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engthen the economic potentiality of the city but also can help the city to meet the city's growing population and social development needs. Studying on Hang Yong High-speed Railway’s impacts on Ningbo’s industrial structure is beneficial for Ningbo Government to carry out solutions to upgrade the economy structure.

3.2 Research question
The central research question of this research is as following:
What are the impacts of Hang Yong High-speed Railway on the industrial structures of Ningbo City?
In the following sections, the whole contents will be concentrated upon this research question. As to answer the central research question, the sub-questions should be answered step by step as following:
What is the current condition of Ningbo’s industrial structures? What are the existing problems?

3.3 Research plan

First of all, we plan to review the literature works and academic theories in the related fields. Then, we plan to collect the first-hand data through interviews with 100 visitors at the locations of Mount Putuo and Tianyi Square. Also, accessibility indicator and share-shift analysis are applied in order to explore the industrial structures of Ningbo. What’s more, secondary research will be conducted. In the end, a conclusion will be drawn for the whole research.

4. Research Methodology 研究方法

We conduct both primary and secondary research in order to explore Hang Yong High Speed Railway’s impacts on Ningbo’s industrial structure

4.1 Primary research
4.11 Shift-share analysis
Shift-share analysis is a popular tool in regional science, political economy and urban studies. Daniel Craig, an American economist, raised the traditional form of the shift-share analysis in the early 1940s. Later, it was formalized by Edgar S. Dunn in the 1980s. Shift-share analysis is widely applied in the analysis of regional and urban economic structure. It is probably due to the fact that this method requires very elementary statistical information and provides quite large analytical possibilities (Marquillas). Unlike other methods, Shift-share analysis has relatively strong levels of integrity and dynamics. This method can reveal the extent and causes of changes of regional and urban industrial structure and help the city to determine the predominating direction of economic development in the future.
4.111 Rationale of shift-share analysis
Shift-share analysis regards the changes of regional economy (Ningbo) as a dynamic process. It uses the economic development of the whole area or the whole country as the frame of reference. In this thesis, the economic conditions of Zhejiang Province are used as the frame of reference. This technique intends to find out factors that cause the differences of growth among the regions. For a given period of time, each regional change can be divided into three components: national growth effect (RS), industry mix effect (PS), and local share effect (DS). This method can explain the reasons of development or recessions of regional economy. It explores the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of regional economy structures. As it can find out the certain industrial departments which have relatively strong competitive advantages, it helps the