Optimization Strategies for Managing Industrial Blocks in Guangzhou from the Perspective of New Economic Geography
LI Mengyue
CHEN Danyang
LI Yang
Abstract：Industrial blocks are the spatial bottom-line of manufacturing development and an important governance tool to ensure the space for New Quality Productive Forces(NQPF).Their management has a direct impact on the allocation of industrial resources and spatial efficiency.As the earliest city in China to delineate industrial blocks,Guangzhou has achieved outstanding results in management and has built the"1+1+N"industrial land management system framework.The block size increased from 621 to 623 square kilometers,and the industrial land area in the block increased from 328.1 to 390.4 square kilometers.The proportion of industrial land in the block increased to 62.7％.
This study introduced the"economy-space"interaction perspective of new economic geography to uncover changes in the"economy-space"logic of industrial block management following the development of NQPF.The changes include improved policy leadership,stronger innovation drivers,and a greater guarantee of talent elements.Accordingly,industrial block management in Guangzhou faces three major challenges:(1)for policy guidance,an ineffective transmission from urban industrial strategic intentions to industrial blocks.(2)for innovation drivers,a contradiction between the rigidity of block management and the flexibility of NQPF.(3)for talent guarantee,the need to support facilities to meet the demand for innovative talents.
To address the above challenges,this study proposed three optimization strategies:(1)For spatial guidance,a hierarchical spatial guidance system of"industrial functional zone-industrial block-industrial plot"should be established,and a differentiated development of the economic strategy"one district,one main business"should be implemented.Industrial functional zones implement macro strategic intentions to protect the leading industrial areas.Industrial blocks have shifted from space guarantee areas to preferential policy areas.At the level of industrial plots,performance was evaluated,and differentiated policies were adopted.(2)For block management,the flexibility of elastic adaptive industrial upgrading and transformation was increased appropriately,for example,the addition of special policy areas outside the block to improve the elasticity of the block,explore policies in the transition period to improve planning elasticity,improve land-use elasticity through multi-purpose mixed industrial land uses,build an investment-friendly industrial platform to improve supply elasticity,and realize collaborative supervision of land and industry based on a biprotocol.(3)It promoted the deep integration of"production,urbanization,and innovation"and explored the transformation from industrial zones to industrial communities.Through coordination inside and outside the block,a three-circle industry-city integration system comprising"industrial service circle,service integration circle,and service radiation circle"was established to strengthen responses to demands through pre-operation and realize precise supply.The construction needs of supporting facilities should be included in the land transfer contract to achieve successful construction.
Keywords：industrial blocksindustrial control lineGuangzhounew economic geography
Publication Date：2025-09-30
Online Publishing Date：2025-10-20(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：11( 11-21 )