International Competitiveness Comparative Study On Automobile Industry Among China, Japan And South Korea

As a pillar industry of the national economy,the automobile industry has a strong role in promoting economic growth,which is reflected in stimulating employment,expanding trade scale and improving workers’ income.From product development and design to largescale production,from component manufacturing to vehicle assembly,from marketing to after-sales guarantee,the automobile industry has highlighted its development characteristics of long industrial chain and wide coverage.The automobile industry of a country or region needs to optimize the allocation of resources and technologies on a global scale to improve its market competitiveness and achieve sustainable development.Almost all the automobile powers in the world are automobile export powers.The performance of a country’s automobile products in the international market shows the international competitiveness of its automobile industry.Although China has ranked first in the world in automobile production and sales for 10 consecutive years,the embarrassing performance of domestic automobile products in the international market has exposed many weaknesses in the international competitiveness of Chinese automobile industry.This paper selects three countries,China,Japan and South Korea,through the comparative study of the international competitiveness of the automobile industry with Japan and South Korea,drawing on the successful experience of the development of the automobile industry in Japan and South Korea,and puts forward corresponding countermeasures to improve the international competitiveness of Chinese automobile industry.Firstly,this paper reviews the development process and current situation of the automobile industry in China,Japan and South Korea,understands the basic situation of the automobile industry in the three countries,selects the comprehensive evaluation method,and analyzes the overall international competitiveness of the automobile industry in China,Japan and South Korea.Then,based on the characteristics of the development of the automobile industry,17 evaluation indicators are selected to construct the evaluation system of the international competitiveness of the automobile industry.Through a comparative analysis of the indicators,it is found that China only has advantages in the scale of the automobile market and the scale of the national economy,and the overall international competitiveness of the automobile industry is far behind that of Japan and South Korea.At the same time,this paper uses the principal component analysis method to empirically study the principal component and contribution rate that affect the international competitiveness of the automobile industry of the three countries,obtains the total score of the international competitiveness of the automobile industry of the three countries,and intuitively shows the development gap of the automobile industry of the three countries.The results show that the international competitiveness of Chinese automobile industry is significantly different from that of Japan and South Korea,especially in the fields of relevant policy support and development environment,product core technology,and industrial,and infrastructure construction.In view of Chinese shortcomings in these areas,the government should improve the development environment of the automobile industry,including providing policy support and guarantee in finance,improving the operating environment of the industry and helping enterprises to increase their market share of products.At the same time,in the field of product technology,the government and enterprises should jointly increase investment in technology research and development,strengthen personnel training,and improve the ability of product core technology research and innovation;In the field of industrial and infrastructure construction,the government should increase infrastructure investment,provide high-density and high-quality road network,parking Spaces,charging piles,gas stations and other supporting service facilities,scientifically plan the basic road network,and improve the utilization rate of existing infrastructure.The innovation of this paper is mainly reflected in the following aspects: firstly,based on the PEST theory and systematic classification method,17 evaluation indexes are selected for the comprehensive evaluation of the international competitiveness of the automobile industry to avoid the one-sided influence of a single index.At the same time,the principal component analysis method was selected to calculate the indexes,which eliminated the possible correlation among the indexes.Second,on the basis of research conclusions,this paper concludes that the international competitiveness of Chinese automobile industry is deficient in industrial policy support and legal and regulatory guarantee,product technical strength,industrial and infrastructure construction,etc.,and puts forward corresponding countermeasures from the perspectives of industrial development environment,technological innovation and infrastructure construction.