关键词: 装备制造业, 全要素生产训练有素, OP法, LP法, 聚类分析

Abstract: This paper discussed the regional disparities, influencing factors, and high-level strategy of China’s equipment manufacturing industry based on the total factor productivity (TFP). The OP and LP methods were used to measure the regional TFP values, of which the OP method appeared to have a better applicability. The result showed that there existed regional disparities and the TFP of enterprises in the eastern region was the highest while that in the western region was the lowest, which was consistent with the social and economic conditions. Besides, the highest TFP growth rate in the West and the lowest in the East indicated that the TFP began to show convergence. Two methods were adopted in provincial classification. One was to classify according to the location, and the other was to classify by conducting cluster analysis using the TFP value as the independent variable. The random effect model was adopted to estimate the coefficients of influencing factors of two different classifications, and the cluster classification proved to be more reasonable. The regression analysis of influencing factors showed that TFP has a positive relationship with enterprise scale, research and development expenses, employee education expenses, subsidy income and export, and a negative relationship with the proportion of state-owned assets, but there are large regional differences. Based on the above empirical results, this paper discussed the development path of China’s high-level equipment manufacturing industry and the policy design at national and regional levels in detail.

Key words: equipment manufacturing industry, total factor productivity （TFP）, OP method, LP method, cluster analysis