Evaluation of the Business Environment and Countermeasures Research—Evidence from China's Port Cities along the Belt and Road

Abstract

Abstract: The development of port cities plays quite an important role in the high-quality development of the Belt and Road Initiative. Optimizing the business environment is an effective measure to enhance the comprehensive strength of port cities and seize the development opportunities of the Belt and Road Initiative. In this paper, 17 port cities are taken as the research object. Focusing on urban resource endowment and functional orientation, this paper redefines and quantifies the business environment of port cities, then constructs an evaluation index system of business environment from five dimensions: economic and market environment, law and policy environment, human resources and innovation environment, pollution control, and environmental governance. Based on this, the business environment scores of 17 port cities are calculated by adopting a subjective and objective combined method. In the end, the circumstances of the business environment and its temporal and spatial change trend are analyzed from the overall and individual perspectives, and relevant policy suggestions for port cities to optimize the business environment are given.

Key words: Belt and Road Initiative, business environment, port cities, index system

Liu Jiaguo, Wu Juanjuan, Wu Zhipeng. Evaluation of the Business Environment and Countermeasures Research—Evidence from China's Port Cities along the Belt and Road[J]. Management Review, 2024, 36(11): 26-37.

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