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Research on Construction of Modern Logistics System of
Harbin-Daqing-Qiqihar Industrial Corridor
LI Liping1, XUE Wei2
1. 2. College of Engineering and Technology, Northeast Forestry University
1. College of Economy and Management Daqing Petroleum Institute,P.R.China, 150040
[email protected]
Abstract: With the further deepening of the economic integration of the Harbin-Daqing-Qiqihar
Industrial Corridor, the communication and cooperation in talents, information and resources for the
logistics industry of this region should be further enhanced. Beginning with the necessity for the
construction of a regional modern logistics system in the Harbin-Daqing-Qiqihar Industrial Corridor, the
paper goes deeply into the obstacles of fragmentation in the development of logistics industries of
various cities in the region, the lack of coordination and planning in the construction of logistics parks
and the lack of united logistics information platforms within the region, and brings out useful proposals
mainly on the construction of a modern logistics system in the Harbin-Daqing-Qiqihar region.
Keywords: Harbin-Daqing-Qiqihar Industrial Corridor; regional logistics; logistics system
1 Introduction
As the integration of the world's economy has been quickened, regional economy has become a
new trend around the world. With increasing practices in the development of regional economies, the
mainstay theoretical researches on regional economies have also changed a lot, mainly being
specifically reflected in more attention to the intra-regional and inter-regional economic correlation and
interaction regularities. The construction and development of regional economies and regional logistics
systems have become increasingly important in the revitalization of regional economies.
With the accelerating adjustment of the industrial economy layout of the Harbin-Daqing-Qiqihar
Industrial Corridor region, it is particularly imperative to formulate an integrated planning for the layout
of the logistics industry. However, currently there are few researches on the logistics system of the
Harbin-Daqing-Qiqihar Industrial Corridor, most of which are still staying at the primary level of static
and microcosmic perspectives. Based on the latest theories of regional economy, the paper discards the
static research method that is principally based on optimization of structure and space layout and adopts
dynamic research method with the development process and internal mechanism as main contents for
the research. After the research, it is believed that promotion of development of a regional modern
logistics system in the Harbin-Daqing-Qiqihar region particularly requires for the overall and
forward-looking views as well as integrated planning and rational layout. The new industrial layout must
abandon the preference for the administrative intervention model and broaden the meanings of current
regional planning according to the marketization level, implement the integration of development
planning, control planning and economic adjustment policies to achieve the linkage between the upper
reach and the lower reach and the organization of division and cooperation of the logistics industry
within the region.
In the rest of this paper, Harbin-Daqing-Qiqihar Industrial Corridor will be abbreviated as HDQ
Industrial Corridor.
2 Necessities of constructing modern HDQ Industrial Corridor
2.1 Necessary for promoting regional economic development
It is a major decision of the Heilongjiang Provincial Party Committee and the Government to
develop and construct the HDQ Industrial Corridor, which is of significant and comprehensive strategic
meanings for the construction of industry clusters and new platforms to attract foreign funds, upgrading
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of the industry level during the new round of industry adjustment and transfer, cultivation of new growth
engines, realization of leap-forward development as well as promotion of achievement of the task of
building an overall well-off society. The construction of the regional logistics system in the
Harbin-Daqing-Qiqihar Industrial Corridor will give full play to the position advantage and
comprehensive transport conditions, adopt modern logistics technologies and management concepts,
fully integrate the stock resources, reasonably allocate incremental resources, construct the logistics
system of for major industries of the Industrial Corridor, which is based on the logistics industrial parks
and supported by auxiliary logistics systems of various industrial parks, and develop logistics industry
clusters. Meanwhile, the logistics system of the Industrial Corridor will serve the industries of
agricultural product circulation, Sino-Russia trade, commerce and trade in the surrounding economic
regions, promote the construction of a core logistics system that connects the whole province, the
Northeast Economic Region and the whole country internally and radiates to the Northeast Asia, and
promote the rapid development of the logistics industry of the province.
2.2 Necessary for strengthening logistics resources integration and promoting Sino-Russian
economic and technological development
Heilongjiang Province is not only an important industrial base in China but is also an important
channel connecting Russia and the Eastern Europe, playing an important role in the economic and trade
cooperation with Russia and Eastern European countries. The construction of the HDQ Industrial
Corridor that radiates to the Northeast Asia plays an extraordinarily significant role in the economic,
trade and technical cooperation between the province and the country with Russia.
2.3 Necessary for strengthening logistics resources and revitalizing Heilongjiang economy as an
old industrial base
With the implementation of the strategy to revitalize the Northeast old industrial base, Heilongjiang
Province is facing rare opportunities of development. As the leading industry in the national economy,
the logistics industry must provide cost-effective, efficient and convenient services; make efforts to
reduce the circulation costs and create sound and healthy environment for the economic development.
The construction of a united modern logistics system is of great significance for the marketization,
professionalization and socialization level of the provincial economy, for reduction of costs and
enhancement of enterprises' core competitiveness, restructuring and upgrading of the industries in the
Northeast old industrial base as well as promotion of the development of global-market-oriented
economy of Heilongjiang Province.
3 Obstacles in constructing modern logistics system in HDQ Industrial Corridor
The HDQ logistics region covers the cities of Harbin, Daqing, Qiqihar, the Greater Xing'an
Mountains, Suihua. With strong industrial basis, the industry clusters mainly of equipment,
petrochemical, food and pharmaceutical industries have been formed in the region. The logistics in the
region is highly interrelated. The commercial and trade circulation industry in the region is also highly
developed. Meanwhile, the integration of various cities has been formed in respect of commercial and
trade activities. The closely linked means of transport including railways, highways, air, water and
pipelines are complete and the comprehensive transport network system is sound. Therefore, the region
has the comprehensive advantages and conditions for the development of modern logistics. However, it
would not be smooth in giving full play to these comprehensive advantages and building the modern
logistics system in the HDQ region. There would be various kinds of obstacles ahead.
