Measurements of Differences and Variability on Regional Industrial Development Environment: An Empirical Analysis Based on the Provincial Data during the Eleventh Five-Year Period

In order to carry out the regional development strategy during the Twelfth Five-Year Period,we must make a careful study of the regional differences and variability of environment during the Eleventh Five-Year Period.This paper analyzes the particularities of regional development environment and establishes an index system to measure differences and variability on regional development environment from the following five aspects,such as of production,demand conditions,related and supporting industries,industrial and government action.According to the development data of 31 provinces(cities,regions) in China during the Eleventh Five-Year Period,the weight of each component is worked out by entropy method and differences and variability on the regional development environment are studied by the cluster analysis.The result shows that during the Eleventh Five-Year Period,series of policies to promote the coordinated development of all regions have achieved some results.However the pattern of regional economic imbalance doesn't change significantly.Meanwhile and industrial are the dominant factors that make the characteristics of regional development environment change greatly.So creating favorable demand conditions and optimizing structure should be considered as the focus of policies to coordinate the development in question among the region.