NEW FEATURES AND NEW PATTERNS OF THE ECONOMIC RADIATION OF KUNMING CITY TO ITS SURROUNDING AREA
Keywords:
Central Yunnan Urban Agglomeration, Economic radiation pattern, Regional economic activity, Regional economic developmentAbstract
Kunming is the capital of Yunnan Province, a Southwest Frontier Province in China. It is also one of the most important central cities in the southwestern frontier region of China. The Central Yunnan Urban Agglomeration plays an important role in the economic development of Southwest China and East Asia. In recent years, the situation of Kunming to its surrounding radiation areas shows some new features and patterns. Based on the panel data of cities and counties in the urban agglomerations in central Yunnan from 2015 to 2019, this paper uses spatial econometrics method to research the radiation pattern of Kunming, which is the central city of Central Yunnan Urban Agglomeration to its surrounding economic circle. The results show that unlike previous observations, the radiation pattern of Kunming to the central Yunnan region is dominated by the "regurgitation-feeding" effect, and the collaborative development effect of urban agglomerations has started to emerge.References
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