has fast development speed,but its stability is far worse than that of Japan,since great deficit exists in China's transport service trade.The strengths of China's transport service trade are its rapid development,strong domestic demand provided by trade in goods,the geographical advantages and the strong support of the manufacturing industry.The weaknesses mainly exist in the imbalance of trade structure,the rising of labor wage,the lack of automation and the disunity of domestic transport service enterprises.The opportunity is The Belt and Road initiative advocated by our government.And the main threats of China's transport service trade come from the competition of developed countries and trade barriers of foreign countries.Then according to the above conclusion,this paper provides suggestions from four aspects,the development of transport service industry,the coordinated development of related and supporting industries,government support and the introduction and training of professional talents to improve the international competitiveness of China's transport service trade.The innovation of this paper is to break the previous unilateral studies on transport service trade both at home and abroad and compare the transport service trade of China and Japan.Various indexes and data are used in this paper to comprehensively analyze the international competitiveness of China's and Japan's transport service trade.The deficiency of this paper is that due to the complexity of transport service trade,this paper studies the whole situation of transport service trade,instead of analyzing each transport mode separately.