推进科技创新 促进地区发展——欧盟地区政策简析

Promote Science & Technology Innovation to Accelerate Regional Development——A Brief Digest of the Regional Policy of the European Union

经过6次扩大,欧盟目前已经拥有27个成员国,其各个成员国的不同的发展状态和经济发展水平,加剧了整个欧盟层面上区域发展的不平衡状况。为了缩小其成员国以及地区间的经济差距,增强其社会凝聚力,进一步推进经济、政治一体化,欧盟制定并推行了一系列的旨在缩小地区差距以确保各成员国经济社会能够相对均衡、协调发展的地区政策。多年的实践使得欧盟在地区发展领域积累了丰富的经验,也在促进其成员国,特别是经济较为落后的成员国经济和社会发展方面取得了相当的成绩。本文试图对欧盟的地区政策,特别是其通过科技创新为地区发展所作的努力作一剖析,希望读者有所收益。

The European Union, with 27 member states after 6 enlargements, encounters intensifying challenges of imbalances in regional development due to the different levels of economic and social development of its member states. To narrow these gaps of developments, to strengthen its social cohesion and to enhance its economic and political integration, the European Union has formulated and implemented a series of regional policy aiming at a relatively balanced and coordinated economic and social development of its members states and regions. Through many years of practices, the EU has accumulated plentiful experiences in this respect. This article attempts to present a brief digest of the EU＇ s Regional Policy, especially its efforts in promoting regional development through science ＆ technology innovation, and hopes that our readers will benefit from reading it.