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| RESEARCH ON THE STATUS AND CHANGE OF THE EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURING IN NORTHEAST CHINA |
| WU Zheng-zheng1, WU Dian-ting1, FENG Xiao-jie2 |
1. School of Geography, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China;
2. Department of Architecture, Xi'an Institute of Technology, Xi'an 710032, China |
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Abstract Northeast China is the equipment manufacturing base strongly supported by the central government, and it has established an industry system with large varieties and a considerable scale by continuous efforts over the past fifty years. It has manufactured and transported large quantities of important equipments, and is noted as "the equipment department of the republic". It has overwhelming predominance in capital-and-technology-intensive industry, such as petrol-chemical industry, steel, colored metal smelting, manufacturing of heavy machines, motorcycles, aircrafts, machine tools and automotive manufacturing, etc. After the implementation of the state policy of "reformation in the economy and opening up the door to the outside world", however, since it is unsuitable with market economic development in many fields, such as structural adjustment, ideology, operating mechanism, management system, etc, the Northeastern equipment manufacturing gradually lost in the past glory and faced with more difficult situation. The relative downturn of Northeast Chinese manufacturing and the fast rising and highly efficient growth of Yangtze River delta and Pearl River Delta contributed to the shift of the center of gravity of Chinese equipment manufacturing center from the north to the south. Northeast China Nowadays, however, it has been replaced by Yangtze River delta and Pearl River delta as the center of Chinese equipment manufacturing. Northeast China now only occupies a tiny share in a few fields such as traffic equipment manufacturing industry, etc. Though there are advantages in technological foundations, skilled personnel, etc, for Northeast China, this status-declining inclination will la st for long, Although the implementation of the plan to revitalize the equipment manufacturing base in Northeast China has brought many opportunities to the rejuvenation of the industry, it has no way of restoring the past glory. Several factors contributed to the recession, among which the structure is the foundation, the mechanism is the key, and the ideology is the root. In the rejuvenation of Northeast and the Northeastern equipment manufacturing, great importance should be attached to the leading guideline of reconstruction, and removing obstacles from the mechanism and mindset completely. Based on the statistical data, this article reveals the current characteristics of Northeast Chinese equipment manufacturing and its development trend by comparing with Yangtze River delta and Pearl River delta. Reasons of the recession are also analyzed and recommendations are finally brought forward.
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Received: 20 November 2005
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2007, Vol. 22 
