An Empirical Study of Regional Differences of Express Logistics Services Capabilities

Express logistics plays a more and more important role in the development of regional economy. There are obvious differences in the express logistics service capabilities in different areas. Taking the Yangtze River Economic Belt of China as a sample, this paper utilizes grey correlation analysis and factor analysis to evaluate the express logistics service capabilities in 11 provinces of the Yangtze River Economic Belt in China. We screen out the comprehensive influence factors of regional express logistics service capabilities: the supply capacity of express logistics, the express logistics development potential, the supportability of information system and the infrastructure supporting capabilities. Fuzzy clustering analysis is utilized to divide the express logistics service capabilities of the Yangtze River Economic Belt of China into 5 levels. The results show that the express logistics service capabilities are stronger in the east region, at general level in midland and weaker in the western region in the Yangtze River Economic Belt.