Construction of an evaluation index system for the high-quality development of rural characteristic industries in Guangxi

【Objective】 To construct an evaluation index system for the high-quality development of rural characteristic industries in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region，aiming to effectively improve the development quality level of rural industries in Guangxi，so as provide data for decision-making and the formulation of ideas concerning regional industrial development.【Method】Survey data of 65 characteristic industries in 109 counties（districts）were collected.The evaluation indexes and model were constructed through analysis of the influence of various factors on the development of quality in the characteristic industries.In addition，the analytic hierarchy process（AHP）was adopted to determine the weights of the indices.Moreover，the development of qualityin the banana industry of Pubei County and the citrus industry of Wuming County in Guangxi were analyzed using the evaluation model constructed，so as to assess the evaluation performance.【Result】 For the high-quality development of rural characteristic industries in Guangxi，the evaluation index system involved 8 first-level indexes，namely，the resource，the quality benefit，science and technology’ s capacity to support the development of industries，the level of industrial organization，industrial processing capacity，storage and transportation capacity，brand establishment capacity，and support and protection strength.53 second-level indexes were also involved.AHP was employed to assign weighting to the 8 first-level indexes of the evaluation index system as follows： 0.3480（resources），0.2138（quality benefits），0.1096（science and technology’ s capacity to support the development of industries），0.0624（the level of industrial organization），0.0637（industrial processing capacity），0.0237（storage and transportation capacity），0.0692（brand establishment capacity）and 0.1094（support and protection strength）.As revealed by the results of the empirical analysis，the banana industry in Pubei，Guangxi and the citrus industry in Wuming，Guangxi exhibited high-quality development as a whole in 2019，but they were still limited by poor capacities in industrial processing，storage and transportationy，and brand establishment.Furthermore，rectification and adjustment were made in relevant characteristic industries according to the main problems revealed in the analysis and specific suggestions.By 2021，the development qualities of the Pubei，Guangxi banana industry and the citrus industry in Wuming，Guangxi had been improved，with striking improvement in the capacities for industrial processing，storage and transportation and brand establishment.Most remarkably，the brand establishment capacity of the citrus industry in Wuming，Guangxi increased to 171.1% in 2021.【Suggestion】 It is now necessary to objectively view the influences of resources and other factors on Guangxi’ s rural characteristic industries，in order to promote the high-quality development of Guangxi’ s rural characteristic industries by strengthening the supervision and inspection of competent departments，establish and improve the evaluation mechanism of agricultural industry development，and attract talents to return home.