Study on Spatial Evolution and Influencing Factors of High-quality Development of Logistics Industry in Yangtze River Economic Belt

Abstract

The Yangtze River Economic Belt is not only an important hub for interaction and cooperation between the Middle East and the west, but also has a high-standard and efficient transportation network based on the Yellow River waterway construction. It is of great significance to study how its logistics industry can achieve high-quality development. Based on the panel data of 11 provinces and cities in the Yangtze River Economic Belt from 2011 to 2020, this paper uses spatial autocorrelation model to determine the regional differences of high-quality logistics development, and explores the three major influencing factors of regional imbalance through geographically weighted regression analysis. It is found that there is a significant spatial positive correlation between the high-quality development of logistics in various provinces in the region, and the gap between upstream and downstream is obvious; At the same time, for economic factors, enterprise factors and population factors, the upstream region is more sensitive to population size, while the downstream region pays more attention to economic level, which reflects the different development stages of logistics industry in different regions. Therefore, it is the only way to grasp the different characteristics of different regions and realize overall coordination and high-quality industrial development according to local conditions.