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 PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 16 Leverage industry clusters create business advantage In improving local economic competitiveness, national competitiveness and to cope with the context of global competition, China’s industrial development are increasingly showing the characteristics of industrial clustering, the concept of industrial clusters become increasingly hot. Mike E * Porter believes that industrial clusters (industrial cluster) is in a particular area of contact with each other, geographically focused collection of companies and institutions. When enterprises in strategic decision-making will normally consider a macro-political, economic and industrial development, competition, industrial chain, the role of such factors. Vigorous development of industrial clusters in the context of the collection industry, geographic strategic choice of companies also have a profound impact, a challenge, but also opportunities. 1, analytic industrial clusters Industrial clusters, including some of the competition, play an important role, interrelated industries and other entities. The specific point of view, a mature industrial cluster usually consists of a strong interdependence of enterprises (including specialized suppliers), knowledge-producing institutions (universities, research institutes and engineering companies), intermediaries (brokers and consultants) and customers of these industrial clusters in different roles through value-added chain, the formation of interconnected networks, this network is the base. For the industrial clusters in various enterprises and institutions, we can be divided into: the leading enterprises, such enterprises often constitute the core of industrial clusters, such as in Guangzhou, Guangzhou Honda, Dongfeng Nissan, Wenzhou Delixi Group, etc. ; associated enterprises, such enterprises often constitute the dominant upstream and downstream businesses; service units, including the provision of specialized training, education, information,