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Problem regions and regional problems of socio- economic development in China: A perspective from the coordinated development of industrialization, informatization, urbanization and agricultural modernization
Author: Li Yurui (1983-), PhD and Assistant Professor, specialized in land science and agriculture and rural development. E-mail: lyr2008@163.com
Received date: 2014-06-01
Accepted date: 2014-08-01
Online published: 2014-06-20
Supported by
National Natural Science Foundation of China, No.41201176.No.41171149.No.41130748
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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.
LI Yurui , WANG Jing , LIU Yansui , LONG Hualou . 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 . DOI: 10.1007/s11442-014-1142-y
Table 1 Indicator system for assessing the development level of industrialization, informanization, urbanization and agricultural modernization |
Sihua level | Indicators | Weights |
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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 |
Figure 1 Spatial patterns of development level of industrialization, informatization, urbanization and agricultural modernization |
Figure 2 Spatial patterns of comprehensive development level and coupling and coordination degrees of industrialization, informatization, urbanization and agricultural modernization |
Table 2 Determinations of the coordinated development of Sihua |
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 |
Note: *** significant at the 0.01 level (P<0.01); ** significant at the 0.05 level (P<0.05); * significant at the 0.10 level (P<0.10). |
Figure 3 The spatial pattern of problem regions |
Table 3 The basic characteristics of problem regions identified |
Indicators | Ⅰ | Ⅱ | Ⅲ | Ⅳ | Ⅴ | Ⅵ | Ⅶ | Others | Total/average |
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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 |
Table 4 The basic characteristics of case study areas |
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 |
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
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