Study of Coordinated Development of Logistics Industry and Regional Economic Integration Based on Provincial Data

Abstract

By analyzing the mechanism of the development of logistics industry and regional economic integration, based on 29 provincial data of provinces (autonomous regions, municipalities) in China, and through the method of correlation and regression analysis, the development level of provincial logistics industry is evaluated and the correlation of development level of logistics industry and regional economic integration is also examined. The empirical findings show that there exists a negative correlation between the development level of logistics industry and inter-provincial trade barrier, and that regional economic integration can promote the development of logistics industry, and in turn, the development of logistics industry contributes to the reduction of inter-provincial trade barrier and the relief of domestic market segmentation, which can promote the development of inter-provincial trade and the realization of regional economic integration, while obvious regional differences appear in infrastructure and trade dependence between southeast coast area and Midwest China.