Geographical Research, Volume. 39, Issue 3, 539(2020)
It is a new field of international trade and industrial specialization research with the perspective of value added creation and flow, to observe manufacturing regional network and value chain. The effect of each country in the manufacturing regional value chain participation is a black box that needs to be explored, especially the regulation of the value chain participation on the optimal allocation of various economies and their production factors. The paper constructs quantitative indicators such as regional value chain participation index, industrial evolution index, industrial competitiveness index, and regional value chain participation degree order. Based on the latest statistical data of TiVA database jointly released by OECD and WTO, the paper analyzes the participation characteristics and coupling relationship of China, Japan and South Korea in the ASEAN manufacturing value chain, using an analysis framework of participation-adaptation-competitiveness, with the method of time series statistics and horizontal comparison. The research shows that: (1)The contribution of China, Japan and South Korea to the ASEAN manufacturing value chain has increased to 47%, which is the main player and actual leader of the regional value chain. Among them, China experienced three development periods of 1995-2001, 2002-2007, and 2008-2015, and has surpassed South Korea and Japan to become the first participating countries. (2) The industrial structure of the three countries participating in the regional value chain has been adjusted during the same period. China conforms to the general law of the gradient of industrial evolution and deconstructs the so-called East Asian “goose line model”, but it still needs to be optimized in terms of structural rationality. Japan and South Korea have reversed the trend toward medium-low-tech industries, which is more in line with market demand. (3) The industrial competitiveness of the three countries and their spatial pattern have resulted in a phased succession. At present, China, Japan and South Korea each have advantages in high-tech industries, medium-high-tech industries and medium-low-tech industries, and have developed three types of industrial interaction, such as spatial intersection, partial overlap and monopoly in the ASEAN region. This is closely related to the manufacturing capacity of each country and its development stage, and is also affected by the growth of regional value chain demand and participating countries’ competitive relationship.
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Zheng LI, Youde WU, Yahui LIAO, Pingping HU.
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Received: Feb. 27, 2019
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Published Online: Oct. 17, 2020
The Author Email: WU Youde (youdewu@sina.com)