Problem regions and regional problems of socio- economic development in China: A perspective from the coordinated development of industrialization, informatization, urbanization and agricultural modernization

doi:10.1007/s11442-014-1142-y

Abstract

Abstract:

Identifying the problem regions and regional problems, and thus improving regional policies, are crucial for the sustainable development of various economic entities. The coordinated development of industrialization, informatization, urbanization and agricultural modernization (hereinafter referred to as “Sihua”) is not only a practical need but an important strategic direction of integrating urban-rural development and regional development in recent China, and it also provides a significant perspective for identifying problem regions and regional problems so as to improve the regional policies. This study mainly aims to: firstly, establish a comprehensive evaluation index system so as to explore the spatial pattern of coordinated development of Sihua in China at prefecture level; secondly, to develop an evaluation criteria system to identify the problem regions and regional problems from the perspective of coordinated development of Sihua. This paper comes first in the scientific community to evaluate the coordinated development state of Sihua in China at prefecture level and identify the problem regions and regional problems from the perspective of Sihua development by quantitative analysis. This study may benefit the improvement of regional policies and thus contribute to the sustainable socio-economic development of China.

Key words: problem regions, regional problems, regional policies, industrialization, informatization, urbanization, agricultural modernization

Yurui LI, Jing WANG, Yansui LIU, Hualou LONG. Problem regions and regional problems of socio- economic development in China: A perspective from the coordinated development of industrialization, informatization, urbanization and agricultural modernization[J].Journal of Geographical Sciences, 2014, 24(6): 1115-1130.

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Sihua level	Indicators	Weights
Industrial development level	Proportion of the secondary industry’s added value in GDP (%)	0.299
	Share of employment in manufacturing (%)	0.275
	Labor productivity of manufacturing (ten thousand yuan per person)	0.226
	Profit rate of above-scale enterprise’s output value (%)	0.200
Urbanization development index	Percent of total population living in urban areas (%)	0.425
	Share of employment in urban areas (%)	0.305
	Total retail sales of social consumer goods per capita (yuan/person)	0.172
	Number of medical personnel (per ten thousand people)	0.098
Informatization development index	Total turnover of postal and telecommunication services per capita (yuan/person)	0.290
	Fixed-line telephone subscribers (per ten thousand people)	0.185
	Mobile cellular subscribers (per ten thousand people)	0.234
	Fixed broadband Internet subscribers (per ten thousand people)	0.291
Agricultural modernization development index	Average agricultural output per employee (yuan/person)	0.320
	Average agricultural production per employee (kg/person)	0.164
	Total power of agricultural machinery per hectare (kW/hm²)	0.276
	Percent of cultivated land with effective irrigation (%)	0.240

Variables	Coefficient (t-Statistic)	P
Constant	0.3155419 (26.717)	0.000
Urban fixed asset investment per capita (yuan/person)	-0.0000001 (-0.819)	0.413
Rural fixed asset investment per capita (yuan/person)	0.0106130^***(3.227)	0.001
Local fiscal expenditure on education per capita (yuan/person)	-0.0000151 (-1.378)	0.169
Local fiscal expenditure on agriculture, forestry and water conservancy per capita (yuan/person)	0.0000468^***(3.297)	0.001
Rural agricultural loans per capita (yuan/person)	0.0000123^***(4.353)	0.000
Output proportion of large/medium-sized enterprise (%)	0.0778983^***(4.924)	0.000
Ratio of total value of imports and exports to GDP (%)	0.0272937^* (1.867)	0.063
Total retail sales of social consumer goods per capita (yuan/person)	0.0000101^*** (15.377)	0.000
Road density (km/km²)	0.0072736^* (1.720)	0.086
Statistical test
R²	0.738
Adjusted R²	0.730
F	100.613
Significant	0.000

Indicators	Ⅰ	Ⅱ	Ⅲ	Ⅳ	Ⅴ	Ⅵ	Ⅶ	Others	Total/average
Land area/ 10⁴ km²	229.8	139.2	19.5	21.6	28.0	45.6	3.4	441.3	928.3
Population/ 10⁴ person	5994	28934	6153	2276	7088	6572	1517	72698	131231
GDP per capita/ yuan	9285	10275	15623	16777	16507	20455	90969	37038	27198
Industrialization index	0.151	0.262	0.319	0.323	0.305	0.344	0.268	0.378	0.327
Informatization index	0.107	0.075	0.080	0.122	0.128	0.166	0.429	0.209	0.164
Urbanization index	0.168	0.089	0.192	0.108	0.118	0.273	0.579	0.330	0.248
Agricultural modernization index	0.243	0.261	0.350	0.138	0.335	0.177	0.423	0.388	0.333
Comprehensive index	0.167	0.172	0.235	0.173	0.221	0.240	0.425	0.326	0.268
Coupling index	0.835	0.818	0.872	0.849	0.882	0.933	0.959	0.942	0.902
Coordination index	0.366	0.373	0.452	0.381	0.440	0.471	0.633	0.550	0.485

Indicator	Zhoukou	Yulin	Chongqing
Land area (10⁴ km²)	1.20	4.31	8.24
Population (10⁴ person)	1091	359	3276
Net migration (10⁴ person)	-219	-32	-430
Urbanization rate (%)	12.45	18.32	27.86
GDP per capita (yuan)	9769	36265	19935
Fixed investment per capita (yuan)	6332	23678	16235
Urban fixed investment per capita (yuan)	4531	19175	15138
Budget revenues per capita (yuan)	283	2539	2082
Grain production per capita (kg)	657	426	347
Effective irrigation rate (%)	71.83	21.36	30.06
Industrialization index	0.291	0.464	0.331
Informatization index	0.060	0.175	0.161
Urbanization index	0.061	0.127	0.252
Agricultural modernization index	0.350	0.136	0.167
Comprehensive index	0.191	0.226	0.228
Coupling index	0.724	0.788	0.952
Coordination index	0.372	0.422	0.465

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