Development Of Producer Services Research Articles

Analysis of the Characteristics and Development Direction of Services Trade in Shandong Province of China

Shandong is a significant province for foreign trade in China; however, it still faces shortcomings in the development of its service trade, as outlined below. Firstly, the scale of service trade is limited. Shandong’s service trade volume ranked sixth in China in 2022, lagging considerably behind Shanghai, Guangdong, Beijing, Zhejiang, and Jiangsu. Secondly, the proportion of service trade in Shandong compared to the overall national services trade volume falls below the national average, with the per capita scale even lower than the national average. Thirdly, Shandong’s service trade accounts for less than 10% of the province’s foreign trade, which is 3 percentage points below the national average. The insufficient development of Shandong’s service trade is mainly attributed to the weak performance of its own service industry and the limited scale of attracting foreign services investment. Accelerating the development of producer services in Shandong, promoting the intelligent upgrading of consumer services, and continuously promoting reform and opening up in the service sector will be conducive to achieving high-quality development of services trade in Shandong.

Research on the synergetic development of producer services and manufacturing in northwest China’s inland central cities—A case study of Lanzhou

Under the post Ford flexible production organization system, the existence of specialized division of labor has made the forward and backward connections between the producer services as an intermediate input and the manufacturing increasingly close. With the proposal of the "Belt and Road" and the deepening of “The development of the western region in China”, the northwest region plays an increasingly important role in China’s regional development strategy, and the economic transformation, especially the transformation and upgrading of the manufacturing, and it is crucial to its completion of the strategic mission entrusted by the state. Taking Lanzhou City as a case area, based on the measurement of the cooperative development level of producer services and manufacturing, this paper explores the internal law of the synergetic development of producer services and manufacturing in the northwest inland central city. The study found: The overall synergy development level of producer services and manufacturing in Lanzhou has been significantly improved in the dynamic evolution process, and two industries are in the transition stage from the primary coordinated development to the intermediate coordinated development at present. The spatial layout of producer services and manufacturing in Lanzhou City has certain spatial proximity, and the overall presents a "center-periphery" spatial pattern with the main urban area as the main component. From the perspective of the synergistic development of producer services and manufacturing in Lanzhou, the two industries have initially formed an interactive relationship of two-way promotion at present, but there is a significant asymmetry in the two-way promoting effect of the two industries.

Influence evaluation of producer services agglomeration on economic resilience: Evidence from China’s cities

As a new engine of economic development after urbanization’s structural deceleration stage in China, producer services agglomeration on urban economic resilience (ER) requires analysis. Using data from 264 prefecture-level cities and above in China after the global financial crisis, we examine producer services’ impact in terms of diversification (PSD) and specialization (PSS) on urban ER, and also the mediating effect of industrial structure upgrading (ISU). The results show that Cities with more diversified producer services are more resilient to crises, while the effect direction of PSS is the opposite. ISU is partly how PSD and PSS affect ER. Finally, producer services agglomeration’s impact on ER has significant regional heterogeneity. PSD is very conducive to urban ER in the economically developed eastern region and the less developed western region. The more specialized the development of producer services in eastern and north-eastern regions, the less conducive it is to enhancing ER. Our findings can help stabilize China’s economy and achieve high-quality economic development.

Producer services development and manufacturing carbon intensity: Evidence from an international perspective

Reducing the carbon intensity of manufacturing is pivotal to meeting international carbon reduction targets aimed at mitigating global warming. This paper originally investigates the implications of producer services development (PSD) on the carbon intensity of manufacturing. We first evolved an approach to quantify the indirect role of producer services in reducing the carbon intensity of manufacturing. Empirical tests are then carried out using data from 18 manufacturing sectors in 42 countries from 2000 to 2014. The results demonstrate that domestic PSD reduces the carbon intensity of manufacturing sectors, but this effect is significant only in the sectors with high embedment of producer services, both domestic and foreign producer services. By deeply embedded in manufacturing, the development of producer services improves the energy structure and energy efficiency of the manufacturing sector, thereby reducing its carbon intensity. In addition, among producer services, the development and embedment of the information and communication sector has a more pronounced impact on reducing the carbon intensity of manufacturing. Our findings are informative and insightful for coordinating inter-sector development and implementing climate change mitigation measures.

