The new China Logistics Industry Report, 2008-2009 states that the development of China’s logistics industry in 2008 can be divided into two periods, rapid growth and decline. Rapid growth period: the total value of social logistics achieved a fast growth of 26.7% in the first three quarters of 2008. With the further influences of global financial crisis in 2009, China’s logistics industry will step in the period of slow growth and structural adjustment, which will create new development opportunities for the third-party logistics. Third-party logistics in China is still in its early development stage, and has a high regional concentration degree, mainly distributing in the regions of YRD and PRD. The Chinese manufacturers seldom select third-party logistics companies, while the foreign-funded manufacturers prefer the third-party logistics companies.
