ABSTRACT
Since the adoption of reform and opening policies, China’s clusters of economic rapidly grows, which is the major partment of regional economic. As we know, there must be one or two Industrial Clusters in economically developed place .Until now, many Industrial Clusters has been developed in China , but most of them belong to traditional industrys. How to reform and upgrade those Industrial Clusters is an awkward question to maintain a sustained growth of the regional economic. Ruian footwear cluster is a symble of China’s traditional Industrial Clusters. After several decades of developments, Ruian has built up a good business in shoes industry. Nowadays, the economic of China and world is worse off, in such a condition , we must try our best to enhance the competitiveness. Based on the key competitive point of Ruian’s footwear cluster, to analyse both the advantages and disadvantages of such a cluster and give some suggestions of how to upgrade it.
KEYWORDS：Industrial Cluster; Competitiveness; Ryan footwear cluster；The path of ascension
