Abstract:

An evaluation index system of economic vitality is constructed in term of five aspects: economic scale, transportation, living standard of residents, energy utilization efficiency and innovation vitality. Through the factor analysis method to get the comprehensive evaluation score equation of economic vitality, and then through the system clustering method to cluster the common factor scores, it is shown that energy efficiency has the greatest impact on economic vitality; the level of inter provincial economic development shows obvious differences. The economic development level of Jiangsu, Guangdong and Zhejiang provinces is higher, while that of Qinghai, Guizhou and Yunnan provinces is lower.

Key words: inter-province, economic vitality, factor analysis, cluster analysis, index system, comprehensive evaluation