Provincial-level New Quality Productive Forces in China:Evaluation,Spatial Pattern and Evolution Characteristics
Accelerating the formation and development of new quality productive forces is an inevitable requirement for social and economic development.This paper constructs a comprehensive index system of the new quality productive forces(NQPF)from two dimensions:the realistic basis and the realistic performance of the NQPF.It determines the weights of the indexes using the projection tracing model optimized by genetic algorithm,measures the NQPF level in 30 provincial-level regions of China from 2013 to 2022,and analyzes the spatial pattern and evolution characteristics of provincial-level NQPF in China over the past decade using the methods of Dagum-Gini coefficient,Kernel's density estimation,Moran's I,gravitational model and so on.The results show that:1)The level of China's provincial-level NQPF shows the characteristic of gradient development which is higher in the east of China and lower in the west of China.2)The level of NQPF is increasing across regions,while the differences are gradually decreasing.The spatial pattern between provincial-level regions shows the characteristics of"low-high"and"high-low"agglomeration.3)The intensity of gravitational correlation between provincial-level regions is becoming more complicated and dense,and is roughly proportional to the level of NQPF.The research holds great practical significance for improving the NQPF level and promoting high-quality economic development.
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