The Spatial Pattern of Economy in Coastal Area of China

This paper applied the methods of standard distance and standard deviation ellipse to project and visualize the spatial pattern of economy in coastal area of China from 2003 to 2011.The results are showed that the spatial gravity center of the economy in coastal area in China is moving westward with the trend of spatial expanding;the role of agglomeration economy generated by domestic market is enhancing;the economic impact of Yangtze River Delta region and the major cities in Shandong Province on coastal areas is weakened while that in the Beijing-Tianjin region and Pearl River Delta region is enhanced;the changes of the spatial economic pattern in coastal area of China are playing a significant role in influencing the national economy pattern.