China’s Logistics: From Laggard to Innovator

Exploring an underreported subject with global ramifications, this book sheds much-needed light on the rapid development of China’s logistics industry over the past several decades and puts it into historical context.

Though still lagging behind global logistics leaders overall, China has invested heavily in logistics infrastructure and technology to become a vital link in global supply chains, and is forging ahead in e-commerce logistics. This timely book analyzes the key policies, infrastructure projects, technologies, and companies that have transformed China’s domestic logistics capabilities and enabled it to become deeply intertwined with the worldwide supply chain. As the world enters a new era of geopolitics and confronts the possibility of US-China decoupling, it is more critical than ever to understand China’s logistics system to navigate uncertain times--and with their decades of experience, these authors are the very best guides.

Business leaders, policy makers, and logistics and supply chain professionals will benefit from this comprehensive and readable book’s insights into how and why China’s logistics system developed as it has, what that means for businesses and nations connected to China, and where we go from here.

Dr. Paul G. Clifford is a Senior Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School and author, The China Paradox. At the Front Line of Economic Transformation. Worked in China in banking, consulting and technology. Advised Chinese logistics firms and was Executive Director, China Federation of Logistics & Purchasing. Educated at SOAS University of London and Peking University

Christopher Logan is President of LOGISTEED International and Chief International Business Officer of LOGISTEED Ltd. Previously with Accenture, Livingston, Agility, and Oliver Wyman in Beijing where he advised logistics clients. Educated at Ivey Business School, Western University, with further executive training at Harvard, Yale and the Lee Kuan Yew School.