The Structure Characteristic and Productive Attribute Evolution of Beijing Service Industry

Abstract

The development of service industry is an important indicator of a region’s economic development and service has been the leading industry of Beijing. But, does the service industry play a supporting role in the production of the whole economy? This paper analyzes Beijing’s service industry, including its structure characteristics, productive attribute, service input structure, the demand for productive service, and the evolution over the past ten years. The results show that: (1) the industry structure of Beijing presents advanced features compared with developed countries, not only in structure of the three industrial, but also in structure of the service internal sectors; (2) the productive service attribute of Beijing service industry declined, among which the information service industry declined the most; as to the input structure of productive service, the share of the second industry decreased, which reflects the support on the secondary industry decreased; from the perspective of demand for producer service, the productive service demand ratio of Beijing economy as a whole decreased, and the decline demand of the secondary industry is the main reason.