This paper takes 108 counties in the county unit of Henan Province from 2005 to 2021 as the research object, selects per capita GDP data. The results show that: (1) the economic development of counties in Henan has the characteristic of "phasing" from 2005 to 2021, and the overall regional differences have been continuously shrinking. (2) Economic development among counties is spatially correlated. The local economic differentiation of counties forms an agglomeration hotspot area centered on the northwest and central counties of Zhengzhou-Jiyuan, and agglomeration cold-spot areas of Kaifeng-Xinyang east and south counties in Henan. (3) At the same time, it analyzes the differences of resource endowment, the improvement of transportation conditions and the regional development policy as one of the main factors causing spatial differences in the economic development of Henan counties in the study period.

Junhui Han. Discussion on the characteristics and causes of county economic agglomeration and discrepancy in Henan Province from 2005 to 2021. Academic Journal of Business & Management (2023) Vol. 5, Issue 21: 189-197. https://doi.org/10.25236/AJBM.2023.052128.

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