关键词: 增长极, 开封市

Abstract: There is no doubt that ambiguous concepts of growth pole exist both in theoretical studies and in worldwide applications. This article clarified Perroux's original growth pole concept and its revised version applied by his followers. After pointing out the weakness of the revised concept and the failure of its practice of regional planning in many countries from Europe and America to Asia and Africa, the authors turned to Perroux's growth pole theorywhich is here considered as an applicable strategy for regional development.In order to seleect, or more exactly to recognize growth poles, it is necessary to propose an approach of starting from macro-economy to micro scope and from propulsive industries to propulsive enterprises. By searching the location (or potential location) of the propulsive enterprises, growth pole can be identified. The quantitative measure of selecting propulsive industries includes 8 indexes. industrial linkages, labourforce linksgea, innovation, comparative advantages, incom elasticrts, policy promotion, structural coordination and product life. After calculating each index, the total propulsive industrial index can be worked out by adding each weight index.By using this approach, the indexes of Kaifeng Municrpality of Henan Provice were computed. The results show that Kaifeng City and lancao Town are two growth poes in the research area.

Key words: Perroux’s growth poles, Revised growth poles, Selection of growth poles, Kaifeng City