Modern Economics & Management Forum

This study examines pathways and strategies for industrial transfer in Southwest China from the perspective of its role as a strategic hinterland. Leveraging its geographical location, resource endowment, and policy advantages, the Southwest region holds significant strategic importance within the national strategic frameworks. Industrial relocation should be promoted in a phased, orderly manner: in the short term, the focus should be on improving infrastructure and undertaking labor-intensive industries; in the medium term, efforts should be directed toward upgrading traditional industries and fostering emerging industrial clusters; and the long-term goal is to build a green and low-carbon industrial system. Additionally, it is essential to strengthen regional coordinated development, deepen cooperation with eastern coastal areas as well as Southeast Asian and South Asian countries, and jointly establish cross-regional industrial chains. The implementation process should emphasize innovation-driven development and green growth, increase investment in research and development, and construct eco-industrial parks. Furthermore, attention must be paid to impacts from internal regional disparities and changes in the external environmental, while actively integrating trends in global value chain restructuring and digital economic development to explore innovative models and pathways for industrial transfer.