A comparison and case analysis between domestic and overseas industrial parks of China since the Belt and Road Initiative

Abstract

With rapid globalization, industrial parks are playing an increasingly important role in the national and regional development. Since the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) was put forward, national-level overseas industrial parks of China have emerged with new development features and trends. It is of great importance to carry out a comparative study on domestic and overseas industrial parks of China. Based on the perspective of spatiotemporal evolution, this paper compares and analyzes national-level overseas industrial parks along the Belt and Road (B&R) and domestic industrial parks of China. In time, China's industrial parks have experienced four stages with distinctive state-led characteristic. There are different development paths and modes for overseas industrial parks along the B&R and domestic industrial parks. In space, the national-level overseas industrial parks are invested and constructed by Chinese enterprises (mostly from the coastal developed cities), and mainly distributed in the countries along the B&R. Through typical cases comparison of Thai-Chinese Rayong Industrial Zone and Tianjin Economic-Technological Development Area, the paper finds that national-level overseas industrial parks are basically market-driven and concentrated in traditional advantageous industries, while domestic industrial parks are mainly government-led high-tech industries. Localization of overseas industrial parks and remote coupling with domestic industrial parks become very important.

Dynamic Evolution of Service Trade Network Structure and Influence Mechanism in Countries along the “Belt and Road” with Big Data Analysis

“…e research results of using the overall network analysis method to analyze the trade network structure of the countries along the route and its influencing factors have been increasing, which provides a good reference for this study [16]. However, the research on national service trade among the countries along the route is mainly based on the analysis of trade potential and trade efficiency using the parameter estimation method such as the trade gravity model, while some scholars use the social network analysis method to analyze the service trade network structure of the countries along the route [17][18][19].…”

Restructuring for Growth in Development Zones, China: A Systematic Literature and Policy Review (1984–2022)

“…A new raft of institutional arrangements was, therefore, launched to promote broader cooperation between different levels of government, zones and various areas of market capital. A growing number of intercity co-construction zones was deployed at regional level, and existing development zones joined forces to move forward together, promoted by central and local government initiatives that were devoted to advancing the flow of regional knowledge, the sharing of scientific facilities and the cultivation of critical innovation cluster projects, such as innovation corridors and development zone coalitions [5,29,32,[97][98][99]. At city level, in the wake of the China State Council's 2017 followup project, entitled "Opinions on Promoting the Reform and Innovative Development of Development Zones", the establishment of unified administrative sectors and development mechanisms for zones in urban areas was underscored.…”

“…For example, when the Belt and Road initiative was launched in 2013, the construction of overseas co-construction parks was promoted by China as a way of utilizing excess capacity. China's management pattern for development zones, based on a Leader panel/Committee/Investment company structure has been adopted by other countries to improve the efficient cooperation between transnational governments and the market [98,99]. As of 2018, 75 overseas co-construction parks have been put into operation in the "Belt and Road" area, and this has become a hot topic in the study of global industrial parks.…”

Towards Local Sustainability of Mega Infrastructure: Reviewing Research on the New Silk Road

“…Besides analyzing NSR-countries, China itself has often been studied, both at the sub-regional and national level. Subordinated spatial scales of research are hubs [131], special economic zones and industrial parks [132,133], or certain urban networks [134]. BRI perspective along the east-west axis [152] BRI and non-BRI countries [153] metropolitan economy [134] cities and regions within countries [154]…”

“…Econometric models and data [138] DEMATEL analysis [124,134] Econometric test process [141] Shift-Share Analysis [166] Monte Carlo experiment [160] Delphi Issues with international experts [181] A scenario analysis method [163] Literature review [170] Policy documents [161,167] Interviews [126,161] Remote sensing monitoring [120,182] Questionnaires [123,169,170] Case study and comparisons [126,131,133,139,158] Indicators and indexing (i)…”