关键词: 外商直接投资, 数量差异, 质量差异

Abstract: Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in China have made rapid progress since 1990s. However, region disparity of FDI shows the expanding tendency gradually. This paper discusses disparity of FDI from the perspective of quantity and quality and finds that the quantity and quality of FDI rise widely while the disparity of FDI experience downwards trend during the periods of 1993-2008. Further analysis shows that the disparity of FDI is large and quantity disparity of FDI far exceeds quality disparity of FDI. What cause the difference of FDI? Empirical research manifest that the level of economic development, agglomeration effects and institutional changes brought by WTO play effective impact on quantity and quality of FDI. Although the level of wage shows negative effects on quantity and quality of FDI on the whole periods of research, it exhibits positive effects on average scale of FDI as time goes. The degree of urbanization exhibits significant effect on quantity of FDI.

Key words: FDI, Quantity Disparity, Quality Disparity