Does the Belt and Road Initiative Promote Value Chain Connection Between China and the Silk Road Countries?

doi:10.1007/s11769-021-1237-1

	Does the Belt and Road Initiative Promote Value Chain Connection Between China and the Silk Road Countries?
	Zheng Zhi 1,2,3; Liu Weidong 1,2,3; Song Zhouying 1,2,3
刊名	CHINESE GEOGRAPHICAL SCIENCE
	2021-09-15
页码	17
关键词	the Belt and Road Initiative global value chains input-output technique pattern evolution network analysis difference-indifferences based on Propensity Score Matching (PSM-DID)
ISSN号	1002-0063
DOI	10.1007/s11769-021-1237-1
通讯作者	Liu Weidong(liuwd@igsnrr.ac.cn)
英文摘要	The global value chains have become the core skeleton of the global economy. As a large-scale international cooperation initiative, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI hereafter) may have a significant impact on the global economic landscape. In this context, the spatiotemporal pattern and evolution of the value chain connection of the Silk Road countries and whether the BRI will promote the value chain connections between China and these countries are important research questions for understanding the changing global economic landscape. This paper employs input-output analysis, network analysis and difference-in-differences based on Propensity Score Matching (PSM-DID) to conduct an in-depth quantitative study of these questions. The results show that, first, the overall value chain connection between China and the Silk Road countries has been rising since 2001. From the perspective of geographical distribution, Southeast Asia is the highest value chain connection region with China, and the growth in the central and eastern Europe is the most significant, whereas the central Asia is the lowest value connection region. From the perspective of complex network analysis, China's position in the network of value flow among the Silk Road countries has been increasing continuously, and it has been in the lead position since 2008. Besides, the implementation of the BRI has had a significant positive influence on the overall value chain connection between China and the Silk Road countries, but this positive influence is limited to the central and eastern Europe region, whereas it is not significant in other regions. Finally, this paper suggests that to promote the development of value chain connection, the Silk Road countries need to develop more specific policies related to value chains. Policymakers need to be able to correctly identify the comparative advantages of the region and the types of value chains that are compatible with them and then find suitable partners and formulate targeted promotion policies.
资助项目	Priority Research Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences[XDA20080000]
WOS关键词	COMMUNITIES ; GLOBALIZATION ; GOVERNANCE
WOS研究方向	Environmental Sciences & Ecology
语种	英语
出版者	SPRINGER
WOS记录号	WOS:000696140400001
资助机构	Priority Research Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.igsnrr.ac.cn/handle/311030/165561]
专题	中国科学院地理科学与资源研究所
通讯作者	Liu Weidong
作者单位	1.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Geog Sci & Nat Resources Res, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China 2.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Geog Sci & Nat Resources Res, Key Lab Reg Sustainable Dev Modeling, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China 3.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Coll Resources & Environm, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Zheng Zhi,Liu Weidong,Song Zhouying. Does the Belt and Road Initiative Promote Value Chain Connection Between China and the Silk Road Countries?[J]. CHINESE GEOGRAPHICAL SCIENCE,2021:17.
APA	Zheng Zhi,Liu Weidong,&Song Zhouying.(2021).Does the Belt and Road Initiative Promote Value Chain Connection Between China and the Silk Road Countries?.CHINESE GEOGRAPHICAL SCIENCE,17.
MLA	Zheng Zhi,et al."Does the Belt and Road Initiative Promote Value Chain Connection Between China and the Silk Road Countries?".CHINESE GEOGRAPHICAL SCIENCE (2021):17.