Impact of Hinterland Manufacturing on the Development of Container Ports: Evidence from the Pearl River Delta, China

Container ports and hinterland manufacturing are two important forces of the local participation in economic globalization.This study,taking the Pearl River Delta(PRD),China with an export-oriented economy as an example,applies Huff and panel regres-sion models to evaluate the impact of hinterland manufacturing on the development of container ports during the period of 1993–2019.The results show that 1)the spatial patterns of hinterlands for hub ports help to determine the distribution range and scale of economic variables that affect port throughput;2)the hinterland’s gross manufacturing output has universally positive influence on port through-put,wherein export-oriented processing and the entire manufacturing industry have significantly positive impact on port throughput in 1993–2011 and 2001–2019,respectively;3)the two internal structural factors related to an export-oriented economy,labor-intensive sectors and foreign-funded terminals,have positively moderate the direct influence of hinterland manufacturing on port throughput.Our results highlight the importance of local context in understanding port-manufacturing relationship in developing economies.Based on our findings,policy implications are further proposed to enhance port network organization in PRD.

高铁对中国城市群生产性服务业集聚的影响

以中国16个城市群为案例,基于2007和2017年地级以上行政单元生产性服务业从业人员数据和铁路Origin-Destination(O-D,起讫点)旅行时间、班列数据,结合静态视角下生产性服务业集聚格局与高铁网络的空间关系分析和动态视角下的多元回归分析,探讨高铁对城市群生产性服务业集聚的影响及其空间分异。结果表明:1)高铁对生产性服务业集聚程度有积极影响,但影响效果在空间上不均衡;东部地区,尤其是珠三角、长三角和京津冀城市群受积极影响较显著,而同一城市群内,期初具有集聚优势的高铁城市为主要获益者。2)城市群经济发展水平和空间结构制约高铁影响效果,具备多中心结构的东部城市群内,普遍出现生产性服务业由核心城市向周边支撑条件良好的沿线城市相对扩散的现象。3)除时空压缩效应外,直达班列所代表的客运组织对于高铁影响力的形成具有重要作用;同时,高铁也通过城市人口集聚、市场需求扩大、信息化水平提升和地方政府积极参与的途径间接作用于生产性服务业。