Research on Development of China's Logistics Industry

Abstract

In recent years, China's economic level, the scale of infrastructure construction, and the degree of opening to the outside world have continuously increased, and logistics industry has been rapidly developed. Based on the provincial panel data from 2009 to 2017, this paper calculates the comprehensive score of logistics development level by means of entropy weight method and Catastrophe Progression Method. The results show that the comprehensive score of logistics development level in Guangdong Province ranks first. The logistics development level in Jiangsu, Shandong, Zhejiang, Hebei, Liaoning, Hubei and other provinces is also at a high level. The development level of the logistics industry in Qinghai, Gansu, Hainan, Ningxia, Tibet and other regions is relatively low. In general, China's logistics industry has shown a development trend of “Strong East, weak West”. Keywords—logistics; entropy method; Catastrophe progression method