Growth of new economic sectors in second-tier extended cities in the Changjiang River Delta |
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| Authors: | Chen Wen Sun Wei and Xiang Jun-bo |
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| Institution: | (1) Nanjing Institute of Geography & Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 210008 Nanjing, P. R. China;(2) Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100039 Beijing, P. R. China;(3) Architecture College, Tsinghua University, 100084 Beijing, P. R. China |
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| Abstract: | The second-tier extended metropolises in the Changjiang (Yangtze) River Delta, including Suzhou, Wuxi and Changzhou near Shanghai,
are becoming the most active and new innovative industrial agglomerating areas. Manufacturing industries in these second-tier
cities have been in rapid growth due to increasing foreign investment. Nevertheless, the economic prospect of these cities
is still constrained by a lack of local R&D capacity and production services, which are mainly dependent upon Shanghai. This
paper analyses the impact of globalization on the new economic sectors in these cities, the change of industrial structure,
the limitation of urban development and the problem of sustainability. Then, the paper analyses the conditions for the high-tech
industry and production services in these areas. Also, it applies the industrial organization theory to these cities and examines
how these cities can cooperate with each other in terms of horizontal linkages. Finally, the paper gives the future growth
prospects in high-tech industry and production services.
Foundation item: Under the auspices of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 40371031)
Biography: CHEN Wen (1967–), female, a native of Ningde of Fujian Province, professor, specialized in urban economic and urban
geography. E-mail: wchen@niglas.ac.cn |
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| Keywords: | second-tier extended cities new economic sectors diversity supply horizontal division |
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