SHI Xiu-mei, SUN Liang, GAO Yan-feng
Journal of Dalian Nationalities University.
2016, 18(4):
311-318.
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) has made significant contribution to China’s economic growth since its reforms and opening-up in the past three decades. Performing as the flagship of the established northeast industrial base of China, Liaoning’s economic development has been greatly promoted by absorbing FDI that has witnessed faster development in quantity, scale and development speed since its first introduction of FDI from 1979, especially from 1990’s. Dalian and Shenyang extensively outstand themselves in industrial upgrading, new technology absorption and structure adjustment. Meanwhile, regional distribution imbalance, unreasonable industrial structure and the inconspicuous technical spillover effect have exerted disadvantageous influence on Liaoning’s regional economic development. This paper analyzes the status quo of FDI in Liaoning province and the features of FDI and compares the top three areas, Jiangsu, Guangdong and Shanghai, in FDI absorption in 2014. Currently, the active introduction and rational utilization of FDI has important theoretical and realistic significance in industry transformation and upgrading, new economic growth cultivation and the deepening of win-win regional economic cooperation in the construction of “One Belt, One Road”.