Academic Journal of Business & Management, 2025, 7(6); doi: 10.25236/AJBM.2025.070615.
Qiuping Zhang1, Yanfei Han1
1School of Economics, Harbin University of Commerce, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China
This paper explores various factors influencing the technological sophistication of China's exports. The value of product exports provides the funds to drive technological upgrading. The growth of GDP per capita promotes the development of education and infrastructure, driving the progress of high-end manufacturing and consumption upgrading. The intensity of R&D investment is the core driving force, enhancing the technological content of products. The degree of foreign trade openness enables enterprises to obtain foreign technologies and experiences. The optimization of the industrial structure, with the help of digital transformation, increases the added value of products. Intellectual property protection encourages innovation and attracts technologies, and policy support creates a favorable environment. These factors interact with each other and promote the improvement of the technological sophistication of China's exports. In the future, China should continue to give full play to the positive effects of these factors, pay attention to new factors, adjust strategies, enhance its position in the global industrial and value chains, and achieve the goal of becoming a trading power.
Technological Sophistication of Exports, Influencing Factors, Optimization of Industrial Structure
Qiuping Zhang, Yanfei Han. Analysis of the Factors Affecting the Technological Sophistication of China's Exports. Academic Journal of Business & Management (2025), Vol. 7, Issue 6: 102-107. https://doi.org/10.25236/AJBM.2025.070615.
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