Pattern of Opening Up,Integration and Reshaping Economic Geography——A New Economic Geography Analysis of the Belt and Road Initiative and the Yangtze River Economic Belt
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the central government has implemented several regional development plans, including the Belt and Road Initiative and the Yangtze River Economic Belt, aiming to reshape the economic geography of China. This paper is based on the Be...
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| description | Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the central government has
implemented several regional development plans, including the Belt and Road Initiative and the Yangtze
River Economic Belt, aiming to reshape the economic geography of China. This paper is based on the
Belt and Road Initiative and the Yangtze River Economic Belt and outlines the pattern of opening up.
To analyze the impact of the pattern of opening up on the regional integration of China’s economic
geography, this paper has developed a new economic geography model comprised of four regions and
two countries. From this, it draws some conclusions. First, the change of pattern of opening up will
lead to shifting centripetal and centrifugal forces from the international market. The greater the scale of
neighboring markets, the stronger the agglomeration force will be; the more product varieties made in
neighboring countries, the more potent its dispersion force. Second, developing an inland international
trade corridor will decentralize industry distribution and reduce the impact of external market integration
on home countries. Third, the inland international trade corridor could alter the effect of domestic
market integration on the economic geography. When domestic integration occurs prior to international
integration, further integration of a domestic market leads to greater industrial distribution along a bellshaped curve, which describes economic activities from dispersion to agglomeration to decentralization.
Therefore, developing an integrated market system of major countries and opening a corridor between
China and Europe is not only the key to reshaping China’s economic geography but also the path to
solving the problems of the Heihe-Tengchong Line. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d7d1f8e35eef49f094a963b898d1a1f72023-03-23T10:04:30ZengEditorial Department of Contemporary Social SciencesContemporary Social Sciences2096-02122018-09-0110.19873/j.cnki.2096-0212.2018.05.005Pattern of Opening Up,Integration and Reshaping Economic Geography——A New Economic Geography Analysis of the Belt and Road Initiative and the Yangtze River Economic BeltDuan Wei0Nanjing UniversitySince the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the central government has implemented several regional development plans, including the Belt and Road Initiative and the Yangtze River Economic Belt, aiming to reshape the economic geography of China. This paper is based on the Belt and Road Initiative and the Yangtze River Economic Belt and outlines the pattern of opening up. To analyze the impact of the pattern of opening up on the regional integration of China’s economic geography, this paper has developed a new economic geography model comprised of four regions and two countries. From this, it draws some conclusions. First, the change of pattern of opening up will lead to shifting centripetal and centrifugal forces from the international market. The greater the scale of neighboring markets, the stronger the agglomeration force will be; the more product varieties made in neighboring countries, the more potent its dispersion force. Second, developing an inland international trade corridor will decentralize industry distribution and reduce the impact of external market integration on home countries. Third, the inland international trade corridor could alter the effect of domestic market integration on the economic geography. When domestic integration occurs prior to international integration, further integration of a domestic market leads to greater industrial distribution along a bellshaped curve, which describes economic activities from dispersion to agglomeration to decentralization. Therefore, developing an integrated market system of major countries and opening a corridor between China and Europe is not only the key to reshaping China’s economic geography but also the path to solving the problems of the Heihe-Tengchong Line.https://css.researchcommons.org/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1149&context=journalpattern of opening upregional integration;reshaping economic geographythe belt and road initiativeheihe-tengchong line |
| spellingShingle | Duan Wei Pattern of Opening Up,Integration and Reshaping Economic Geography——A New Economic Geography Analysis of the Belt and Road Initiative and the Yangtze River Economic Belt Contemporary Social Sciences pattern of opening up regional integration; reshaping economic geography the belt and road initiative heihe-tengchong line |
| title | Pattern of Opening Up,Integration and Reshaping Economic Geography——A New Economic Geography Analysis of the Belt and Road Initiative and the Yangtze River Economic Belt |
| title_full | Pattern of Opening Up,Integration and Reshaping Economic Geography——A New Economic Geography Analysis of the Belt and Road Initiative and the Yangtze River Economic Belt |
| title_fullStr | Pattern of Opening Up,Integration and Reshaping Economic Geography——A New Economic Geography Analysis of the Belt and Road Initiative and the Yangtze River Economic Belt |
| title_full_unstemmed | Pattern of Opening Up,Integration and Reshaping Economic Geography——A New Economic Geography Analysis of the Belt and Road Initiative and the Yangtze River Economic Belt |
| title_short | Pattern of Opening Up,Integration and Reshaping Economic Geography——A New Economic Geography Analysis of the Belt and Road Initiative and the Yangtze River Economic Belt |
| title_sort | pattern of opening up integration and reshaping economic geography a new economic geography analysis of the belt and road initiative and the yangtze river economic belt |
| topic | pattern of opening up regional integration; reshaping economic geography the belt and road initiative heihe-tengchong line |
| url | https://css.researchcommons.org/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1149&context=journal |
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