中文摘要：

企业集群理论是由传统产业区位论发展而成的新的关于企业空间集聚的理论。文章遵循“认识-解释-实践”的程序，从企业集群的定义、分类、特征；形成因素、形成机理、竞争优势；政府和非政府组织的作用，企业集群与地方及区域发展等方面，对我国企业集群的有关研究成果进行了总结，兼顾国外该领域一些主要理论、流派和研究的比较，对这些成果进行了评述。

英文摘要：

The theory of industrial cluster is a comparatively new theory explaining the spatial agglomeration of industries and economic sectors based on the traditional industrial locational theories. According to the procedure of ＂understanding- explanation- practice＂, and from the definition, category, characteristics; influencing factors, mechanism, comparative advantage; the roles played by the government and non governmental organizations, the function of industrial duster in the local and regional economic development, we reviewed the main research publi- cations about industrial cluster in China. The involved foreign theories are touched to compare the domestic research.