title: [Analysis of complexity in Chinese meteria medica industrial chain].
abstract: Chinese meteria medica (CMM) chain is a long-span chain covering agriculture which mainly depends on the forces of nature as well as high-tech CMM industry, CMM expertise industry and fast developing CMM circulation industry. Imbalance among the development of these industries produces bottlenecks and hinders the operation of the entire production chain. After analyzing the structure of Chinese meteria medica industrial chain from the perspective of national economy industry, three industry classifications and differentiation of factor intensity, we conclude that the complex structure of CMM industry chain is attributable to these three aspects. And the complexity is mainly shown at complex industry, varied product types, different coordination of various industrial sections and different technical growth speed of varied industry. We propose that structural complexity is the natural property of the chain, which is the main reason of industry sector development imbalance and bottleneck. Results of this research could provide theoretical analysis for future research on the coordination of industrial chain and the efficiency of resource allocation.
authors.forename: Ying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Qi
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Xiao-Fan
authors.initials: XF
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D002681:China; D004345:Drug Industry / Q000191:economics* / Q000592:standards*; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional / Q000191:economics* / Q000592:standards*; D010946:Plants, Medicinal / Q000737:chemistry*