Establishment and Operation of Modern Agricultural Logistics Systems in China
Duohong Wang, Yusong Yan, Rong Zhang · Logistics · 2009
The establishment of modern agricultural logistics systems and the acceleration of modern agricultural logistics will not only bring benefits to the flourishing rural economy, improving rural conditions and promoting the quality of the farmers, but will also exert far-reaching influences on the accelerating agricultural modernization, enhancing the competitiveness of Chinese agricultural products in the international market, and resolving the Three Rural Issues. Based on Von Thunen's agricultural location theory, the paper is focused on the study of the modern agricultural logistics systems and sets up the modern agricultural logistics location mode. The modern agricultural logistics system should be established respectively in different areas at the county, prefecture and province levels, and be operated in the mode of "harmonization by government, market-orientation, support of platforms and enterprise operation".