Abstract：Under the background of globalization, there appears to be a close connection between intellectual property right (IPR) and international trade. Intellectual property, which is the key power in foreign trade, is an integral part of international trade, and its importance is increasing as the effective use of knowledge contributes ever more to the national economic prosperity. Therefore, the well-protected IPR will promote the foreign trade greatly. This paper aims to study on the spatial development of regional foreign trade in China from the perspective of IPR. The author compares the model of foreign trade goods between China and the developed economies which are its trade partners. The results show that (1) the percentage of the capital-intensive products and technology-intensive industries in export trade of China is much lower than that of developed economies; (2) the percentage of service trade in foreign trade of China is lower than that of the developed economies and the structure of service trade is imbalanced; (3) in China, the export of hi-tech intensive products from the eastern areas is much more than that of other areas. The author points out that because of imbalanced regional development in China, different strategies for the protection of IPR should be applied in different regions based on 2008 national IPR strategy to change the structure of foreign trade. Generally, all the regions should concentrate on (1) enhance the ability of research and development; (2) enhance the regional protection of intellectual property right; (3) improve the competitive power of self-owned brand products; (4) enhance the ability of hi-tech industrialization. Finally, the author provides solutions on IPR for eastern region and mid-western region of China. For the eastern area, the foreign trade should be changed to increase the export percentage of the products of China own brands. For mid-western area, firstly, the foreign trade scale should be extended. Then, support the academic institutes to make their research productions to market production. Furthermore, develop the IPR of traditional culture.
申屠晓娟. 基于知识产权视角下的中国区域对外贸易发展空间格局研究[J]. 人文地理, 2010, 25(2): 130-133.
SHENTU Xiao-juan. STUDY ON THE SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT OF REGIONAL FOREIGN TRADE IN CHINA FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHT. HUMAN GEOGRAPHY, 2010, 25(2): 130-133.
