Author(s)

Shen Hongmei, Tian Guixia

Corresponding Author

Shen Hongmei

ABSTRACT

This paper analyzed the urbanization effect of foreign trade, based on 30 provinces of the panel data, and used intermediary effect model to analyze its mechanism. Nationally, foreign trade has a positive effect on urbanization, and the positive part is through the fixed asset investment and the adjustment of industrial structure and foreign trade itself, the partial mediation effect accounted for the proportion of the total effect at 34.6%. The ministry of foreign trade promote effects of eastern and western region's urbanization level, the effect is not obvious in midland. Based on the conclusion, should optimize the industrial policy and investment environment, make foreign trade, industry, fixed-asset investment and urbanization form a good interactive mechanism.

KEYWORDS

Foreign trade, urbanization, action mechanism, panel Data