Does the Agglomeration of Producer Services and the Market Entry of Enterprises Promote Carbon Reduction? An Empirical Analysis of the Yangtze River Economic Belt

As the world’s largest carbon emitter, China has been committed to carbon emission reduction and green development. Under the goal of “double carbon”, adjusting the industrial structure and promoting the development of producer services are regarded as effective emission reduction paths. In this paper, from the perspective of market entry of enterprises, we firstly investigate the transmission mechanism between market entry of enterprises and industrial agglomeration and summarize the carbon emission reduction mechanism of producer services. Based on the panel data of 110 prefecture-level cities in China’s Yangtze River Economic Belt (YREB) from 2003 to 2017, we analyze the impact of producer services on carbon emission reduction by using the dynamic spatial panel model. The empirical results show that China’s urban carbon dioxide emissions have noticeable spatial spillover effects and high emission club clustering characteristics and exhibit a noticeable snowball effect and leakage effect in time and space dimensions. The development of the producer services can effectively reduce carbon emission levels, effectively solving the dilemma of “stabilizing growth and promoting emission reduction”. Furthermore, there is an apparent synergistic effect between enterprises’ market entry and industrial agglomeration. The agglomeration of producer services can effectively promote the entry of innovative new enterprises, thus increasing the carbon emission reduction effect. However, due to resource mismatch and isomorphic development, this carbon emission reduction effect has apparent industrial heterogeneity and regional heterogeneity. Finally, this paper makes suggestions for optimizing regional industrial structure, strengthening inter-regional linkage cooperation, and promoting the advanced development of the producer services.

A Study on the Co-Agglomeration of Manufacturing Industry and Producer Services in Heilongjiang Province

Manufacturing industry and producer services are two important categories of industrial development in Heilongjiang Province. The co-agglomeration development is conducive to improving the interaction level between them and promoting the development of regional industrial cluster. Based on the relevant data of manufacturing and producer services in Heilongjiang Province, this paper uses the location quotient model to estimate the co-agglomeration of manufacturing and producer services. Heilongjiang Province should promote the integrated development of producer services and manufacturing industry, so as to realize the transformation and upgrading of traditional manufacturing industry in the old industrial base.

Development Strategy for Standardization System of Producer Services

A standardization system is important for the high-quality and integrated development of producer services. However, the standardization system of producer services in China still requires improvement regarding standards coverage, effective supply, and internationalization. Therefore, establishing a standardization system that is scientifically regulated, technologically advanced, and forward-looking becomes urgent for the producer services. In this article, we study the development trend of producer services standardization, analyze the development status of producer services standardization in China and abroad, and summarizes the problems faced by the construction of a producer services standardization system in the new era. Moreover, the development goals, key directions, and implementation paths of the producer services standardization system for 2025 and 2035 are proposed. To provide technical support for standardizing the economic system of China, the standardization system of producer services should be improved to satisfy the demand for high-quality development, standards for new service formats should be timely formulated, connection of standards systems between producer services and other industries should be promoted, standardization personnel should be cultivated, and standards internationalization should be encouraged.

Can producer services boost manufacturing growth? Evidence from China's de‐regulation

AbstractThe impact of producer services on manufacturing growth has long been disputed. Using a unique dataset from the Catalogue for the Guidance of Foreign Investment Industries (CGFII), we construct a set of regulation indicators for each industry in the service sector. Then we explore the effect of upstream producer services, instrumented by regulation indicators, on manufacturing growth. The findings are as follows. First, the development of producer services can effectively promote the growth of manufacturing, and such an effect is stronger in more developed regions. Second, regulations are negatively related to the development of producer services, and among various kinds of regulations, prohibition is the one with the largest marginal effect. Third, consumer services fail to promote manufacturing growth, indicating the irreplaceability of producer services, which also suggests that we should pay more attention to the structure of the service sector.

