LI Han , MA Fangfang , DING Zhiwei
An evaluation index system of cultural soft power is constructed based on six dimensions of cultural attraction, display, communication, innovation, cultural investment and cultural and tourism integration. Taking 30 prefecture-level cities in the Central Plains Urban Agglomeration as examples, spatial classification, nuclear density analysis and spatial autocorrelation methods are used to analyze the spatial characteristics of cultural soft power in the Central Plains Urban Agglomeration and analyze its influencing factors. The results show that: (1) From the difference of comprehensive strength, the number of high and higher strength is small and mainly distributed in the core area, only 3 middle strength areas, and half of the cities are distributed in the low and lower strength areas. The western half of the wall shows a central and peripheral pattern led by Zhengzhou and Kaifeng, while the eastern half shows polarization characteristics led by Bozhou and Fuyang, and forms a low-value stretch from Liaocheng to Zhumadian between the eastern and western halves. (2) From the perspective of sub-dimensional spatial differences, the sub-system of cultural attraction and display power is similar to the comprehensive strength, while the sub-system of cultural investment power is “high in the northwest and low in the southeast”. In addition, the sub-systems of cultural transmission and innovation presented a completely different pattern from the previous three sub-systems, showing a distribution structure with low value surrounded by high value with Zhengzhou and Kaifeng as the core. (3) From the perspective of spatial agglomeration and correlation, the Central Plains region has formed a dual-core agglomeration situation of “one master and one pair” around Zhengzhou and Bozhou respectively, and a significant HH agglomeration group has formed near the main core area. Among them, the concentration pattern of the cultural attraction subsystem and comprehensive strength is basically the same, the concentration center of the cultural display power subsystem is weakened in Zhengzhou but strengthened in Bozhou, the cultural communication power and innovation power subsystem only form the cluster core in the central part of the country, and the cultural and tourism integration power subsystem forms two cluster cores in the southeast based on the comprehensive pattern. (4) From the perspective of influencing factors, urban GDP has the strongest influence on the soft power of urban culture, followed by the added value of the tertiary industry, and the influence of traffic facilities, the number of science, education, culture and health units and the urbanization rate is not obvious.