Abstract
Specialized households serve as the primary units within specialized villages in China, and their capacity to withstand risks and external influences significantly shapes the future trajectory of specialized villages and the overall vitality of the rural economy. In this study, we established a measurement indicator system based on the definition of specialized households’ resilience, elucidating the logical connection between specialized households’ resilience and rural industrial development in China. The musical instrument industry in Lankao County, Henan Province of China, was employed as a case; survey data, the entropy method, and an obstacle diagnosis model were used to examine how instrument production specialized households responded to the challenges posed by Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) and the tightening of national environmental protection policies, yielding the following key findings: 1) there exists substantial variation in the comprehensive resilience levels among different specialized households; 2) the ability to learn and adapt is the most significant contributor to the overall resilience level of specialized households; 3) technological proficiency and access to skilled talent emerge as pivotal factors influencing specialized households’ resilience; 4) the positioning of specialized households within the industrial supply chain and the stability of their income have a direct bearing on their resilience level. The influence of specialized households’ resilience on industrial development primarily manifests in the following ways: stronger resilience correlates with increased stability in production and sales, fostering a more proactive approach to future actions. However, heightened exposure to the external macroeconomic environment can lead to a higher rate of export reduction. To enhance the development resilience of entities like specialized households and family farms, and to invigorate rural economic development, escalating investments in rural science and technology and prioritizing the training of technical talent become imperative.
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WU Nalin and LI Li contributed to the study conception and design. Material preparation, data collection and analysis were performed by all the authors. The first draft of the manuscript was written by WU Nalin, WEI Yike and FAN Sizhe. All authors commented on previous versions of the manuscript, read and approved the final manuscript.
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Foundation item: Under the auspices of the China Social Science Foundation Project (No. 21BJY218), National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 41801113), Newcomer funding from Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences (No. E0V00100)
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Wu, N., Wei, Y., Fan, S. et al. Attributes of Specialized Households’ Resilience and Its Impact on Rural Industrial Advancement: A Case Study of National Musical Instrument Production Specialized Households in Lankao County, Henan, China. Chin. Geogr. Sci. 34, 383–400 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11769-024-1428-7
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