Empirical Analysis on Foreign Direct Investment and Imports and Exports in the Eastern and Western Regions

Abstract

Based on the time serial method, this paper makes quantitative analysis on foreign direct investment(FDI) and imports and exports of the eastern and western regions. The result shows that the contribution elasticity of accumulated amount of FDI to exports of the eastern region is higher than that of the western region. The western region should pay attention to upgrade the opening level, and increase the attraction of FDI and policy support.