A great leap forward:how to choose strategies and policies to promote the Chinese service industry

The development level of the service industry is an important indicator to measure the level of economic and social development and the optimization of the economic structure.As the status of the service industry in the Chinese economy is increasing,it is playing a more important role in boosting economic growth,promoting employment and adjusting the economic structure.China is facing an unprecedented opportunity to develop its service industry.There is vast potential for the future development of producer services,consumer services,and new service industries.Development of a modern service industry should be oriented toward strategies to foster industrial convergence and industrial clustering,boosting creativity and openness.The authorities need to abolish over-regulations on finance,taxation,investment,land and talents,facilitating the development of service industry.

生产性服务业集聚对PM2.5的影响——以黄河流域为例

Regional and persistent PM_(2.5) pollution seriously undermines the development of urban ecological civilizations and the advancement of high-quality economies.The producer service sector,an example of a typical knowledge-intensive service industry,plays an important role in advancing the manufacturing industry and fostering economic growth while concurrently improving urban environmental conditions.Based on panel data of prefecture-level cities in the Yellow River Basin from 2006 to 2019,this study constructed a Spatial Durbin Model and a mediation effect model to comprehensively explore the impact of producer services agglomeration on PM_(2.5) pollution.The main conclusions are as follows:(1)From 2006 to 2019,PM_(2.5) pollution in the study area exhibited an initial rise followed by a subsequent decline,with notable spatial heterogeneity.PM_(2.5) pollution in the lower reaches of the Yellow River was significantly higher than in the middle and upper reaches.In addition,the spatial pattern of producer services agglomeration showed distinct “core-edge” characteristics.(2) The agglomeration of producer services had a significant negative impact on local and adjacent PM_(2.5) pollution,and there was a more pronounced haze reduction effect in the case of specialized agglomerations of producer services and low-end producer services.(3) The agglomeration of producer services indirectly improved PM_(2.5) pollution by promoting technological innovation and optimizing industrial structure,with the latter playing a greater mediating effect.This study not only helps expand the theoretical and empirical research on producer services agglomeration but also offers valuable insights for pursuing a green transformation of the Yellow River Basin by optimizing industrial patterns through the producer services sector.This approach represents a reference for curbing PM_(2.5) pollution and guiding the region toward a greener future.