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Geoff Chen Graduates from PKU with MA in Economics
20/12/2021-As an alumnus of the University of Canterbury and intern of New Zealand Centre, Geoff Chen graduated with MA from the School of Economics, Peking University in July 2021. Upon graduation, he started working in Shenzhen, China.
As an alumnus of the University of Canterbury and intern of New Zealand Centre, Jeff Chen graduated with MA from the School of Economics, Peking University in July 2021. Upon graduation, he is now working in Shenzhen, China. The title of his MA thesis is “Research on the development of tourism service trade between China and New Zealand”, which is a study of the continuous improvement of the overall economic development level of China and New Zealand, focusing on international tourism that has become one of the most important service trade industries of the two countries. His research results from an observation that international tourism service trade occupies an increasingly important position in the trade structure of the two countries. As one of the western developed countries with a strong tourism sector, New Zealand’s tourism industry has the characteristics of high market maturity and high service standards, which justifies the great practical significance to further develop high-quality tourism service trade in China by investigating the differences and future opportunities between the two countries' tourism markets. Using the methods of literature analysis, quantitative analysis and qualitative analysis, his thesis conducts an in-depth study on the development of tourism service trade between China and New Zealand from the perspectives of the current situation, international competitiveness and future development opportunities.
The thesis first analyzes the history and current situation of tourism service trade between China and New Zealand, finding that there are great differences in tourism market size, industry stage and development trend between the two countries. Compared with the explosive growth and instability of China's tourism market, New Zealand’s tourism market demonstrates a higher overall maturity and development stability. Then the thesis further compares the competitiveness of tourism service trade between the two countries through the comparison of four indicators, including IMS, TC, RCA and CA. The analysis finds that although the enormous market size has generated certain international competitive advantages to China's tourism service trade, the continuous structural imbalance in the development of tourism service trade has been damaging the international competitiveness of the industry; On the other hand, New Zealand’s tourism service trade is more mature. The stable development of international and domestic tourism market allows New Zealand’s tourism service trade to maintain a strong international competitiveness in the long-term. The thesis concludes that although China and New Zealand are facing different issues and difficulties in the development of tourism service trade, there are still many opportunities for win-win cooperation between the two countries. Based on the research conclusions, this thesis suggests specific policy recommendations, including the introduction of tourist visa facilitation policy, encouraging China's direct investment in New Zealand, active exploration of the “Southern Link” concept among China, New Zealand and South America, and the establishment of the international tourism mode under a normalized circumstance of epidemic prevention and control. |
