The Effect of Movement of Natural Persons on Bilateral Intra-Industry Trade: An Empirical Analysis of the China as an Example

This paper make an empirical analysis using the panel data of China and 26 trade partners between 2003 and 2007 on the impact of movement of nature person on bilateral intra-industry trade. The result indicate: China´s movement of nature person yields more significant positive impact on bilateral intra-industry trade than inter-industry. This positive effect is stronger for manufactured products than for non-manufactured ones. Finally, we make discussion of the result and give some suggestions on polices.