Contemporary Finance & Economics ›› 2024, Vol. 0 ›› Issue (10): 123-140.

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Research on the Measurement, Spatial Differentiation and Convergence of the Modernization Level of China’s Cultural Industry Chain

WEI He-qing, HU Shi-zhong, WU Lei   

  1. Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics, Nanchang 330013, China
  • Received:2023-08-22 Revised:2024-09-18 Online:2024-10-15 Published:2024-10-16

Abstract: Improving the modernization level of the cultural industry chain has become an important measure to promote the transformation and upgrading of China’s cultural industry and build a cultural power. By scientifically defining the connotation of the modernization of the cultural industry chain, refining the core elements of the modernization of the cultural industry chain, measuring the modernization level of the national and provincial cultural industry chain from 2012 to 2021, this paper explores the spatial differentiation and convergence of the modernization level of the cultural industry chain by using the methods of kernel density estimation, Dagum gini coefficient and convergence model. The findings show that: firstly, during the observation period, the modernization level of the national cultural industry chain generally presents a fluctuating upward trend, and the regional differences in the modernization level of the cultural industry chain shows a narrowing trend. Secondly, there is a phenomenon of “club convergence” in the modernization level of provincial cultural industry chain during the observation period, and it is difficult for low-level areas to achieve a transition to a higher development type because there exists a spatial crowding out effect during the convergence procedure. Thirdly, the modernization level of the national cultural industry chain has significantly converged during the observation period. According to the research conclusion, we should further enhance the innovation efficiency of the national cultural industry chain, strengthen the research and development of the core technology of the cultural industry, further expand the market scale of digital cultural products and the cardinal number of cultural enterprises in the northeast and western regions, optimize the spatial layout of the national cultural resource elements, and guide the benign and coordinated development of the modernization of the regional cultural industry chain.

Key words: modernization of cultural industry chain, regional development, spatial differentiation, convergence

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