Abstract
Based on the data of Anhui Province from 2009 to 2018, this paper analyzed the logistics competitiveness of Anhui Province, Northern Anhui, Central Anhui and Southern Anhui from three dimensions: basic support for logistics development, potential of logistics development and effectiveness of logistics development. In general, the logistics competitiveness of Anhui Province, Central Anhui, Northern Anhui and Southern Anhui from 2009 to 2018 has shown an upward trend year by year, with the three regions competing with one another. Among them, the basic support for logistics development has went from Central Anhui leading, to Northern Anhui, Southern Anhui being on a par with one another and having a balanced development; the effectiveness of logistics development in Northern Anhui has been developing particularly rapid and prominent; the potential of logistics development in three regions has shown little difference and the dynamic developing trend is similar. Suggestions are put forward: improving the policies and environment for logistics development, speeding up the construction of logistics information platform, attaching importance to the training and introduction of logistics talents.
Highlights
The regional logistics competitiveness level is a key indicator to measure regional economic development
Sun Qinglan and Chen Haoxing (2016) used entropy method and comprehensive evaluation method to evaluate the logistics competitiveness level of the 6 node cities of “the Belt and Road Initiatives”, with the result followed by Xi'an, Xiamen, Quanzhou, Urumqi, Lanzhou, Haikou[1]
Cao Bingru and Cao Huihui (2018) used the ANP-TOPSIS method to analyze the logistics competitiveness level of Jiangsu Province in 2006, 2010, and 2016, and found that the logistics development of Jiangsu Province is strong in the south and weak in the north [6]
Summary
The regional logistics competitiveness level is a key indicator to measure regional economic development. Fang Xiuli and Wu Zhuoliang (2016) selected data of Anhui Province from 1998 to 2014, and found that logistics competitiveness level developed slowly before 2003, and relatively fast after 2003 through principal component analysis[7]. Combining the characteristics of regional logistics development of Anhui, the study construct a logistics competitiveness evaluation index system, using principal component analysis, dynamically comparing Anhui Province and Northern Anhui (Fuyang, Huaibei, Bengbu, Suzhou, Bozhou, Huainan), Central Anhui (Hefei, Anqing, Chuzhou, Lu'an), Southern Anhui (Wuhu, Maanshan, Xuancheng, Huangshan, Chizhou, Tongling), aiming to provide feasible suggestions for coordinated development of regional logistics
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