Measurement of New Quality Productive Forces and Regional Spatial-temporal Differences
As a necessary requirement for high-quality development and Chinese modernization,the measurement of new quality productive forces is of great significance to understand regional differences and future development directions.In this paper,we estab-lish an index system and use panel data from 2012 to 2020 to measure the comprehensive level of new quality productive forces develop-ment.We analyze the evolution of regional disparities and find that the overall level of new quality productive forces is relatively low,with fluctuations in levels during the nurturing and maturing stages showing a"stable-rising"trend.The trends in the eastern and north-eastern regions are synchronous with national trends,while there is a significant lag effect in the central and western regions.Disparities between the eastern region and other three major regions are stark,with obvious spatial agglomeration effects indicating that the eastern region leads by a large margin.Further research reveals that innovation capability and competitiveness are key obstacles to the overall level of new quality productive forces,with heterogeneous critical obstacle factors existing due to lag effects across different regions.Cross-regional cooperation mechanisms can fully utilize spatial agglomeration effects.
new quality productive forcesindex systementropy weight TOPSIS methodobstacle degree