Domestic Value Creation in the Involvement in Global Value Chains: The Case of Chinese Economy

Hiroyuki Taguchi () and Jiejun Li ()

Asian Development Policy Review, 2018, vol. 6, issue 3, 155-168

Abstract: This paper examines how the Chinese economy has been involved in global value chains from the perspective of domestic value creation, by using the OECD value-added-trade data (OECD TiVA database). This study contributes to the existing literature by decomposing the domestic value creation into a direct effect from export industries and an indirect effect from the other supporting industries. The empirical estimation first identified the “smile curve” in the “indirect” domestic value creation in total manufactures as the average pattern of the Asian GVCs development paths, in which the domestic value share to exports declines at the early development stage and regains itself at the later stage with the turning point being at 1,830 US dollars as per capita GDP. Then the analysis confirmed the position of Chinese economy, which has already passed the Asian average turning point and has entered the phase of regaining the domestic value share to exports. Finally, the analysis found that the domestic value creation in China has originated from the development of supporting industries, in particular, service industries, which might reflect the progress in basic infrastructure there.

Keywords: Domestic value creation; Global value chains; China; Value-added-trade data; Manufactures; Supporting industries. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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