Journal of East China Normal University(Natural Sc ›› 2016, Vol. 2016 ›› Issue (3): 115-124.doi: 2016.03.013

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Spatial evolution of science and technology innovation gravity center and its factors in China from 1996 to 2012: An analysis based on provincial data

 LI  Heng, DU  De-Bin, XIAO  Gang   

  • Received:2015-06-23 Online:2016-05-25 Published:2016-09-22

Abstract: Regional science and technology (ST) innovation capacity plays an increasingly important role in regional socioeconomic development. On the base of current research, we introduced gravity center model to the regional differences research of China ST innovation and work out ST innovation gravity center and its evolution characteristics in the period of 1996-2012. We summarize the main factors which drive the evolution of ST innovation gravity center by comparative analysis and quantitative study. The results are showed as follows. The ST innovation gravity center has been moving quickly to the southeast direction in the past 16 years, and departure increasingly from the geometric center of China. There is a strong correlation between ST innovation gravity center and economic gravity center and Hi-tech Industry gravity center and RD investment gravity center. The main driving factors of China ST innovation gravity center movement consist of economic structure and growth mode,agglomeration of ST resources and ST innovation environment.

Key words: ST innovation capacity, ST innovation gravity center, regional differences, comparative analysis, driving mechanism

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