China's total value of logistics in 2007 reached CNY75.2282 trillion, up 26.2% year on year, boosted by continuous rapid growth in China's economy. According to the conservative estimation by the China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing, China's logistics industry is expected to have a compound annual growth rate of 16 percent in the forthcoming three years.

In 2007, the added value of China logistics industry was CNY1.7 trillion, up 20.3% year on year, accounting for 17.6% of the total of China service industry and 6.9% of China's GDP.

Added Value of China Logistics Industry and Its Growth Trend,2003-2007
(Unit: CNY10 billion CNY, %)
  
Source: ResearchInChina

In 2007, China's total cargo transport volume was 22.53 billion tons and its turnover volume of freight transport was 10.1 trillion tons/kilometers, up 10.7% and 11.8% year on year respectively. As for the distribution by modes of transportation, water transportation occupied 67 percent of China's turnover volume of freight transport, railway transportation 22.5 percent, road transportation 10.5% and aviation transportation 0.1 percent.

This report is based on the authoritative statistics from the China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing, the National Development and Reform Commission, the Logistics Association of China, the China Auto Logistics Association of CFIP, the General Administration of Customs, the State Information Center, and the National Bureau of Statistics. The report makes an in-depth analysis on the current situation, segmented markets and main companies of China's logistics industry, and also makes the forecasts on the development trend of China's logistics industry in 2008.      

Proportions to Total Turnover Volume by Modes of Transportation, 2007
(Unit: 100 million tons/kilometer, %)

  
Source: ResearchInChina

2. China Transportation Industry Development 
2.1 Highway
2.1.1 Highway Supply in China
2.1.2 Highway Demand in China
2.1.3 Increasing Fluctuations of Highway Freight Transport Prices
2.1.4 China Fixed Assets Investment in Highway
2.2 Railway 
2.2.1 China Railway Transport Development and Its Forecast
2.2.2 China Fixed Assets Investment in Railway 
2.3 Water Way
2.4 Civil Aviation 
2.4.1 China Air Transport Industry Driven by China Economic Growth 
2.4.2 China Air Transport Industry Development and Its Forecast
2.4.3 Foreign Capital Entry into China Air Transport Industry

3. Logistics Development in Main Industries
3.1 Auto Logistics
3.1.1 China Auto Logistics Development 
3.1.2 Development Trend of China Auto Logistics
3.2 Steel Logistics
3.2.1 China Steel Logistics Development
3.2.2 Development Trend of China Steel Logistics 
3.3 Petrochemical Logistics
3.3.1 China Petrochemical Logistics Development 
3.3.2 Development Trend of China Petrochemical Logistics
3.4 Household Appliance Logistics
3.4.1 China Household Appliance Logistics Development
3.4.2 Obstacles to the Development of Household Appliance Logistics
3.5.1 Coal Logistics Plan
3.5.2 Priorities in Base Channel Development 
3.5.3 Establishment of Coal Transportation Center 

4. Typical Companies
4.1 UPS
4.1.1 Company Profile
4.1.2 Operation Status
4.1.3 Development Strategy and Progress
4.2 FedEx
4.2.1 Company Profile
4.2.2 Operation Status
4.2.3 Development Progress
4.3 DHL
4.3.1 Company Profile
4.3.2 Operation Status
4.3.3 Development Strategy and Progress
4.4 Zhongchu Development Stock Co., Ltd
4.4.1 Company Profile
4.4.2 Financial Status
4.4.3 Operation Status
4.5 Sinotrans
4.5.1 Company Profile
4.5.2 Financial Status
4.5.3 Operation Status
4.6 COSCO Shipyard Group Co., Ltd
4.6.1 Company Profile
4.6.2 Financial Status
4.6.3 Operation Status  
4.7 China Shipping International Trading Co., Ltd
4.7.1 Company Profile
4.7.2 Operation Status
4.8 China Railway Express Co., Ltd.
4.8.1 Company Profile
4.8.2 Operation Status
4.9 China Post Logistics Co., Ltd
4.9.1 Company Profile
4.9.2 Operation Status
4.10 P.G. Logistics Group Co., Ltd
4.10 1 Company Profile
4.10.2 Operation Status and Strategy
4.11 ZJS Express
4.11.1 Company Profile
4.11.2 Development Strategy and Progress

5. Development Trend of China Logistics Industry
5.1 A Rapid Increase in Demand for Logistics 
5.2 Integrating and Moving Trend of Logistics Information
5.3 A Rise in Operation Cost and A Fall in Average Profit Margin
5.4 Priority Given to Development of Key Fields and Weak Links 
5.5 Logistics Market-An International Investment Hotspot