In order to explore the path to break through the pattern of China's economic development locked by the Hu Huanyong line and realize the goal of common prosperity, this study analyzes the relationship between heterogeneous labor inflow and China's regional economic growth with the help of a panel fixed-effects model based on the panel data of China's 30 provincial-level administrative regions from 2009 to 2019. It is found that the inflow of high-skilled labor force has a promoting effect on regional economic growth in the whole country, while the inflow of low-skilled labor force has a suppressing effect on economic growth in the whole country and the southeast side of the Hu Huanyong line, while it has a promoting effect on economic growth in the northwest side of the Hu Huanyong line. Therefore, it is necessary to strengthen the education and training of the labor force, accelerate the industrialization of the northwestern region, and guide the rational movement of labor factors.

Xiao Sha. Research on the Impact of Heterogeneous Labor Inflows on the Economic Growth of Regions on Both Sides of the Hu Huanyong Line. Academic Journal of Business & Management (2023) Vol. 5, Issue 22: 27-33. https://doi.org/10.25236/AJBM.2023.052205.

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