Original Articles
Xuan Zhaohui, Lv Yongbo, Ni Zh
Abstract
The pharmaceutical industry is an integral part of high technology industry. Over the past decade, the average growth of sales revenue of China’s pharmaceutical industry has been the fastest among various hi-tech industries. However, there are great regional differences between 31 provincial regions in this country. On the basis of the 2002-2012 statistic data and computation methods of location Gini coefficient, this paper discovers that the location distribution of China’s pharmaceutical industry has evolved from the medium concentration to a dispersed state. Using the Shift-share Analysis, it analyzes the factors influencing the growth of pharmaceutical industries in various regions. According to the results, there are 7 regions that have brought about growth due to industry structure advantage, 6 regions that have realized growth due to competitive edge, and 5 regions that have garnered growth due to both.