The Flowchart Model of Cluster Policy: The Automobile Industry Cluster in China

Institute of Developing Economies, JETRO --- This paper proposes a general model of the flowchart approach to industrial cluster policy and applies this model to Guangzhou's automobile industry cluster. The flowchart approach to industrial cluster policy is an action plan for prioritizing policy measures in a time-ordered series. We reached the following two conclusions. First, we clarified the effects of Honda, Nissan, and Toyota on agglomeration in Guangzhou's automobile industry cluster. Second, we established that local governments play a crucial role in successful industrial cluster policy, and that the mayor of the local government should be offered incentives in order to target industrial clustering and implement cluster policy.

Main contents:

·A General Model of the Flowchart Approach

·Application of Flowchart Model to the Automobile Industry in Guangzhou

·Industrial Cluster Policy by the Local Government of Guangzhou City