Study of evaluation on the support conditions and spatial strategy of creative industry development in China
SHEN Yu-ming1, DENG Xiu-li1, REN Wang-bing2, HUANG Lin1
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1. College of Resources Environment and Tourism, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100048, China;
2. Academy of Macroeconomic Research, NDRC, Beijing 100038, China
Creative industry has attracted more and more attentions across the world since it was proposed.At the same time,many countries have developed creative industry as a strategic industry.Creative industry is highly regarded as an important way to promote the state economy and soft power in various countries in the forthcoming global competition.This article,based on the reviews of characteristics of spatial distribution and influencing factors of creative industry at home and abroad,summarizes the support conditions of the development of creative industry,and further selects the appropriate indicators to structure the index system to evaluate the support conditions of creative industry development in China.By conducting calculation and analysis with the help of SPSS and the statistical software,principal component analysis is used to make quantitative evaluation of the development support conditions of creative industry in 35 major cities of China.As a result,the 35 major cities are classified into four types by the grading of comprehensive factor score of support conditions: good,fairly good,average and poor levels.At the same time,it is proposed to layout the spatial development strategy of creative industry in China at present.The spatial strategies of creative industry development are as follows: Proceeding in the light of local conditions,outstanding feature and making scientific planning;Focusing on the development of several cluster regions of key creative industry so as to enhance the accumulative effect.In combination of some results at present investigation with assessment of current status,eight key cluster areas of creative industry are identified,they are the Beijing-Tianjin-Tangshan creative cluster areas,Yangtze River Delta creative cluster areas,Pearl River Delta creative cluster areas,Kunming and Lijiang creative cluster areas,Chengdu and Chongqing creative cluster areas,Guanzhong creative cluster areas,Central China creative cluster areas and the Liaodong Peninsula creative cluster areas.This paper strengthens the leading roles of Pearl River Delta,Yangtze River Delta,and Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region in developing creative industry.Central and western China is encouraged,based on regional central cities,to combine creative industry with leading roles in upgrading the local industry,developing specialty creative industry and forming a distinctive regional creative hubs.
SHEN Yu-ming, DENG Xiu-li, REN Wang-bing, HUANG Lin.
Study of evaluation on the support conditions and spatial strategy of creative industry development in China[J]. GEOGRAPHICAL RESEARCH, 2012, 31(7): 1269-1279 https://doi.org/10.11821/yj2012070010