School of Public Administration, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, China.
School of Administration and Emergency Management, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Apr 21;19(9):5042. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19095042.
"Guiding Opinions on Relying on the Golden Waterway to Promote the Development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt (YREB)", the "YREB Development Policy", is a national Chinese policy aiming to promote industrial structure upgrading and high-quality development in the YREB. To test the effects of this policy, we used 2009-2019 data from 283 cities to examine whether its implementation promoted regional industrial structure upgrading. The YREB Development Policy positively impacted industrial structure advancement but scarcely benefited industrial structure rationalization. Moreover, the impacts indicated a temporary, unsustainable influence on industrial structure advancement, presenting a clear U-shaped development trend. The YREB Development Policy can more significantly improve industrial structure upgrading in cities with large populations. The effects of this policy on industrial structure upgrading in the middle and lower reaches of the YREB are almost five times that in the upper reaches. In addition, the policy more greatly impacts the tertiary industry than the primary and secondary industries, especially in the lower reaches. These findings have policy-making implications, enrich the research regarding the YREB Development Policy impacts on industrial structure upgrading, and provide an empirical reference to improve subsequent policies.
《依托黄金水道推动长江经济带发展的指导意见》（简称《长江经济带发展政策》）是中国国家政策，旨在促进长江经济带（YREB）的产业结构升级和高质量发展。为了检验该政策的效果，我们使用了 2009 年至 2019 年 283 个城市的数据，以检验其实施是否促进了区域产业结构升级。《长江经济带发展政策》对产业结构升级产生了积极影响，但对产业结构合理化的影响不大。此外，这种影响表现出对产业结构升级的暂时、不可持续的影响，呈现出明显的 U 型发展趋势。《长江经济带发展政策》可以更显著地促进人口众多城市的产业结构升级。该政策对长江经济带中下游地区产业结构升级的影响几乎是上游地区的五倍。此外，该政策对第三产业的影响大于对第一产业和第二产业的影响，尤其是在下游地区。这些发现具有政策制定意义，丰富了关于《长江经济带发展政策》对产业结构升级影响的研究，并为改善后续政策提供了经验参考。
