By Yang Weifu, Liu Yu, Li Yaokun, Zhang Xiaolu, Wang Heng & Zhao Jie, Research Team on “The Development Strategies of Industrial Parks in the New Era”, Institute of Public Administration and Human Resources, DRC

Research Report, Special Issue, No.3, 2019 (Total 1631) 2019-1-23

Abstract: The industrial parks in Hohhot city are witnessing swift development through the transformation of drivers. In the new era, industrial parks need to thoroughly review their development environment and take into full account of their own growth potential as well as the industrial development both at home and abroad. After giving a brief introduction to the status-quo of the city’s industrial development from six aspects, this paper makes a quantitative evaluation on the respective competitiveness of traditional advantageous industries and strategic emerging industries, and narrows down to the following main conclusions. First, the current top six advantageous industries in the city enjoy a sound development performance and emerging industries are gaining momentum for fast growth. Second, different industries have their respective influence based on corresponding industrial parks, which are differed in development degree to some extent. Third, Hohhot city’s advantageous industries are relatively competitive compared to some other regions. Fourth, there is room for further improvement of the competitiveness of the city’s emerging industries. It is hoped that the above-mentioned conclusions could provide useful policy-making references and research support for the industrial options and spatial layout of industrial parks in the city.

Key words: industrial parks, traditional advantageous industries, emerging industries, competitiveness