1. Regional Innovation Disparity in China (Summary)
- Author
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Chunxia, LI
- Subjects
地域格差 ,regional disparity ,特許出願 ,northeastern region ,東北地域 ,イノベーション ,patent application ,innovation - Abstract
中国は東部・中部・西部・東北の4大地域間の経済格差が大きく、特に近年東北地域の経済成長率は全国平均よりも低い。中国政府は東北地域を対象に、「東北地区振興計画」を打ち出した。本稿は、中国の4大地域間のイノベーションの投入(input)と産出(output)に注目し、省レベルと企業レベルのデータを用いて地域間のイノベーションの格差を解明することを目的とする。まず、省レベルでは、東北地域の域内総生産の全国に占める割合が低下し、研究開発支出(R&D 支出)、研究開発者数、発明特許の出願数・登録数の全国に占める割合も域内総生産の割合よりも低下したことが分かった。次に、企業レベルの分析では、東北地域の上場企業による国内特許出願数や国際特許出願数が他の地域の企業よりも少ないことが検証された。イノベーション能力の不足も東北地域の成長が他地域より遅れをとる一因である可能性が示唆された。, There are large economic disparities between China’s four major regions—eastern, central, western, and northeastern—particularly in recent years as growth in the northeastern region has sat below the national average. The Chinese government is now targeting the northeastern region via its new “Northeast Revitalization Strategy”. This paper elucidates the disparity in innovation between the four major regions of China using provincial-level and corporate-level data, with special attention given to innovation input and innovation output. First, provincial-level data shows that the proportion of national gross domestic product (GDP) derived from the northeastern region has declined, and the ratios of expenditure on R&D, the number of research developers, the numbers of invention patent applications and registrations were found to be even lower than figure for regional GDP. Next, individual corporate-level analysisverifies that the number of domestic patent applications and international patent applications filed by listed companies in the northeastern region was lower than those made by companies in other regions. This suggests that a lack of innovation capacity may be in part due to slower growth in the northeast compared with other regions in China.
- Published
- 2021