Research On The Relationship Between The Logistics Industry And The Urban Agglomeration Competitiveness In The Pearl River Delta

In the past few decades, the urban agglomeration in the Pearl River Delta have caught theopportunities and make a huge progress by making use of the advantaged geography, theculture, and relying on Hong Kong, Macau and the inner cities. In the National “twelfthfive-year”plan, our nation put forward higher requirement to urban agglomeration in the PearlRiver Delta. In fact, the development of the urban agglomeration depends on theircompetitiveness. However, the development of the urban agglomeration in the Pearl RiverDelta has faced a lot challenges, including environment and population, and has been theconstraint of the regional development. Therefore, it’s necessary to find solutions to reallocateand reintegrate the resources in and out of the urban agglomeration to our advantage toimprove the competitiveness of the urban agglomeration, strive for the ambitious target ofrealizing modernization in2020. Logistics enjoy an exceptional advantage in achieving thetarget. So carry out the research on the logistics industry to the competitiveness of the urbanagglomeration is the significant theory and realistic project in speeding up the transformation,upgrading and promoting competitiveness.Based on the above viewpoints, the paper, focusing on the past, current and the future ofthe urban agglomeration in the Pearl River Delta, has done a comprehensive research on thesituation combined logistics industry and the urban agglomeration competitiveness bycarrying out large amounts of research on the documents in and out of China and fieldresearch. The paper also explores the development of the urban agglomeration by establishingrelevant theory frame system. The main work and contribution of the paper has done areintegrating relevant theory and newest achievements of the logistics industry and the urbanagglomeration competitiveness. Moreover, analyzes the problems between the logisticsindustry and the competitiveness of the urban agglomeration in the Pearl River Delta, whichwill broaden the innovative thoughts and methods of the managers who take charge of theurban agglomeration. To be specific, there are several aspects as follows:Firstly, the paper introduces the concepts, connotation and the mechanism of action of thelogistics industry, urban agglomeration and its competitiveness, and explains the relationshipbetween logistics industry and the urban agglomeration.Secondly, after reviewing the development history of the urban agglomeration in the PearlRiver Delta, the paper establishes the index system of competition of the urban agglomerationin the Pearl River Delta. By carrying out the factor analysis and the clustering analysis, it alsoanalyzes the classification rankings and the comprehensive rankings of the urban agglomeration competitiveness and then finds out the problems existed in the area’scompetitiveness.Thirdly, after looking back on the current situation of the logistics industry of the urbanagglomeration in the Pearl River Delta, the paper establishes index system of the logisticsindustry of the urban agglomeration in the Pearl River Delta. Through analyzing the factors, itanalyzes the advantages and disadvantages of the logistics industry in the Pearl River Delta.Fourthly, through the grey correlation analysis, the paper establishes the index system ofthe logistics industry and the urban agglomeration competitiveness of the Pearl River Delta,and then carries out the correlation analysis and research on the contribution of the logisticsindustry of the Pearl River Delta to the urban agglomeration competitiveness.Fifthly, Based on the above analysis, the paper proposes new thoughts of the developmentof the logistics industry, which depending on the urban agglomeration competitiveness of thePearl River Delta. Including: logistics industry development strategy, development orientation,development, development goals.To sum up, the research conclusion and the research achievements of the paper have asignificant practical meaning and theoretical value to the good interaction between thegovernment and the logistics industry of the urban agglomeration. That is, it is benefit tograsp the development discipline of the logistics industry and improve the urbanagglomeration competitiveness, so as to better the living standard of the people, fulfill thestrategic target of “Happy Guangdong” and be the first to achieve the modernization of theurban agglomeration of the Pearl River Delta in China.