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作者

Lei Wang;Wenyi Yang;Xiaoling Zhang;Yan Song;Yina Zhang

来源

CITIES,Vol.109,Issue1,Article 103034

语言

英文

关键字

Consumption flow;Network;Global-ness;Spatial pattern;China

作者单位

Institute of Regional and Urban-Rural Development, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China;Department of City and Regional Planning, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, USA;Urban Research Group, Department of Public Policy, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China;Shenzhen Research Institute, City University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, China;School of Social Development and Public Policy, Fudan University, Shanghai, China;Institute of Regional and Urban-Rural Development, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China;Department of City and Regional Planning, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, USA;Urban Research Group, Department of Public Policy, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China;Shenzhen Research Institute, City University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, China;School of Social Development and Public Policy, Fudan University, Shanghai, China

摘要

In most urban network studies, advanced producer service firms and transportation carriers are regarded as the main agents building intercity connections. With rising global incomes and increasing mobility of people worldwide, however, flows consisting of ordinary consumers have become a new way for cities to be connected to the globe. Using transaction data from China UnionPay, this paper explores the spatial network pattern of emerging Chinese overseas consumption by tracing the origins, destinations, and volumes of spending flows. We find that a global network built on consumption flows originating from mainland China improves the global-ness of countries and regions that have historically been peripheral in the financial networks created by multinational firms or inter-port transportation. Given the soaring consumption capacity of urban Chinese residents and the re-orientation of urban policies in China, it is expected that Chinese consumption will keep re-shaping the global-ness of both Chinese cities and numerous destinations worldwide.