THE DISTRIBUTION OF BEIJING'S PUBLIC MARKET AND ITS FUTURE DEVELOPMENT
研究了北京公共市场的数量、面积、销售额和投资分布特征，利用集中度指数和GIS分析常见市场类型，预测了总销售额和不同区域的销售情况，指出四环外批发市场前景最好。
The public markets are usual places for people to purchase daily goods in China. Many kinds of markets, which have been emerged after 1978, are playing important roles in Beijing's retail and wholesale business industry. In this paper some distribution features are studied according to their number, area occupied, total sales and investment costs. The characteristics of markets' distribution of most common kinds are analyzed using concentration indexes and GIS. Prediction for the total sales and sales at different parts of the city are given. The wholesale markets outside the downtown area, especially outside the Beijing's express fourth ring, have the most promising future. It is believed that city's public markets will change a great deal under the new reform polices and China's entering to the WTO.