Characteristics and influencing factors of investment facilitation level in China's overseas free economic zones  

中国海外自由经济区投资便利化水平的特征及影响因素

作　　者：LIU Kai WANG Xingping 刘凯;王兴平

机构地区：[1]School of Architecture,Southeast University,Nanjing 210096,China [2]Department of Geography,McGill University,Montreal H3A oB9,Canada

出　　处：《Journal of Geographical Sciences》2024年第10期2028-2052,共25页地理学报（英文版）

基　　金：Key Program of the National Social Science Fund of China,No.22AZD052。

摘　　要：High-level investment facilitation is crucial for China's overseas free economic zones(COFEZs)to attract and retain investment,mitigate business interruption risks,and foster a virtuous cycle.While research on investment facilitation in COFEZs has mainly focused on summarizing and examining the investment facilitation measures adopted by typical national-level examples of COFEZs,relatively little attention has been paid to investigating the overall level and general problems of investment facilitation across COFEZs.This study expands the scope of case investigations by taking 60 COFEZs as samples.It constructs a comprehensive evaluation indicator system which includes four dimensions:industrial infrastructure,social infrastructure,business support services,and seamless administrative supervision.By employing content analysis and regression analysis,this study identifies the characteristics and influencing factors of investment facilitation level in COFEZs.The results show that the overall level of investment facilitation in COFEZs is currently low.Specifically,COFEZs exhibit higher levels of investment facilitation in processing and manufacturing types and in Europe,while those in trade and logistics types and in Africa are relatively poor.Industrial infrastructure and business support services contribute more significantly to the overall scores of investment facilitation in COFEZs compared to social infrastructure and seamless administrative supervision.The investment facilitation level in COFEZs is essentially the result of a series of behaviors by developers and host governments,and it is affected by a combination of developers'perceptions of investment facilitation and the social environment in which developers and host governments promote investment facilitation.This study offers a new perspective on understanding COFEZs and contributes to the sustainable development of COFEZs.

关 键 词：overseas free economic zone investment facilitation influencing factor content analysis Belt and Road Initiative 

分 类 号：F752[经济管理—国际贸易] F832.6[经济管理—产业经济]