Structural Upgrade of China's Commodity Trade during 1987-2014

作     者：Liu Zuanshi Zhang Juan 刘钻石;张娟

作者机构：School of Business East China University of Science & Technology (ECUST) Institute of International Business Shanghai University of International Business and Economics (SUIBE) 

出 版 物：《China Economist》 (中国经济学人（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2018年第13卷第5期

页      面：99-115页

学科分类：02[经济学] 0202[经济学-应用经济学] 020206[经济学-国际贸易学] 

基　　金：supported by Shanghai Municipal Philosophical and Social Science Planning General Program(2017BJL005) 

主　　题：trade structure commodity categories technical level quality level 

摘      要：This paper investigates the structural upgrade of China s commodity trade over the past two decades from the perspectives of commodity categories, technical value-added and quality level. Based on the analysis of commodity categories, technical value-added and quality, this paper arrives at the following findings: High technology manufactures accounted for a growing share of China s commodity export, the overall technical level of Chinese exports significantly upgraded, and most of Chinese commodities upgraded from low quality to medium-and high-quality levels. As can be seen from the structure of China s bilateral trade with its five major trading partners, China s exporting goods remained inferior to importing goods in terms of technology and quality despite their quality upgrades.