内生经济增长理论认为,技术进步是一国经济增长的最终源泉。进口贸易是发展中国家参与世界市场、获取国际技术外溢的重要渠道。从长期经济发展的角度出发,进口贸易给发展中国家带来的技术溢出比单纯的拉动经济增长更为重要。本文利用中国29个省份的面板数据实证分析了进口贸易与技术进步的关系,结果表明进口贸易对于中国的技术进步具有明显的促进作用。 Endogenous economic growth theory believes that technological progress is the ultimate source of economic growth in a country. Import trade is an important channel for developing countries to participate in world markets and gain international technological spillovers. From the perspective of long-term economic development, the technological spillover brought by the import trade to the developing countries is more important than merely stimulating economic growth. Using the panel data of 29 provinces in China, this paper empirically analyzes the relationship between import trade and technological progress. The results show that the import trade has a significant promotion effect on China’s technological progress.