Empirical study on effect of industrial structure change on regional economic growth of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Metropolitan Region |
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| Authors: | Hongxia Chen Guoping Li |
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| Institution: | (1) Business School, Middlesex University, UK;(2) Business School Department of Economics, the University of Portsmouth, Middlesex University, UK |
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| Abstract: | Based on the data of gross domestic product (GDP), industrial added value and the proportion of industrial employees from
2000 to 2008, this paper studies the effect of industrial structure change on the regional economic growth of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei
Metropolitan Region in China using the shift-share method. The results show that: 1) In the 21st century, the industrial output
of three industries, namely, primary, secondary, and tertiary, and the GDP grew rapidly in the study period. The tertiary
industry grew the fastest; it had the largest contribution to the GDP and meanwhile had become the most competitive industry
in the metropolitan region. 2) The development of cities within the region was not balanced. Firstly, compared with Tianjin,
Beijing, as one of the two core cities, was more rational in the industrial structure. Secondly, the surrounding eight cities,
which are Shijiazhuang, Qinhuangdao, Tangshan, Langfang, Baoding, Cangzhou, Zhangjiakou, and Chengde, were all uncompetitive
than the two core cities. 3) There was a great industrial gradient in the region (especially between the two core cities and
the cities of Tangshan, Baoding, Zhangjiakou, Chengde, Cangzhou, and Langfang). As a result, it is foreseeable that the industry
transfer in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Metropolitan Region will be one of the trends in regional development, and the industry
transfer is inevitably to promote the regional integration. |
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