省域视角下南通市城市竞争力分析与对策研究

Analysis and Strategy Research on the Urban Competitiveness of Nantong City from a Provincial Perspective

城市竞争力是衡量一个城市发展状况的重要指标,竞争力愈强则意味着该城市的发展愈昌盛。本文以江苏省南通市为研究对象,基于2017~2022年江苏统计年鉴和各市统计年鉴的数据,从人口与劳动力状况、经济水平、基础设施水平、科技创新与教育水平、开放能力和资源环境状况六个维度构建城市竞争力评价指标体系,运用因子分析法,对近六年南通市城市竞争力水平变化进行分析。研究结果显示:南通市的城市竞争力在整个江苏省处于中上水平,但在苏南几个城市中处于落后地位。基于以上发现,本文提出南通市应发挥沿江又沿海的地理位置优势,促进经济大力发展;增强与竞争优势城市的合作,加强其辐射带动作用;大力发展教育事业,加速城市人才集聚;加强企业数字化转型,推动产业结构优化升级;推进城市绿色发展,维护长江与海洋健康的提升策略。Urban competitiveness is an important indicator for measuring the development status of a city, and the stronger the competitiveness, the more prosperous the development of the city. This article takes Nantong City, Jiangsu Province as the research object. Based on the data from the 2017~2022 Jiangsu Statistical Yearbook and various city statistical yearbooks, a city competitiveness evaluation index system is constructed from six dimensions: population and labor situation, economic level, infrastructure level, scientific and technological innovation and education level, openness and resource environment status. Factor analysis method is used to analyze the changes in the city competitiveness level of Nantong City in the past six years. The research results show that the urban competitiveness of Nantong City is at a medium to high level in the entire Jiangsu Province, but it is in a backward position among several cities in southern Jiangsu. Based on the above findings, this article proposes that Nantong should leverage its geographical advantages along the Yangtze River and along the coast to promote strong economic development;enhance cooperation with cities with competitive advantages and enhance their radiating and driving role;vigorously develop education and accelerate the gathering of urban talents;strengthen the digital transformation of enterprises and promote the optimization and upgrading of industrial structure;promote green development in cities and enhance strategies for maintaining the health of the Yangtze River and oceans.