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Pearl River Delta (Pearl River Delta is located in the south central part of Guangdong Province and comprises nine cities, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Zhuhai, Foshan, Jiangmen, Dongguan, Zhongshan, Huizhou and Zhaoqing, with a total area of 41,698 km2) is China’s first region where the “reform and opening-up” policy was implemented in 1979. Many governmental policy measures were initially launched in this region, and brought in a rapid development of its economy and changes in the society. The region’s progressive experience has played a demonstration role on economic development in China. In recent years, Pearl River Delta has actively promoted the transformation of its economic structure and developmental method, which has put forth new requirements on the region’s logistics development.
This chapter comprises three sections. The first section describes the economic development of Pearl River Delta, as indicated by its regional GDP, industrial value added, total retail sales of consumer goods, total value of import and export, and industrial structure. The second section introduces the logistics market and policy environment and the characteristics of logistics development of Pearl River Delta. The third section discusses the port logistics in Pearl River Delta, including the basic status and development characteristics of its port cluster.
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Unless otherwise specified, the growth rate of Pearl River Delta cited in this chapter is the nominal growth rate, and that of all cities is the actual growth rate.
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Pearl River has a perennial navigable mileage of 12,000 km, with waterway cargo transport volume ranking second in China, behind that of the Yangtze River.
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A-level logistics enterprise is assessed in accordance with the national standard set in the Classification and Evaluation Indicators for Logistics Enterprises, to lead other logistics enterprises develop toward standardization, modernization and scale.
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Cao Xiaoshu and Peng Lingling, “Port Logistics and City Development in the Pearl River Delta”, the Commercial Press, 2011.
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Xu, Y. (2014). Logistics Development of Pearl River Delta. In: Liu, Bl., Lee, Sj., Wang, L., Li, X., Xiao, Jh. (eds) Contemporary Logistics in China. Current Chinese Economic Report Series. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-34525-8_5
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