An Investigation into the Relationship Between Transportation Network and Economic Agglomeration

This paper mainly studies the influence of the transportation network on economic agglomeration. This paper first discusses the mechanism of inter-regional accessibility's influence on labor mobility and regional economic potential and further analyses its heterogeneity. Several factors have contributed to the improvement of inter-regional access in the study, according to the research, as a result of the development of transportation networks. As a result of the enhanced access to the transportation network, the trends of labor mobility from underdeveloped western and central regions to developed eastern regions are understandable. Meanwhile, it also improves the regional economic potential and promotes the process of regional urbanization. It is well known that over the last two to three decades, China has developed a rapidly growing network of transportation, and the interregional connectivity has improved significantly. Consequently, some labor-intensive industries have been transferred from the developed eastern regions to the less developed western and central regions in order for those regions to upgrade their own industrial structure. At the same time, undertaking industrial transfer will also help underdeveloped areas in central and western China evolve from agricultural peripheries to manufacturing centers. This paper provides a basis for effective economic development across the country by coordination regional economic development and promoting high-quality development of the Chinese economy, as it provides a basis for efficient economic development in the Chinese region.