중국 전자산업의 산업내무역 패턴과 국별 결정요인

Patterns and Country-Specific Determinants of Intra-Industry Trade in China’s Electronics Industry

The object of this paper is to analyse the patterns and country-specific determinants of intra-industry trade(IIT) in China’s electronics industry, and to suggest the development direction of that industry in the future. In order to explain determinants of IIT we used DPCI(difference of per capita income), AGDP(Average of GDP), DGDP(Difference of GDP), FDI, DIST(distance), and FTA as explanatory variables. The results of analysis are as follows. In case of China, the trade and IIT of electronics industry is consistently getting higher since 2008. However, the level of IIT is not so high. China’s IIT is mostly vertical IIT(VIIT), and also inferior VIIT. As the results of regression analysis, the explanatory variables which are statistically significant are DIST, FDI, DGDP, and FTA. Contrary to general expectation, DPCI and AGDP are insignificant. Among four significant explanatory variables, DIST and DGDP are negatively correlated with a dependent variable(G-L index between China and each one of selected countries). FDI and FTA are positively correlated. Consequently, in order to increase the IIT of the Chinese electronics industry, China has to try to attract FDI, enter into FTAs, increase horizontal IIT, and export superior quality products through R&D investment.