Research on the development and competitiveness evaluation of manufacturing industry in Yangtze River Economic Belt

Abstract

To promote the high-quality development of the Yangtze River economic belt is a major development strategy in China. As the lifeblood of the national economy, manufacturing industry is of great significance to realize the high-quality development of the Yangtze River economic belt. Based on the analysis of the overall situation of the manufacturing industry in the Yangtze River economic belt and the diamond model theory, this paper constructs an evaluation index system of manufacturing industry competitiveness with 4 first-class indexes and 16 second-class indexes, comprehensively evaluates the manufacturing industry competitiveness of each region by entropy method, and ranks the whole country. The results show that the manufacturing competitiveness of 11 provinces and cities in the Yangtze River economic belt is quite different and has obvious regional characteristics. The competitiveness of manufacturing industry in downstream regions is strong, while that in Yunnan and Guizhou provinces is weak, ranking at the bottom. Through in-depth analysis, it is found that there are some problems, such as unbalanced development, homogenization of industry, unreasonable layout of manufacturing industry. Combined with the development experience of excellent manufacturing industry and the regional characteristics of the Yangtze River economic belt, this paper proposes that we should speed up the industrial agglomeration, adhere to the innovation driven strategy, optimize the industrial layout and other ways to enhance the manufacturing competitiveness of the Yangtze River economic belt and promote the high-quality development of the Yangtze River economic belt.