›› 2019, Vol. 31 ›› Issue (6): 1012-1020.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1004-1524.2019.06.20

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Evaluation of China’s agricultural modernization and evolution of its spatial pattern

WEI Suhao1, LIU Yingran1, GAO Yanlei1, ZONG Gang2, *   

  1. 1. School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, Renmin University of China, Beijing 100872, China;
    2. School of Economics and Management, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China
  • Received:2019-03-27 Online:2019-06-25 Published:2019-06-26

Abstract: The evaluation index system of agricultural modernization was constructed from three dimensions of input, output and production services. Based on the provincial panel data from 2000 to 2016, the temporal and spatial evolution law and spatial spillover effect of agricultural modernization in China were empirically analyzed by using the method of entropy weight. It was shown that from 2000 to 2016, China’s overall level of agricultural modernization development showed an upward trend, and exhibited the characteristics of spatial differentiation of high in east, low in west, high in north and low in south. It was divided into high-value areas with the Huang-Huai-Hai Plain as the core and low-value areas with the southwest mountainous areas as the core. There were significant spatial agglomeration trends and positive spatial spillover effects in agricultural modernization. The local spatial agglomeration mode was dominated by high-high and low-low. The government should formulate strategies to improve the development level of agricultural modernization in different areas, focus on promoting the level of agricultural modernization in mountainous areas, and give full play to the spatial spillover and radiation-driven effect.

Key words: agricultural modernization, evaluation index, spatial pattern

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