Research on Coordinated Development of Nanjing Port Logistics and Hinterland Economy Based on Gray Correlation Analysis

Abstract

Zhou, L., 2020. Research on coordinated development of Nanjing Port logistics and hinterland economy based on gray correlation analysis. In: Hu, C. and Cai, M. (eds.), Geo-informatics and Oceanography. Journal of Coastal Research, Special Issue No. 105, pp. 215–218. Coconut Creek (Florida), ISSN 0749-0208.Nanjing Port is the largest inland port in China, and it has played an important role in politics and economy for more than a thousand years. This paper takes Nanjing Port as the research object and analyzes the correlation between its port and container handling capacities and its gross production, gross industrial output value, total profit of large-scale industrial enterprises, gross output value of the construction industry, fixed asset investment, total retail sales of consumer goods, and total imports and exports. Suggestions put forward include optimizing its functions and enlarging its infrastructure construction and industrial park so as to further promote its development.