A Study on the Measurement of Marine Industrial Agglomeration Level and the Influencing Factors

Abstract

Marine industry agglomeration can promote regional economic development. This paper used panel data of 11 provinces and cities in coastal areas, measured the level of marine industry agglomeration by using the locational entropy method and empirically analyzed the influencing factors of marine industry agglomeration by using a fixed-effect model. The research found that: (1) there was obvious spatial heterogeneity in marine industry agglomeration. It had formed a primary industrial agglomeration area dominated by Hainan and Fujian, a secondary industrial agglomeration area headed by Tianjin, and a tertiary industrial agglomeration area headed by Shanghai. Hainan, Tianjin and Shanghai were strong agglomeration areas for China's marine industries but the level of agglomeration had slowed down. (2) Resource endowments, potential markets, labor scale, degree of opening up and fixed asset investment had significantly improved the level of marine industry agglomeration. Lower levels of science and technology innovation constrained the development of the marine secondary industry, the lack of highly educated personnel had restricted the agglomeration of marine industries. And the development of secondary and tertiary industries was no longer dependent on traditional infrastructure. Advantageous industries should be developed according to local conditions and the scale of agglomeration be moderately controlled, marine science and technology innovation and talent team building should be accelerated to promote the agglomeration and development of marine industry.

Keywords

• marine industry
• industrial agglomeration
• location quotient