Abstract
After the Chinese reform and opening up, the construction of economic zones, such as Special Economic Zones, Hi-tech Zones and Bonded Zones, has played an irreplaceable role in China’s economic development. Currently, against the background of Chinese economic transition, research on development evaluation of economic zones has become popular and necessary. Similar research usually focuses on one specific field, and the methods that are used to evaluate it are simple. This research aims to analyse the development evaluation of zones by synthesis. A new hybrid multiple criteria decision making (MCDM) model that combines the DEMATEL technique and the DANP method is proposed. After establishing the evaluation criterion system and acquiring data, the influential weights of dimensions and criteria can be calculated, which will be a guide for forming measures of development. Shandong Peninsula Blue Economic Zone is used in the empirical case analysis. The results show that Transportation Conditions, Industrial Structure and Business Climate are the main influencing criteria and measures based on these criteria are proposed.
Highlights
As the originator of the world’s economic zones, Leghoyn Freeport of Genoa Bay in Italy, which was founded in 1547, guided the development of the region’s economics
As a new type of coastal economic zone with marine characteristics, the blue economic zone aims to enhance the comprehensive economic strength and international competitiveness using the marine economy as the remarkable feature, marine resources as the fundamental way and modern marine industry as the leading force [53,54,55]
The advantages of marine natural resources and marine science and technology resources are obvious in Shandong Peninsula Blue Economic Zone, while in the actual development, competitive industries do not reach the maximum utilization and are in a lower proportion of the industrial structure
Summary
As the originator of the world’s economic zones, Leghoyn Freeport of Genoa Bay in Italy, which was founded in 1547, guided the development of the region’s economics. More and more countries (or regions) have had their own booming economic zones since “Silicon Valley” was founded by Stanford University in 1951. From this period, with the rapid development of science and technology, economic integration and marketization level improvement, the market competition is becoming more intense. The first blue economic zone in China is Shandong Peninsula Blue. The advantages of marine natural resources and marine science and technology resources are obvious in Shandong Peninsula Blue Economic Zone, while in the actual development, competitive industries do not reach the maximum utilization and are in a lower proportion of the industrial structure
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