The Factors Influencing the Employment of Producer Services—From the Perspectives of Demand and Supply

There exist strong direct and indirect employment contributions in producer services, which have become an important way to solve the employment problems in developed countries. In contrast, the overall employment ratio of producer services is low in China. It is important and necessary to study the influencing factors of producer services employment in order to fully explore the employment growth potential of producer services and promote the solution of current structural employment difficulties in China. This paper analyzes the conditions, under which the development of producer services drive the employment growth from the perspectives of demand and supply. The theoretical model of the influencing factors of producer services employment is constructed and the empirical method is adopted to measure the influencing effects of these factors. It is helpful for policy makers to grasp the key of producer services employment at the implementation level, so as to more actively and effectively defuse the negative impacts of economic recessions on the employment and alleviate the current employment pressures in China.

Research on the Interaction between Producer Services and Manufacturing Industry in Shaanxi Province

With the deepening of social division of labor, producer services are gradually separated from manufacturing industry and play a more and more important role in the national economy. In particular, with the rapid development of scientific research, business, law, finance and other industries, the industrial association between the productive service industry and the manufacturing industry becomes more closely. The interactive state between the producer services and manufacturing industry has a direct impact on the industrial upgrading and structural adjustment of all sectors of the national economy, which has become an important way for the economic development of our country in the future. Taking Shaanxi Province as an example, this paper first analyzes the development of producer services and manufacturing in Shaanxi. On this basis, the VAR model is built to analyze the added value of two industries in Shaanxi Province. Finally, according to the empirical results, we put forward relevant countermeasures and suggestions.

Research on Impact of Producer Service of Hubei Provinces

Producer service is part of the economic developing most rapidly. Based on the data of productive service industry in Hubei Province from 2003 to 2013, this paper uses gray relational analysis method to find out that labor investment, capital investment and industrialization level are most closely related to the development of productive service industry in Hubei Province. Then the author uses the vector autoregressive method to carry on the empirical analysis, the result shows that the labor input and the capital investment has the remarkable promotion function to the big development of the productive service industry in Hubei province, and the industrialization level starts to inhibit the development of the productive service industry in Hubei province, But to a certain level will promote the development of producer services.

Research on the Influencing Factors of the Development of Producer Services in Shaanxi Province

Research on the Influencing Factors of the Development of Producer Services in Shaanxi Province

Influencing factors of the development of producer services under demand–supply framework

In this research, the author tries to make factor analysis on producer services in the perspective of demand and supply based on Zhejiang annual data from 1990 to 2011. The result shows that the level of scientific and technological development and industrialization are the most important variables in two common factors. At present, factors such as level of services, economic development, urbanization, technological development, and opening-up intensity and level have considerable impacts on Zhejiang producer services’ development according to the results of model analysis. On the other hand, factors such as degree of industrialization and ownership structure have relatively less impacts on supply and demand. This paper makes reasonable suggestions from the perspective of supply and demand framework.

Analysis on the Development of Producer Services in China—Based on Intermediate Demand of Three Industries

From the intermediate demand perspective of the industry, agriculture and services, this paper analyzes the problems on the development of producer services in China and gives some related causes. To accelerate the development of producer services in an even better fashion, we think the following measures should be taken: developing the high-end manufacturing and promoting the interaction between manufacturing and producer services; attaching equal importance to imported technology and independent innovation; improving the promotion and training for agricultural technology and optimizing agriculture production structure; developing the modern service industry; enhancing the supplying quality of producer services.

A study on the basic path for producer services to promote industrial upgrading and the related finance and taxation measures

Accelerating the development of producer services is both conducive to enhancing the level and quality of industrialization, promoting industrial upgrading, and the only way to realize a modernized and high-end service industry, thus a ‘win-win’ strategic choice for China. In the process of its industrialization and urbanization, China must follow a development path driven by the two engines of producer services and modern manufacturing. China should reinforce the roles played by producer services in penetrating and supporting manufacturing and agriculture amid the development of industrial division, integration, and agglomeration, enhancing the level of producer services and realizing the development of producer services. The government and market are the two basic forces in promoting the development of producer services. We should both fully recognize the fundamental role that the market mechanism plays, as well as make great efforts to give full play to the positive roles of the government policy, especially finance and taxation policies, in promoting producer services.

