Abstract:

It is helpful of finding the regular of development of China plywood industry on the industrial cluster study as the most of plywood products are from industrial cluster area in China. Base on Marshall’s external economic theory and Porter’s"diamond"model of industrial clusters and on systematic analysis to their forming factors in the article, their forming regular was discovered that the cause of four large plywood cluster was basically action of market spontaneity and government guidance, which characteristics was decomposition of producing section, independent of accessorial section, and specialized products mix. The phenomenon of two instability ends (veneer end and panel end) during producing was found and several suggestions were put forward.

Key words: plywood industry, the causes of the cluster, cluster effect