A Study On The Balance Measurement And Its Optimization Of China’s Regional Development

Regional differences in economic and social development is one of the hot topics of research by geographers.Since the reform and opening up,China’s economy has developed rapidly,but due to natural endowments and other reasons,the imbalance in development between regions has been very prominent.On October 18,2017,Comrade Xi Jinping emphasized in the report of the 19 th National Congress of the Communist Party of China that socialism with Chinese characteristics has entered a new era,and the main contradictions in our society have been transformed into the contradictions between the people’s increasing needs for a better life and the unbalanced and inadequate development.This article measures the balance of regional development in China,and provides a reference for solving the problem of imbalanced regional development.This article reviews the existing research.Based on the research on the balance of regional development,different quota methods are selected for research,such as the Gini coefficient,Theil coefficient,weighted variation coefficient,multi-factor comprehensive index method,concentration index,exploratory spatial data method,and geographical detector.With the help of Arcgis,Geoda and other software,it conducts a comprehensive research on the balance of China’s regional development in 2000-2017 from multi-dimensional perspective of time and space,provincial and prefecture level city scale,economic development and social development.Finally this article puts forward appropriate countermeasures.The main conclusions are as follows:(1)The quality of regional development decreases from the southeast coast to the western inland.The development speed is higher in the central region than in the eastern and western regions,and the differences among provinces are large.(2)From a time perspective,based on the provincial scale,the absolute differences in economic development between Chinese provinces have continuously increased,but the relative differences and overall differences have continued to shrink;the absolute differences,relative differences,and overall differences in social development have all decreased.Based on the prefecture-level cities,the absolute differences and relative differences in economic development among 283 prefecture-level cities in China have gradually increased,and the absolute differences in social development have widened,but the relative and overall differences have decreased.The decomposition shows that intra-regional differences are greater than regional differences in economic and social.(3)From a spatial perspective,based on the provincial scale,it is found that there is a significant spatial correlation between economic and social development in China’s provinces,and spatial agglomeration has weakened.Based on the prefecture-level cities,it is found that there is a significant spatial correlation between the economic and social development of 283 prefecture-level cities across the country.The spatial agglomeration has shown an increasing trend.The interregional radiation and pull effect of economic development are also significant.There is no improvement in the continuous depression area.Through the analysis of China’s balanced spatial pattern in 2017,it is found that he economic development presents a spatial distribution pattern with various types of balance level crossing each other and dispersing each other.the social development balance presents a general spatial distribution pattern with the best in the East,the second best in the northeast and south,good in the Qinghai Tibet region and the general in the northwest.(4)Based on the research,the countermeasures are put forward from promoting the balance of opportunities and capacity: promoting regional and river basin integrated development and increasing development opportunities in backward areas.Strengthening provincial coordination and improving regional imbalances;broadening global value chains and ensuring equalization of participation opportunities;promoting social consumption upgrade and industrial structure optimization in backward areas,and improving economic development;promoting urbanization and urban-rural integration and strengthening the foundation for social development;increasing investment in education,and improving the quality of population;increasing investment in corporate R&D and fostering new momentum in less developed regions.