中国人才地理研究进展与展望
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古恒宇(1994—),男,广东广州人,研究员/助理教授,博导,主要从事人口地理与区域发展研究。E-mail: hygu@nju.edu.cn |
收稿日期: 2025-04-28
修回日期: 2025-09-14
网络出版日期: 2025-12-16
基金资助
国家自然科学基金项目(42301278)
国家自然科学基金项目(42571296)
国家自然科学基金项目(42201240)
教育部人文社会科学研究青年基金项目(23YJC790032)
中国科协青年人才托举工程(2023QNRC001)
版权
Talent Geography in China: Progress and prospect
Received date: 2025-04-28
Revised date: 2025-09-14
Online published: 2025-12-16
Supported by
National Natural Science Foundation of China(42301278)
National Natural Science Foundation of China(42571296)
National Natural Science Foundation of China(42201240)
Humanities and Social Science Foundation of Ministry of Education in China(23YJC790032)
Young Elite Scientists Sponsorship Program by China Association for Science and Technology(2023QNRC001)
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人才是第一资源,人才的空间流动和再分布能够有效改善区域的人力资本、知识结构和创新水平,是赋能新质生产力及地区竞争优势的关键路径,深刻影响着区域竞争格局。作为人口地理学的重要分支方向,中国人才地理学肇始于20世纪80年代,并在2010年后得到长足发展。通过系统梳理中国人才地理学沿革和最新进展,解析关键概念及总结学科属性与发展脉络,从高学历人才、高校毕业生、技能人才、特殊类型人才的分类视角展示21世纪以来中国人才地理学研究,从经济推拉机理、地方品质机理、政策驱动机理和空间效应机理入手解析中国人才分布与流动的关键机制,从人才地理学理论建构、人才红利地理、全球人才流动3个角度展望中国人才地理学的未来发展。研究有助于丰富对人才地理学议题的内涵与理解,为中国深入实施新时代人才强国战略、以人口高质量发展推动中国式现代化提供实践思路。
古恒宇 , 林瑶 , 高权 . 中国人才地理研究进展与展望[J]. 地理科学, 2026 , 46(1) : 92 -104 . DOI: 10.13249/j.cnki.sgs.20250492
Talent is the primary resource for development, and its spatial mobility and redistribution are essential for enhancing regional human capital, upgrading knowledge structures, and fostering innovation capacity, thereby empowering new quality productive forces and reshaping the geography of regional competition. As an emerging yet rapidly expanding branch of Population Geography, Talent Geography in China originated in the 1980s and has accelerated since 2010 under the combined forces of demographic transition, technological change, urban expansion, and policy-driven regional competition. This study conducts a systematic and integrative review of its disciplinary evolution, key concepts, analytical traditions, and interdisciplinary bases, while synthesizing research progress across multiple categories of talent, including highly educated talent, skilled labor, university graduates, and special-type talent such as scientific researchers and creative workers. It further distills the core mechanisms shaping talent distribution and mobility from 4 dimensions: economic push-pull dynamics associated with wage differentials and job opportunities; place-based amenities reflecting environmental quality, public services, and urban livability; institutional and policy interventions embodying China’s government-led talent strategy; and spatial effects manifested in spillovers, non-stationarity, and intercity interactions collectively structure China’s complex talent landscape. Looking ahead, this paper identifies 3 strategic directions for advancing talent geography research: building a theoretical framework to capture the diverse spatial behaviors and development roles of different talent groups; establishing the analytical foundations of talent dividend geography to evaluate how talent-driven gains vary across regions; and deepening the study of global “talent ocean currents” to understand China’s evolving position within worldwide talent circulation networks. By integrating historical review, mechanism-based analysis, and forward-looking perspectives, this study enriches the conceptual, methodological, and empirical foundations of talent geography and provides valuable insights for implementing China’s strategy of strengthening the nation through talent and promoting Chinese-style modernization through high-quality population development.
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