Research on Evaluation of the Collaborative Development of Urban Science and Technology Innovation Corridors Driven by "Industry-City-Innovation": Taking the Xiamen-Quanzhou Science and Technology Innovation Corridor as an Example

• Published in: Cheng shi gui hua. Vol. 33; no. 1; pp. 34 - 46
• Main Authors: Ruoxi, Zhang, Yijing, Luo, Lemin, Zhang, Ruru, Wang, Quhang, Wu
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Beijing Urban Planning Society of China 01.03.2024
• Subjects: Cities; Collaboration; Cooperation; Coordination; Correlation analysis; Corridors; Coupling; Economic development; Efficiency; Evaluation; Industrial areas; Industrial development; Industrial parks; Industrial plants; Influence; Innovations; Labor force; Private enterprise; Regions; Science; Trends; Urban areas; Yangtze River Delta; United States > US; China; Silicon Valley-California
• ISSN: 1002-8447
• DOI: 10.20113/j.ccpr.20240104a

Science and technology innovation corridors are important spatial carriers for the coordinated development of future urban agglomerations in China. Based on a coupling coordination evaluation method, this study builds an index system for the evaluation of collaborative development of the "industry-city-innovation" region, and conducts the index evaluation and coupling coordination evaluation on the "industry-city-innovation" in the Xiamen-Quanzhou Science and Technology Innovation Corridor, in the hope of exploring measurement and evaluation methods for the development level of science and technology industrial parks. Based on multidimensional quantitative evaluation, the study concludes that Xiamen and Quanzhou own a solid foundation for economic development and science and technology innovation. However, the difference in the innovation cultivation environment between the two cities is an apparent shortcoming in the construction of the science and technology innovation corridor. Moreover, according to the coupling coordination evaluation of the "industry-city-innovation" system, the result shows that the overall coupling coordination degree of Xiamen City is generally high. The various counties and districts along the Xiamen-Quanzhou Science and Technology Innovation Corridor are mainly affected by the coupling of "city innovation," forming an obvious spatial agglomeration form. The influence of industrial elements is relatively weak. At the same time, the study uses the gray correlation analysis method to evaluate the factors influencing the coupling coordination degree. It is found that in terms of the degree of influence, city > industry > innovation, and the proportion of age population of labor force, the public service index, and the proportion of added value of the tertiary industry are key factors. Finally, considering the collaborative development with "industry-city-innovation" as the driving force, this study puts forward specific policy suggestions for the construction of the Xiamen-Quanzhou Science and Technology Innovation Corridor based on the coupling evaluation results, providing a reference for the future development of science and technology innovation corridors.