산동반도 블루 이코노미 지역의 산업구조 최적화

Abstract

Establishment of the Shandong Peninsula Blue Economic Zone, the first pilot region for marine economy development in China, is a global and forward-looking proposal and has been made part of China’s national economic development strategy in January, 2011. In terms of planning the development of this Blue Economic Zone, how to optimize the industrial layout in this region and how to select the leading industries could be the critical components to the success of the blue economy. This study applies the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) and introduces a model to help solve this problem. The analysis results indicate that fishery, shipbuilding, transportation and tourism should be cultivated as the leading industries so as to accelerate development and promote other industries to upgrade as well within this region. It also indicates that economic sustainability and efficient resource utilization seems to be more important to the Chinese experts than environmental protection and the pursuit of social harmony. This will undoubtedly have significant influence and implications for the future development path of the Shandong Peninsula Blue Economic Zone and for Korean firms operating in the area as well as for potential investors.