Research on the Development of Consumption Centers in China under the Context of Urban Agglomerations
Consumer centers and urban agglomerations are important regional development targets in China,with close connections and strong interaction between the two.The introduction of the concept of consumer center can provide a new perspective for the study of existing urban agglomerations.As a consumption(center)urban agglomeration,urban agglomerations can promote the great development of regional consumption economy,reflecting the characteristics of differentiated consumption nature,diversified consumption forms,hierarchical consumption level,universal consumption content,centralized consumption,strong consumption connectivity,high consumption integrity,and high consumer cultural identity.It has multiple mechanisms such as constructing macro consumption scenarios through consumption agglomeration,gathering more consumption momentum through consumption centralization,enhancing regional consumption development levels through consumption polarization,and integrating consumption to form regional consumption competitiveness.Quantitative analysis based on entropy method,Dagum Gini coefficient and its decomposition method,and Kernel estimation method shows that the overall development level of consumption centers in each urban agglomeration is showing a stable upward trend,but there are significant differences in the development of different urban agglomerations.The overall trend of the Gini coefficient is relatively flat,even showing a slow decline.We need to strengthen the construction of institutional mechanisms and promote the development of urban agglomerations through the construction of(international)consumer centers(cities).
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