English

The manufacturing sector has been a decisive force in promoting economic development in China. According to the number of workers, net fixed assets and other economic data in China during 2000 to 2007, using data envelopment analysis (DEA) we can build a single-figure index reflecting the comprehensive manufacturing competitiveness of all regions. Based on those index and extension data of producer services, panel data are available and a model can be set up. After empirical analysis, the conclusion is as follows: the development of producer services in China is conducive to the promotion of manufacturing competitiveness, and one percent rise of the development of producer services can promote 2.6% of manufacturing efficiency. Along with these findings, we can put forward some suggestions for green producer services including improving the external environment, strengthening the cluster effect, promoting independent innovation, enhancing the level of opening up of producer service industry and so on. Key words: Producer services; manufacturing competitiveness; data envelopment analysis; panel data.

Constructing and Empirical Research on Producer Services Development Evaluation System Based on Principal Component Analysis

Constructing and Empirical Research on Producer Services Development Evaluation System Based on Principal Component Analysis

An empirical study on Chinese city network pattern based on producer services

Globalization and informatization have accelerated city networking process over the world, which makes research on city network a hot topic in the fields of urban geography and economic geography. With Chinese economic structure adjustment and city economic growth, producer services have begun to play an increasingly important role in city-region networking. This paper employs the methodology of world city network to analyze and explain the spatial development characteristics of China’s urban network system based on the data of nationwide producer services enterprise network. The research result indicated that the distribution of producer services network has a positive effect on the development of Chinese city networks. City network connectivity is closely related to the significance of city in producer services development, and the former will gradually decline with the drop of the latter. Accordingly, the 64 cities can be divided into the national central cities, regional central cities, sub-regional central cities and local central cities in accordance with their position and role in the nationwide producer services network. It is concluded that high-grade cities with quality producer services dominate the pattern of Chinese city networks and there emerges three spatial agglomerations of producer services enterprises in Changjiang (Yangtze) River Delta, Zhujiang (Pearl) River Delta and Beijing-Tianjin-Tangshan Economical Region. Moreover, the distribution of different producer services industry varies from city to city, which also affects the characteristics of network development.

Spatial Development of Producer Services in the Chinese Urban System

The Chinese economy has transformed from the development of industries in the early economic reform period of the 1980s to the development of service industries in the 2000s and, more recently, the emergence of producer service industries. Producer services have become increasingly important to the Chinese economy. Most studies on producer services in China mainly focus on individual cities. Spatial development of producer services at the regional and national levels is relatively less examined. In this paper we analyze the growth and location of producer services in the Chinese urban system. The study also shows that producer services are becoming spatially more concentrated across the urban system. As producer services that are important in generating economic development are more likely to be located in large metropolitan areas, they tend to reinforce the competitiveness of large cities. Moreover, the uneven spatial development of producer services suggests that small and medium cities need to conduct careful market studies and analyses on their ability to attract producer service industries before they initiate large central business district development projects and invest in massive construction of offices.

Comprehensive Assessment and Promotion Policy of Producer Services’ Competitiveness in Beijing City: A Comparative Analysis among Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen

The five central cities--Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen--of the three most important strategic regions in China, namely Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei metropolitan region, the Yangtze River Delta and the Pearl River Delta, are taken as a comparative analysis on urban producer services＇ competitiveness, especially focusing on the comparative advantages and disadvantages of producer services in Beijing. Firstly, based on an integrated indicator system including one objective hierarchy, four standard hierarchies and 35 indicator hierarchies, the study applies factor analysis model and analytic hierarchy process model reformed by entropy technology to measure the comprehensive competitiveness of producer services in the above five cities. Secondly, Beijing has comparative advantages of capital resource, industrial base, scientific research resource and market scale, since it takes the first place of the five cities in the comprehensive competitiveness of producer services, the competitiveness of industrial development, business environment and living environment, only inferior to Shanghai in the competitiveness of talent capital. Thirdly, Beijing has comparative disadvantages in the level of producer services development, urban innovation capability and living environment. Finally, five proposals are put forth to enhance the competitiveness of producer services in Beijing, namely perfecting the system of laws and statutes, supporting the development of industry association, implementing scientific development planning, introducing preferential fiscal and taxation policies and strengthen- ing human capital reserve.