Abstract

Regional economic pattern in China is transforming from single growth pole that coastal area is the only driving force of economic growth, to multi growth poles that eastern, central and western regions promote the economic development collectively, indicating that regional economic development in China has reached the new stage of synergistic development with the endogenous growth mechanism of mutualism and win-win cooperation. It brings new subject for academic research and shows the great significance of evaluating the regional economic synergistic development status, finding the present problems, discussing the driving mechanism, developing modes, operating mechanism and building support system of regional economic synergistic development in China. Therefore, centering on dynamic evaluation, driving mechanism discussion and developing modes selection, this book tries to build theoretical research framework of regional economic synergistic development. Then, based on the dynamic evolution characteristics and problems revealed in the dynamic evaluation, spatial differentiation analysis and driving mechanism discussion, this book gives political suggestions to promote regional economic synergistic development creatively, aiming at providing theoretical support and reference for government policy making. Around these objects, following researches are taken：

Analyze the basic theories of regional economic synergistic development. Regional economic synergistic development refers to regional economy developing from disordered to ordered, from primary stage to advanced stage and forming endogenous growth mechanism of mutualism and win-win cooperation, based on the synergistic symbiosis of inter-regional and intra-regional economy. Mainly, this part explains the basic theories of regional economic synergistic development from Dissipative Structure theory and Synergetics. Regional eco nomic synergistic development has four dissipative structure characteristics:system opening, non-equilibrium condition, non-linear relationship and fluctuation. Moreover, there exists an invisible hand, called order parameter, controlling the economic activities of each region in regional economic synergistic development. It decides the evolution path of regional economy. Following this law enables sub-regions to realize self-organization and improve regional structure. Also, Symbiosis theory, Regional division and cooperation theory provide theoretical support for regional economic synergistic development as well.

Dynamically evaluate regional economic synergistic development and the spatial differentiation in China. First, evaluation criteria and index system of regional economic synergistic development are established from two aspects:influencing factors and expressive characteristics. Improved DEA method is used to analyze the status of regional economic synergistic development by stages and compare different spatial scales from 1993-2012. Results show: China is on the pre-intermediate level of regional economic synergistic development and the performance in the second stage（2003-2012）is better than that in the first stage（1993-2002）; the gap of regional economic synergistic development among 29 provinces has been enlarged; there exists significant gradient difference in eastern, central and western regions; eastern-central, easternwestern and intra-eastern disparities have increased in the last two decades but declined recently; intra-western and intra-central disparities have decreased. Second, GeoDa software and Moran's I index are used to analyze the spatial differentiation of regional economic synergistic development. Results show: the spatial distribution pattern of regional economic synergistic development in eastern, central and western regions is successive decreased pattern; Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei, Yangtze River Delta and Pearl River Delta are in the first cascade while central and western regions are mostly in the second and third cascade, except several provinces; there is significant spatial autocorrelation and positive space effect of regional economic synergistic development; positive autocorrelation cluster among regions with high regional economic synergistic development level has been intensified, so as the regions with low regional eco nomic synergistic development level.

Analyze the driving mechanism of regional economic synergistic development in China through theoretical and empirical approaches. Theoretical analysis: this part explains how the three driving forces (regional comparative advantage, regional economic relation, regional industrial division) and the synergistic effects between every two driving forces promote regional economy from disordered to ordered and from primary stage to advanced stage. Empirical analysis: Haken model is used to analyze the driving mechanism of regional economic synergistic development by stages from 1992-2011, aiming to recognize the order parameter and evaluating the system state. Results show: the driving mechanism of regional economic synergistic development has changed from regional comparative advantage (RCA) single order parameter driving mechanism to regional comparative advantage and regional industrial division (RCA&RID) multi order parameters driving mechanism; coefficients changes reflect improved synergistic development environment with intensified regional economic relation and improved local protectionism; regional economic synergistic development in China has risen from primary level to intermediate level.

Explain the developing modes of regional economic synergistic development. Regional disparities and spatial differentiation of regional economic synergistic development in China indicates diversified and different developing modes. There are four developing modes: center-hinterland mode, enclave mode, adjacent province mode and cities within province mode. This part explains the theoretical basis, general conditions, main approaches, practical strategy and classic cases of each developing mode of regional economic synergistic development.

Build operating mechanism of regional economic synergistic development. First, dynamic mechanism, coordination mechanism, decision mechanism, regulatory mechanism, integration mechanism and incentive mechanism are six general operating mechanisms of regional economic synergistic development. They have interactive effects and different specific effects under different developing modes. Second, different developing modes should build different main operating mechanisms. Center-hinterland mode should build linkage mechanism, coordination mechanism and integration mechanism; enclave mode should build integration mechanism, coordination mechanism, mutual benefit mechanism and dynamic mechanism; adjacent province mode should build dynamic mechanism, organization mechanism, integration mechanism and mutual benefit mechanism; cities within province mode should build organization and coordination mechanism, linkage mechanism and integration mechanism.

Give suggestions on institutional innovation and support policy to promote regional economic synergistic development in China. First, this part analyzes main problems of regional economic synergistic development in China, such as serious regional economic disparities, regional benefit segmentation, lacking institution and policy for regional economic synergistic development. They all have different characteristics and influences. Second, institutional innovation of regional economic synergistic development includes deepening economic structure reform based on better handling the relation between government and market; eastern, central and western regions should build different paid resource usage mechanism and ecological compensation system; improve talents training institution; build inter-regional organization and coordination mechanism. Third, support policy of regional economic synergistic development includes finance and taxation policy, open cooperation policy, regional synergistic development policy and industrial synergistic development policy.

Keywords: Regional Economy; Synergistic Development; Dynamic Evaluation; Driving Mechanism; Haken model