Regional Impacts of High Speed Rail in China : Spatial Proximity and Productivity in an Emerging Economy

This paper contains an initial reconnaissance of the situation in Yunfu, prior to the NanGuang project construction. It provides a brief overview of the trajectory of economic development in Yunfu from an economy that was dominated by primary industries to that by secondary industries. The development of local transport infrastructure is reviewed, as is the more detailed structure of local industries, with special emphasis on dominant industrial sectors and the planned industrial parks. The experience of high speed rail development impact elsewhere was drawn upon to reflect on the possible regional economic outcomes that might emerge following the opening of the Nanning-Guangzhou high speed rail. The structure of and the approach to a before and after monitoring study is considered. The remainder of the paper is divided into six parts. Part two gives a brief overview of the economic development in Yunfu municipality since its establishment in 1994. Part three describes local transport links and infrastructure. Part four provides a description of the internal structure of local industries, with special emphasis on the dominant industrial sectors and the planned industrial parks. Part five discusses possible regional economic impacts associated with the forthcoming high-speed rail line and part six summarizes a proposal for the next steps.

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Main Authors:	Jin, Ying, Bullock, Richard, Fang, Wanli
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Beijing 2013-06-30
Subjects:	ACCESSIBILITY, AGGLOMERATION BENEFITS, AGGLOMERATION ECONOMIES, AGRICULTURE, ANALYTICAL APPROACH, BENCHMARK, BILATERAL TRADE, BUSINESS OPERATIONS, BUSINESS SERVICES, BUSINESSES, CAPITAL INVESTMENT, CAPITAL INVESTMENTS, CAR, CENTRAL PLANNING, CITY SIZE, COMMERCE, COMMERCIAL TRANSACTIONS, COMPETITIVENESS, CONSUMERS, COST OF CAR TRAVEL, COST OF TRAVEL, COSTS OF TRAVEL, DATA ANALYSIS, DRIVING, E-MAIL, ECONOMETRIC MODELS, ECONOMETRICS, ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES, ECONOMIC ACTIVITY, ECONOMIC BENEFITS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY, ECONOMIC GROWTH, ECONOMIC RENT, ECONOMIC RESEARCH, ECONOMIC THEORIES, ECONOMIC THEORY, ELASTICITIES, ELASTICITY, ELASTICITY VALUE, EMPLOYMENT, EXCESS SUPPLY, EXPRESSWAYS, EXTERNALITIES, FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING, FINANCIAL SERVICE, FINANCIAL SERVICES, FIXED ASSET, FOREIGN TRADE, FUEL, GDP, GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM, GROWTH MODELS, GROWTH RATE, HIGH SPEED RAIL, HIGH SPEED RAILWAYS, HIGH-SPEED RAIL, HIGHWAY, HIGHWAY CAPACITY, HIGHWAYS, IMPACT OF TRANSPORT, INCREASING RETURNS, INCREASING RETURNS TO SCALE, INFORMATION SHARING, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT, INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS, INNOVATION, INSPECTION, INTERFACE, INTERNATIONAL PORTS, INTERNATIONAL TRADE, LABOUR, LABOUR FORCE, LABOUR MARKETS, LABOUR PRODUCTIVITY, LABOUR STATISTICS, LAND USE, LARGE CITIES, MANUFACTURING, MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES, MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY, MARKET ACCESS, MARKET POTENTIAL, MATERIAL, METROPOLITAN AREAS, MIGRATION, MOBILITY, MUNICIPALITIES, NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE, NATURAL RESOURCE, NETWORK DATA, NETWORK MODEL, NETWORKS, NEW TECHNOLOGIES, OCCUPATIONS, OPEN ECONOMY, PC, PER CAPITA INCOME, PERFECT COMPETITION, PHOTO, POLITICAL ECONOMY, POSITIVE EXTERNALITIES, POSITIVE EXTERNALITY, PRIVATE INVESTMENT, PRODUCT DIFFERENTIATION, PRODUCTION FUNCTIONS, PRODUCTIVITY, PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH, PROPERTY OWNERS, RAIL COSTS, RAILWAY, RAILWAYS, REAL INCOME, REGIONAL PRODUCTIVITY, REGIONAL TRANSPORT, REGIONAL TRAVEL, RESULT, RESULTS, ROAD, ROAD INVESTMENT, ROAD LINKS, ROAD NETWORK, ROAD TRANSPORT, ROADS, ROUTES, SEARCH COSTS, SKILLED WORKERS, SOCIAL COSTS, SUPPLIERS, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, TECHNICAL ECONOMICS, TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER, TELEPHONE, TOLL, TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY, TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH, TRAFFIC, TRAFFIC CONGESTION, TRANSPORT, TRANSPORT COSTS, TRANSPORT DATA, TRANSPORT IMPROVEMENTS, TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORT INVESTMENT, TRANSPORT INVESTMENTS, TRANSPORT NETWORK, TRANSPORT PROJECTS, TRANSPORT SECTOR, TRANSPORT SERVICES, TRANSPORTATION, TRANSPORTATION COSTS, TRAVEL BEHAVIOUR, TRAVEL COSTS, TRAVEL DISTANCE, TRAVEL DISTANCES, TRAVEL PATTERNS, TRAVEL SPEEDS, TRAVEL TIME, TRAVEL TIMES, TRIP, TRIP RATE, TRIPS, TRIPS PER CAPITA, URBAN TRAVEL, USES, VERIFICATION, WAGE RATES, WAGES, WEB, WORKER PRODUCTIVITY, WORKING HOURS,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/06/20143588/regional-impacts-high-speed-rail-china-vol-2-2-spatial-proximity-productivity-emerging-economy-econometric-findings-guangdong-province-peoples-republic-china https://hdl.handle.net/10986/19989
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