Logistics Development in Shaanxi Province

Abstract

Shaanxi Province is situated in a key region connecting Eastern China and Central China as well as Northwestern China and Southwestern China; with the advantages in geographical location and transportation convenience, it links the east and the west as well as the north and the south. Xi’an, the capital of Shaanxi Province, is an important transportation hub nationwide and of great strategic significance for being a vital information and business hub, and a logistics center and financial center in Western China. In the past few years, Shaanxi Province has achieved a steady economic growth and accelerated its pace of urbanization, thus providing huge market demand for the development of modern logistics industry. Besides, notable progress made in construction of integrated transportation system and logistics parks (centers) has laid a solid foundation for the development of modern logistics industry, so the logistics industry for Shaanxi has gained a rapid development momentum. And based on the expanding industrial scale and rapidly growing logistics enterprises, groups of large- and medium-sized key logistics enterprises featuring scale and high level of specialization have also taken shape in Shaanxi.