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| Article name |
Economic Assessment of the Sustainable Development of China’s Industrial Clusters |
| Authors |
Go Lingyu .. postgraduate, Management department, golinyu@rambler.ru |
| Bibliographic description |
Go Lingyu. Economic Assessment of the Sustainable Development of China’s Industrial Clusters // Transbaikal State University Journal. 2025. Vol. 31, no. 1. P. 72–85. DOI: 10.21209/2227-9245-2025-31-1-72-85 |
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Economy |
| DOI |
338.22.021.4 |
| DOI |
10.21209/2227-9245-2025-31-1-72-85 |
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Original article |
| Annotation |
Industrial clusters are a key organizational form of spatial economic activity and recognized as an effective strategy for increasing competitiveness both at the national and regional levels in various countries, in particular in China. However, many clusters fail to achieve their sustainable development goals in the face of geopolitical challenges. Therefore, it becomes urgent to find ways to assess sustainable development. The object of the study is China’s industrial clusters. The purpose of the study is to analyze and evaluate the activities of industrial clusters in China, identify problems and search for promising areas within the framework of sustainable development. Achieving this goal involves solving the following tasks: to analyze the global experience in implementing the cluster model; to study the functioning of clusters in China; to identify problems that slow down the sustainable development of industrial clusters in China; to develop a model for assessing sustainable development in industrial clusters in China; to propose promising areas for the sustainable development of industrial clusters in China; to develop a methodology for assessing the effectiveness of sustainable development using the example of industrial clusters in China. The conducted research used the method of expert assessments, systematic and logical analysis of economic phenomena, methods of comparative analysis, economic and mathematical modeling. The problems in the activities of China’s industrial clusters identified, consisting in a slowdown in growth, a decrease in innovation potential and a well-established spatial structure. The directions of supporting the sustainable development of industrial clusters proposed, which include digitalization, the creation of eco-friendly parks, as well as active cooperation with research institutes and educational institutions. As an assessment of the proposed measures effectiveness, a hierarchy analysis method proposed that allows comparing different solutions for the sustainable development of industrial clusters in China. The result is that the primary evaluation indicator is the return on investment in digital technologies. In order to assess the promising areas of sustainable development of industrial clusters, their digital transformation is becoming important.
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| Key words |
industrial cluster, ecosystems, sustainable development, agglomeration zone, innovation potential, digital transformation, industrial symbiosis, green transformation, competitive advantages, geographical concentration
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