Evaluation on logistics industry development in the central cities of Northeast China based on principal component analysis
As a significant branch of industry, logistics industry helps to improve regional industrial structure adjustment,accelerate the transformation of economy growth mode,and strengthen the regional economic competitiveness. It touches upon many fields and can not only absorb large number of employees but also boost production and stimulate consumption. Developing logistics industry in a big way is an inner urge of logistics development for the three provinces of northeast China. It is a important industrial project to revitalize the old industrial base of Northeast China. On the basis of logistics development foundation in northeast china and the Logistics Development Plan for Northeast China Area(2011~2015) ,the paper employs principal component analysis to evaluate the levels of logistics development in the four central cities of northeast china. Furthermore,the assessment index system consists of three first-class indexes named as "logistics demand","logistics supply"and "logistics environment" and further divides into twenty second-class indexes. The results show that Changchun and Harbin rank low on the first principal component, Shenyang and Harbin rank top on the second principal component. The integrated ranking is Dalian,Shenyang,Harbin,Changchun.
logistics industrynortheast China: central cityDalianShenyangHarbinChangchun