The Impact of Rural Medical Infrastructure Construction on the Upgrading of Agricultural Industrial Structure in China

Yanjun Jiang, Ying Huang*, Zhiguang Jiang

School of Business, University of Jinan, Jinan, 250002, China

Abstract: This paper uses TL index to measure the degree of agricultural industrial structure optimization in 31 provinces of China from 2007 to 2016,and empirically analyzes the impact of rural medical infrastructure construction on the upgrading of agricultural industrial structure. The results show that rural medical infra-structure has an impact on the optimization of agricultural industrial structure but has significant regional differences. From a national perspective, rural medical infrastructure has not effectively promoted the optimization and upgrading of the agricultural industrial structure. In terms of regions, the impact of rural medical infrastructure in the eastern and central regions on the optimization of agricultural industrial structure is negative and significant. Rural medical infrastructure can promote the optimization and upgrading of agricultural industrial structure in the western region but it is not significant.

Keywords: Rural medical infrastructure; Agricultural industrial structure upgrading; Regional differences