A Tactics Research On The Construction Of Regional Logistics Centre (RLC) In Changsha City

With the speeding-up of global economic integration and fast development of China's foreign trade, the function of logistics appears day by day, the service level and service cost of logistics has become one of the important factors which influence the sustainable economic development of China. And the logistics industry of China is at the stage of transition from traditional logistics to modern logistics, its development does not match with China's fast developing macroeconomy. Based on the former reality, this thesis, which uses the theoretical means integrated with exemplify means, probes into the theory of logistics, the construction theory of logistics centre and the development trend of modern logistics industry from the angle of theory and practice of the domestic and abroad logistics. Its main purpose is to do possibility research of building up regional logistics centre (RLC) in regional central cities, through studying the relationship between regional central city and the development of regional logistics. Experience of developed countries shows that RLCs run a vital role to the regional economic development, such as, do benefit to the regional sustainable development, optimize the allocation of regional logistics resources, stimulate the adjustment of land use structure, and perfect the central city's functional distribution, create returns to scale, do benefit to the specialization development of logistics firms and the development of multi-transportation. While RLCs usually are built up in regional central cities, because regional central cities have convenient transportation, which is necessary to a RLC, and regional central cities have good convergence effect and diffusion effect of goods to the surrounding regions. Under the globalization background, central cities, which serve as the growth pole of the regional economy, show new features of the factors of production's convergence and diffusion, such as higher velocity and frequency of the flow of factors and values, remarkable scales, etc. It puts forward new request of the adaptability of logistics and the planning of logistic system in the central city. So the planning and constructing of logistics system in the central city has a very important meaning to cope with the labor division and competition under globalization circumstance, and gives full play to the regional comparable advantages, stimulates the regional and interregional economic coordination. So, it is very necessary to promote the development plan of logistics system in the central cities to the strategic aspect of social basic construction. Some cities, such as Shanghai, Tianjin, Shenzhen and Ningbo, have proposed speeding up the development of the logistics industry, constructing the RLC and international logistics centre, and have already made progress. As an important provincial capital city in central China, Changsha possesses manifest location advantage, good infrastructure and certain economic strength, it is the leading core of the regional economy. Under the new economic situation, through constructing the RLC, continue giving play to the convergence effect and the diffusion effect to promote the development of regional economy, Changsha is facing a very good opportunity of development. In the process of constructing the RLC in Changsha city, the continuous, high speed and healthy development of China's economy, the high speed development of China's logistics industry, the strong economic growth of Hunan Province, and the integration of Changsha, Zhuzhou and Xiangtan, altogether provide a good exterior environment for the construction of RLC. While the high speed economic development of Changsha city, good location advantage, good urban infrastructure, highly developing logistics industry, and the local government's policy support to the construction of RLC, all change the possibility of constructing RLC into reality. Thus, through the analysis of the interior and exterior environment, the thesis reaches a conclusion that from the location advantage, economic power, logistics infrastructure to macroeconomic policy, microeconomic decision all support Changsha city to construct the RLC. And then, through analyzing the developing goals and principles of the construction of RLC, the thesis thinks that the RLC is to be designed as a regional comprehensive logistics centre, which will emphasize on regional logistics. Its developing principles include the service principle of supporting Changsha city to realize its economic goals, the systematic principle of giving play to its advantage and integrating its existing resources, the systematized, specialized, scaled, networked construction principle, the omni-directional, multi-channel principle of developing in harmony, and implementation principle with steps, advancing especially, etc. After ascertaining the development goals and principles of the construction of RLC in Changsha city, the thesis have a tactics study on how to construct a RLC. First, the local government gives play to its macro-guiding function, reinforces the industrial regulation of logistics, sets up management system, supports the appropriate excessive development of large-scale logistics enterprises, strengthens the construction of information system of logistics industry, the customs of Changsha puts out new actions, promotes the logistics great development of foreign trade, etc. Second, develop at the same pace or exceed the pace of the integration of Changsha, Zhuzhou and Xiangtan, provide the construction of RLC with a good hardware and software environment on the aspects of communication network, information network and financial network. Third, speed up the construction of other kinds of logistics infrastructure. Fourth, set up the logistics information platform under new economy ----construction of e-commerce platform. Fifth, cultivate modern logistics personnel. Sixth, develop green logistics in a more cost-effective manner.