A Comparative Study Of Overall Economic Competitiveness Between Fujian And Taiwan

This article takes the catch-up development as the starting point and focuses on the comparative study of the overall competitiveness between Fujian and Taiwan.According to the theory of regional competitiveness and the research methods of relevant literatures,this paper constructs an evaluation index system of overall competitiveness between Fujian and Taiwan.Based on this,the de-dimension and weighting calculations of the series of index data of Fujian and Taiwan in 2008-2017 are carried out,and the results of the overall competitiveness index of Fujian and Taiwan are obtained.A comparative analysis of the scoring results shows that:(1)From 2008 to 2017,the overall economic competitiveness of both Fujian and Taiwan showed an overall upward trend,however,Taiwan experienced an increase in volatility,while Fujian showed a sustained and steady upward trend.The rate of rise is significantly faster than that of Taiwan.(2)In the past ten years,the gap in the overall economic competitiveness between Fujian and Taiwan has been greatly reduced,but Taiwan still has obvious comparative advantages,especially in terms of residents' education and quality,scientific and technological strength,financial strength,corporate competitiveness,and living and ecological environment,there is still a big gap between Fujian and Taiwan.(3)In the process of catching up with Taiwan,Fujian's economic competitiveness has improved significantly.Its competitiveness in government and infrastructure has surpassed Taiwan.The aspect in terms of financial strength,scientific and technological strength,resident education and quality,and corporate competitiveness has grown rapidly.(4)During the decade,Fujian's life,ecological environment competitiveness has limited growth.The gap of this indicator at the end of the period is larger than the beginning of the period,reflecting the shortcomings of Fujian's competitiveness.In the past ten years,Fujian has laid a relatively strong foundation for development in the "core competitiveness" section,but it will take time to catch up with Taiwan.The key to vigorously improving Fujian's overall competitiveness and accelerating the pace of catching up with development is to implement the five development concepts and focus on "grasping innovation","compensating for shortcomings" and "promoting coordination".