Empirical analysis of regional economic growth factors: the case of China

Authors

  • Lin Kun Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliezhnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus
  • Elena M. Karpenka Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliezhnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus

Keywords:

regional economic growth, internal accumulation, spatial transmission, policy catalysis, initiative «Belt and road», panel data, fixed-effects model

Abstract

Using panel data from 31 Chinese administrative regions for the period 2010–2023, we analysed the factors driving regional economic growth. Within a three-level framework including domestic accumulation, spatial transmission, and policy catalysis mechanisms, we applied fixed-effects models to establish that physical and human capital positively influence regional economic growth, labour mobility is the most robust transmission channel, and the initiative «Belt and road» enhances the effects of trade openness. The results are supported by robustness tests and serve as a basis for developing differentiated regional policies.

Author Biographies

  • Lin Kun, Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliezhnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus

    postgraduate student at the department of international management, faculty of economics

  • Elena M. Karpenka, Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliezhnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus

    doctor of science (economics), full professor; head of the department of international management, faculty of economics

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2026-07-15

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No. 1 (2026): Journal of the Belarusian State University. Economics

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O. Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth

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[1]
Kun, L. and Karpenka, E.M. 2026. Empirical analysis of regional economic growth factors: the case of China. Journal of the Belarusian State University. Economics. 1 (Jul. 2026), 72–84.