价格竞争还是质量竞争--中国出口产品竞争力的实证研究

中国出口产品普遍被认为“价廉质次”，然而这并不能充分解释中国出口贸易长期增长的实质。对中国2001年加入WTO以来出口产品竞争力的实证研究表明：一方面，中国出口产品的相对单位价格呈现持续下降的趋势，这说明低价竞争是中国出口产品的一个主要特征；另一方面，中国出口产品质量在逐年上升，其中高技术出口产品的质量竞争力较为明显，这说明中国出口产品并未陷入低质量产品的陷阱。在新时期进一步深化对外贸易转型中，把握中国出口产品竞争力特征对我国对外贸易政策制定有重要意义。

Price Competition or Quality Competition---An Empirical Study on the Competitiveness of China's Export Products

China＇s export products are usually thought to be cheap and of low -quality,however this does not explain thoroughly the rapid development of China＇s export trade in so long a period. This paper ex-plores China＇s export products＇ competitiveness from 2001 when China joined WTO. The empirical results indi-cate that on one hand,China＇s export products＇ overall relative unit price has been declining continuously, which shows that the low-price competition is a typical characteristic of China＇s export products. On the other hand ,the overall quality of China＇s export products has been rising yearly,especially for the high-tech export products,which demonstrates China＇s export products have not fallen into the low-quality trap. In the new era of further deepening China＇s foreign trade transformation,understanding the competitiveness characteristics of China＇s export products has implication for the foreign trade policy.