Research On Optimization Of Agricultural Products Logistics System In Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Metropolitan Area

Agricultural Products Logistics, as an important part of goods logistics, plays the role of bridge between agricultural production and the market. Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei metropolitan area is a large area of agricultural production and consumption. Optimizing the Agricultural Products Logistics system of this metropolitan area will help to achieve agricultural industrialization and marketization in the region, and thereby promote economic development and regional economic integration. The research on optimizing the agricultural products logistics system of this metropolitan area involves how to achieve complementary dominance and coordinated development between areas, which is another major measure to push the optimization of economic structure following the Yangtze River Delta Area and the Pearl River Delta Area, , and is of great significance both theoretically and practically. Although Chinese scholars have conducted a lot of studies on agricultural products logistics, few of these researches are systematic and in-depth, and researches on regional logistics system of agricultural products are relatively scarce. The goal of this paper is to provide a relatively complete theory framework of optimization of regional logistics systems of agricultural products through the research on agricultural products logistics systems of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei metropolitan area, so as to enrich the content of logistics system optimization theory and provide more sufficient scientific evidence for decision makers making logistics system design,which is worthy of practicable application.In the course of the study, qualitative analysis and quantitative analysis methods are used. Qualitative analysis methods include theoretical research, literature, comparative studies, and so on. Quantitative analysis methods include questionnaire survey, case studies, factor analysis, cluster analysis, and so on. This paper presents a concept of "optimization of the regional logistics system of agricultural products". On the basis of questionnaires and statistical data, it points out the basic conditions and main existing problems in agricultural products development in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei metropolitan area. Following this part,it analyzes the motivation and obstacles of the optimization of the regional logistics system of agricultural products. Based on the theory and reality analyzed in the former two parts, it puts forward a theory framework of optimization of regional logistics systems of agricultural products, which consists of three parts: the optimization of space network layout of regional logistics system of agricultural products in view of the central cities, the optimization of agricultural products supply chain in view of core business, and optimization of support platform of agricultural products logistics system in view of sustainable development. This paper contains the main studies as follows:The main studies are as follows:Firstly, it defines the concept of regional logistics system of agricultural products, which is a cross-system with the characteristics of being diverse , regional, complex, advanced, and multi-directional.Secondly, the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Metropolitan Area already has a good foundation for the development of agricultural products logistics, but there still exists lots of problems in the operation, the organizational development, the construction of support platform and the layout of regional logistics nodes of agricultural products, etc.Thirdly, the motivations for optimization of agricultural products logistics system in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei metropolitan area come from two aspects: external effects and the behavior of the internal body. The barriers come from four aspects: information asymmetries, negative externalities, self-interest of members, and policy barriers.Fourthly, it proposes a theoretical framework of regional logistics system optimization of agricultural products including three parts: The First part is the optimization of space network layout of regional logistics system of agricultural products in view of the central cities. In this part,it proposes a spatial structure model of "swan constellation type ", and further describes its planning and determines its function orientation. The second part is the optimization of agricultural products supply chain in view of core business. It establishes the ideal supply chain integration models for to-be-processed agricultural products, for fresh agricultural products and for bulk agricultural products. The third part is the optimization of support platform of agricultural products logistics system in view of sustainable development,including three aspects:construction of agricultural products logistics information platform based on intelligence,construction of agricultural products logistics technology platform based on greenlow-carbon and construction of policy support platform based on government-leading.