What is the social environment for the development of logistics industry?

This paper analyzes the social environment of logistics industry from three aspects: the rise of domestic logistics enterprises, the improvement of logistics technology level and the continuous optimization of the overall logistics development pattern. The relevant introduction is as follows:

1. Domestic logistics enterprises are constantly rising: Since the reform and opening up, foreign logistics multinational enterprises have started to enter the China market, and then set up joint ventures with domestic enterprises. Since 2006, foreign-funded enterprises can set up their own distribution network in China and operate logistics business independently.

With the advantages of capital, technology and management, foreign logistics enterprises gradually move from joint venture to sole proprietorship and from single business to comprehensive logistics business through mergers and acquisitions, and the domestic logistics market presents an international competition trend. Due to the disparity in strength between domestic logistics enterprises and foreign logistics enterprises, their development tends to be polarized. Foreign logistics enterprises mainly control the high-end logistics market, while domestic logistics enterprises mainly control the low-end logistics market.

With the continuous improvement of China's logistics industry and the continuous optimization of technology, management and policy, this polarized situation has been gradually reversed. More and more domestic enterprises set foot in the high-end logistics market, the service quality is getting higher and higher, and the competitiveness with foreign logistics enterprises is steadily improving.

2. Improvement of logistics technology level: Compared with previous industries with low technology content, the informationization level of logistics industry has been enhanced, and the level of logistics integration and automation has been greatly improved. It is not only the rapid development of logistics infrastructure, but also the further integration of information network technology and logistics industry.

Most logistics enterprises use handheld terminals, vehicle-mounted satellite positioning technology, electronic bar codes, wireless target guns and so on. Accelerate the application of technologies such as Internet, Internet of Vehicles, Internet of Things, Big Data and Cloud Computing. The gradual popularization of 5G technology in the future will also provide technical support for the application of driverless technology.

Logistics technology has been applied in different degrees in the whole logistics process, covering comprehensive operation processes such as transportation, warehousing and distribution. Traffic links include car loan matching platform, new energy vehicles and driverless technology. The storage link is mainly an unmanned warehouse equipped with automatic shelves and AGV robots; The distribution links include delivery robots, drones, and intelligent express cabinets.

However, limited by the level of scientific and technological development, the scope of application of various scientific and technological applications is different. At this stage, technologies such as vehicle-cargo matching, new energy vehicles, unmanned warehouses, drones and intelligent express cabinets are relatively mature and have entered the commercialization field. Under the guidance of unmanned vehicles, unmanned aerial vehicles, automatic sorting and other technologies, the express delivery business as a logistics terminal has already begun to change from "labor-intensive" to "technology-intensive".

3. The overall logistics development pattern has been continuously optimized: since the Thirteenth Five-Year Plan, China's industry has been positioned as cross-regional coordination, industrial chain construction based on supply chain and industrial group development based on industrial chain construction. With the increasing importance of the logistics industry, more and more social capital has entered the logistics field. Coupled with the development of national logistics for 40 years, domestic logistics has formed a pattern of coexistence of various ownership systems, multi-agent competition and multi-level service.

From the perspective of ownership, state-owned, private and foreign capital have three pillars; From the demand point of view, there are both people's livelihood needs and industrial needs from agriculture, industry and commerce; From the perspective of providers, there are both traditional enterprises, specialized enterprises and emerging enterprises. Service products and service models are increasingly diversified, and various business models are accelerating, including third parties, fourth parties, supply chains, crowdfunding and so on.

There are many types of services such as city, region, country and cross-border in spatial distribution. There are many types of service time limit, such as "limited time, same day delivery, next morning delivery, and next day delivery". E-commerce logistics, express delivery, logistics real estate, cold chain logistics, aviation logistics, Internet of Things and other market segments have become the focus of investment.