STUDY ON THE DEVELOPING OF THE SPECIALIZED TOWNS IN THE PEARL DELTA
研究了珠三角专业镇的发展过程、原因和基本模式，指出其是产业专业化、政府引导创新、区域协调和路径依赖共同作用的结果，对理解中国地方经济发展模式有参考价值。
Specialized Town is a town in which the major industrial is one or two specialized industries. It has become an important regional economic developing model in the towns of the Pearl Delta. This paper focuses on the processes, causes and essential patterns of developing of the Specialized Towns in the Pearl Delta. The developing process of the Specialized Towns is a compositive result of five ways: the specialization of the industry, the guidance and innovation of the government, the harmonization between different regions, and the path dependence. The main reasons for the developing of the specialized towns are including advantageous locations, the open and innovative local cultures, the innovative styles of the local governments, and the highly market economy. The essential patterns of the development are the endogenetic and ectogenous specialized towns.