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Title:: Influencing Factors and Comparative Advantage of Main Apple Production in China

Author(s):: SONG Xiaoli; ZHANG Fuhong; WANG Hongyu; ZHOU Ying; (College of Economics and Management，Shandong University of Agruculture，Tai′an，Shandong 271018)

Keywords:: :comparative advantage; spatial dispersion; space Durbin model; apple

Abstract:: Based on the principle of comparative advantage，the trend of comparative advantage of China′s main production areas from 1995 to 2015 were calculated and analyzed.The results showed that the main production areas of apple had obvious advantages in production.Comparative advantage had shown a shift to the northwest.The scale advantage expanded gradually in Gansu and Shaanxi；Gansu and Ningxia had a high and stable efficiency advantage；Bohai area had a high business advantage；the business advantage of Shaanxi had been improved rapidly.The spatial panel model was used to analyze the influencing factors of spatial change of comparative advantage.The results showed that the comparative advantage of apple production has obvious spatial dispersion.The number of labor per 667 m2，the cost of planting and the level of economic development were important factors affecting comparative advantage.