FORMATION AND EVOLUTION OF TAIWAN CAPITAL DRIVEN AGRICULTURAL CLUSTERS IN CHINA： ENTERPRISE DERIVATION, INSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENT AND CLUSTER CLOSURE
CHEN Jia1, WEI Su-qiong2
1. College of Geography and Ocean, Minjiang University, Fuzhou 350108, China; 2. School of Geography Science, School of Carbon Neutrality Future Technology, Fujian NormalUniversity, Fuzhou 350007, China
Abstract：The evolution and development of agricultural industrial clusters is an important issue in the current agricultural development of China, and it is also a hot topic in economic geography research. Agglomeration and enterprise derivation are prominent features and decisive forces to the evolution and development of clusters. However, previous studies have mostly regarded enterprise derivation as one of the factors of cluster growth, and therefore have not fully analyze the process of enterprise derivation. Based on in-depth interviews, case studies and relevant enterprise data, taking Yongfu high mountain tea cluster in Zhangping City, Fujian province as an example, this paper firstly discusses the evolution process, types and path characteristics of enterprise derivative of Taiwan capital driven agricultural cluster, then discusses its formation, evolution and closure in combination with the changes of local institutional environment. Results show that, the evolution and development of Zhangping Yongfu high mountain tea cluster is accompanied by the collaborative evolution of enterprise derivation, institutional environment and cluster closure.
