Analysis on influenting factors and characteristics of spatial disparity in Chinese service industry
中国服务业空间差异的影响因素与空间分异特征

In an information-oriented economy, service industry becomes more and more significant in social and economic development. Since the implementation of the reform and opening up policy started in 1978, service industry has developed rapidly in China. But the growth of Chinese service industry is characterized by regional disequilibrium. Based on correlative analysis and regression analysis, the factors influencing regional disequilibrium of Chinese service industrial development are explored. Furthermore, this paper studies the inter-regional, intra-regional and inter-provincial disparities of Chinese service industry development by Theil coefficient and cluster analysis. The following conclusions are drawn. Firstly, per capita GDP, urbanization level, market scale, level of transportation and telecommunication, economic globalization and human resource are the six major factors affecting Chinese service industrial development. Especially, the levels of per capita GDP and urbanization are the main elements promoting the Chinese service industrial growth. Secondly, using cluster analysis method, the interprovincial service industry development can be divided into five ranks in the geographical space. Stability dominates the evolution of spatial structure of Chinese service industrial development. But intra-provincial disparity of service industrial development is significant. Thirdly, regional disparity in Chinese service industrial development has become more and more obvious at a higher speed since the 1990s. Intra-region disparity, especially disparity in eastern China, is the main contributor to the regional disparity. It is thus necessary to promote the overall and balanced development of Chinese service industry bewteen different regions.