TROPICAL GEOGRAPHY ›› 2017, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (3): 347-355.doi: 10.13284/j.cnki.rddl.002938

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Evolution of Spatial Agglomeration of Manufacturing Industry and Regional Division of Labor Driven in Guangdong Province under the Industrial Transfer: Based on the Analysis of Statistical Data during 2005-2014

XU Shuhui   

  1. (College of Tourism & Geography,Shaoguan University,Shaoguan 512005,China)
  • Online:2017-05-05 Published:2017-05-05

Abstract: Industrial transfer is an important way of industrial agglomeration and interregional division of labor. By using Gini coefficient, location quotient and Krugman specialization index, the 2005-2014 data of manufacturing industry above the scale in Guangdong province are analyzed, and the SPSS correlation research is conducted with FDI and domestic investment, which are two representative indicators of industrial transfer. The purpose of this paper is to find out the spatial agglomeration change, interregional division of labor and driving factors of Guangdong manufacturing industry since the implementation of dual transfer strategy. Through Gini coefficient, location quotient and the specialization index of Krugman, we found that manufacturing industry agglomeration levels in Guangdong province differed greatly, the spatial agglomeration degree was lowering, and industry spatial decentralization occurred; textile industry and resource processing industry moved to the East, West and the mountainous areas in the province, and the agglomeration of mechanical and electronic manufacturing industries in the Pearl River Delta region was enhanced; among the cities in the Pearl River Delta and those of couplet-assistance the manufacturing industry specialization was deepening. In the analysis of the correlation between industrial transfer and spatial agglomeration and interregional division of labor in Guangdong manufacturing industry, we also found that the degree of spatial agglomeration of manufacturing industry declined, which was affected by international and domestic industrial transfer; Agglomeration of advanced manufacturing industry in the Pearl River Delta was closely related to international industrial transfer, while that of the textile and resource processing industries in the eastern, northern and western regions of the province was associated with the transfer of the domestic industry. There existed a double superposition phenomenon of industrial transfer in the division of labor based on specialization among cities. The transfer of industry enhanced the comparative advantage of the advanced manufacturing industry in the Pearl River Delta and the textile industry and resource processing industry in the East, West and the mountainous areas, that would contribute to the trend of division of labor, showing that the advanced manufacturing industry would agglomerate in the Pearl River Delta, while the textile industry and resource processing industry mainly in the East, West and the mountainous regions.

Key words: Manufacturing industry, industrial transfer, spatial agglomeration, interregional division of labor, Guangdong Province