本文采用消费者权益保护指数、债权人保护指数衡量法治水平,以柯布一道格拉斯生产函数为基础,建立省级面板数据模型考察1997~2009年中国市场化进程中法治水平影响经济增长的区域差异性。研究发现,中国法治水平存在东、中、西部区域差异,东部的法治水平明显高于中、西部;法治对经济增长的影响也存在明显的区域差异,中部地区的影响最大,东、西部影响相对较小。1997~2009年市场化改革对经济增长影响显著,虽然法治水平对经济增长的影响小于市场化进程,但法治的提高确实能促进经济增长,这在一定程度上反驳了“中国之谜”。本文的研究表明,法治水平是影响经济增长的重要因素,虽然各地区存在一定差异,但总体效应为正。 In this paper, consumer protection index and creditor protection index are used to measure the level of the rule of law. Based on Cobb-Douglas production function, a provincial panel data model is established to examine the regional differences in the level of the rule of law affecting the economic growth in China’s marketization process from 1997 to 2009 . The study found that the level of the rule of law in China is different from the east, the middle and the west, and the level of the rule of law in the east is significantly higher than that in the middle and the west. The influence of the rule of law on economic growth also shows significant regional differences, with the greatest impact in the central region and the east and west Smaller. Although the impact of the market-based reforms on economic growth is less than that of marketization, the improvement of the rule of law can indeed promote economic growth. This, to some extent, refutes the “mystery of China” . The research in this paper shows that the level of the rule of law is an important factor that affects economic growth. Although there are some differences in different regions, the overall effect is positive.