Study of Evaluation on China's Electronic Equipment Manufacturing Industry Competitiveness

Giving the fact that hi-tech products as a trade product have become quite crucial and critical in the growth of economies in many nations, the paper took electronic equipment manufacturing industry as an example. The aim of this study is to investigate the competitiveness of the selected electronic equipment manufacturing sectors in China in comparison with selected 19 countries in the world based on the comparative advantage index. In this context, Revealed Comparative Advantage index was utilized using trade figures of four electronic equipment manufacturing sectors for the years 2005, 2007 and 2009. The results indicate that strong comparative advantage exists for China in electronic equipment manufacturing industry, and there is a positive tendency of Revealed Comparative Advantage.