Study on industry linkage path in the western energy exploitation: Based on industry linkage network

The industry linkage in the western energy exploitation is becoming the hot issues in the economic development recently. But there is no clear linkage path of the western energy industry in the existed literatures because of insufficiency in industry linkage theory research. This paper defined the concept of industry linkage, analyzed the structure and evolvement mechanism of industry linkage system, and constructed the evolvement model with complex network method. Making use of the input-output table between regional industries in 1997, this paper simulated China industry linkage system in 2007. Based on the simulated industry linkage network, this paper searched the specific intraregional and interregional linkage paths of China western energy industries. The results will provide the theoretical basis and guidance for governments and corporations to making associated policies and investment decisions.