Modern logistics, as an advanced organizational form and management technology, is becoming a new economic growth point and source of profit for enterprises and countries. America is the first country in the world coming up with the concept of logistics. It is also the first country with modern logistics activities and one of the countries with most developed logistics industry. Compared with America, China's logistics industry is still in its infant stage, which is characterized by conventional dispersed logistics activities that can not meet the demand of China's economic development. Low efficiency and high cost have been two restraining factors hampering the economic development and social reproduction, which calls for the establishment of a modern logistics service system to serve the future development of the national economy. Therefore, it is of great significance to make a comparison between China and America's logistics industry, through which we can draw great experiences and absorb the modern logistics technology, which will inevitably expedite the development of China's logistics industry and update the whole level of China's logistics.This dissertation will make a comparison between China and America in logistics activities from the view-angle of logistics cost and logistics service efficiency. Search for the differences between China and America in these aspects and point out the reason through analysis of the statistics data, and finally put forward some policy suggestions for the development of China's logistics industry. |