3.1 Separation of logistics management with circulation system, lack of coordination and planning
in logistics park construction
Currently, the logistics management of the HDQ Industrial Corridor has the problem of unclear
responsibilities. Traditional management system of compartmentalized departments is stilled adopted,
with separated duties and each department working in silos. Without united planning, it is difficult to
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form a logistics network system with reasonable layout. Compartmentalization makes the logistics
management authority which previously belongs to a single system resource be divided among several
departments, such as railway, highway, air, and sea transport departments under the administration of the
state, cities and foreign-funded enterprises. Consequently, if an enterprise wants to engage in railway,
highway, air and sea transport in the country, it shall submit applications to several related approving
authorities. Due to the compartmentalization, resources cannot be allocated scientifically and effectively
in the planning and development of these basic transport means.
At present, in the development and planning of logistics industry, different regions always work in
silos and lack of cooperation. For example, when carrying out planning of logistics parks, various cities
in the HDQ region pay more attention to full utilization of its own resources while take little
consideration of the communication and coordination with surrounding cities. For example, Harbin built
logistics parks in the south, east and west, etc, while Daqing and Qiqihar built their own logistics parks.
During the planning process, these cities took no consideration of the integration and coordination of
these parks with existing logistics resources in the HDQ region as well as the coverage diameter and
regional effects of various parks and so on, causing redundant construction and waste of resources.
3.2 Relative shortage of logistics infrastructures and comprehensive logistics services
The construction of traffic and transport facilities in the HDQ Industrial Corridor has undergone
slow development, particularly for the container depots. The door-to-door multimodal transport has not
been fully developed. Modern logistics facilities serving the region such as logistics bases, logistics
centers and the like are relatively insufficient. Good correlation and cooperation relations have not been
developed among multiple modes of transport. With unbalanced and inconsistent development, various
means of transport are unable to exert their own advantages reasonably. Additionally, in developed
countries, a character of the modern logistics in the design and exercise of functions as well as the
logistics management and services required in supply chain management is to provide logistics
management and services required by clients at the lowest price on the basis of information and
professional logistics knowledge. However, at present, most logistics enterprises in Harbin, Daqing and
Qiqihar are developed from material circulating enterprises under the traditional system. Their service
contents still remain in warehousing, transportation and handling. Few enterprises can provide
comprehensive logistics services and give full play to the functions of modern logistics services.
3.3 Deviation from actual local economy, blind planning and development of logistics parks
Since the survival of logistics enterprises is based on clients' requirements, the logistics park should
be a product when the third-party logistics market has developed to a certain stage. Logistics enterprises
only cluster with the industrial clusters of their clients. Only when the enterprises in the parks form
accrete relations of the industry chain and generate supporting cluster effects, can the expected goals for
the development of logistics parks be realized. However, in practice, some local economies in the HDQ
Industrial Corridor have not been so developed as to generate many industry clusters and objectively
require logistics enterprises to match them in the form of clusters. Moreover, local governments in the
region always pay more attention to the benefits of increase of taxes and reduction of unemployment in
the planning of logistics parks. Therefore, there are unrealistic planning and development in some
regions. The practices that disregard the development level of local economies and practical demands of
enterprises have directly resulted in high vacancy rate of some logistics parks within the region.
Meanwhile, enterprises in these parks are primarily non-logistics enterprise. These logistics parks have
generated limited earnings, or even wastes.
3.4 Low-level logistics informatization, no united logistics network information platform
Currently, relevant policies, laws and regulations, standards are not sound enough in Heilongjiang
Province, with the problems of superiority of hardware over software, construction over maintenance,
system over information. The work of informatization is disaggregated and it is difficult to share
information resources with delayed updates. Meanwhile, the technical personnel and funds for
informatization are insufficient. A truly useful logistics network information platform has not been built.
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According to the survey of the China Logistics Information Center, currently in China, those
industrial and commercial enterprises using computer systems account for less than half of the total
businesses. The ratio is even lower in the service industry and transport industry, at 24.3% and 18.3%
respectively. Except for POS and barcode technology, the application of other information technologies
is generally unpopular. The standards of logistics technologies and services are mostly not uniform.
In China, the container freight transport represents only 20% of the total transport volume, much
lower than the world's average level of 65%. According to the Report on Demands of Transnational
Companies in China for Logistics Services, among around one hundred of enterprises investigated, 80%
rated the quality of current logistics services as "Average". Among all the aspects needed to be improved,
the information transfer efficiency ranked the first.
4 Ideas for planning and constructing HDQ regional modern logistics system
4.1 Establish a unified and coordination mechanism to promote construction of HDQ regional
modern logistics system
The modern logistics is a comprehensive industrial system that covers multiple industries, service
fields and vast regional span. Overall and forward-looking views as well as unified planning and
reasonable layout are particularly needed in promoting the development of the HDQ regional modern
logistics system. Therefore, it is necessary to build a unified coordination mechanism to promote the
construction of the HDQ regional modern logistics system. Under the framework agreement of the HDQ
Industrial Corridor, a coordination team for the promotion of modern logistics within the region should
be set up as soon as possible and the coordination meeting system should be established. In specific
practices, the development and reform commissions at various governmental levels should take the lead
and should join with relevant departments such as the Ministry of Commerce, traffic, railway, civil
aviation, post, custom, quality inspection, information, finance, tax, and national resources departments
as well as relevant associations to develop the coordination system among logistics development
departments within the region, study major issues in the development of logistics within the region,
formulate corresponding policies and measures to speed up the development of regional logistics and
construct the regional modern logistics system.
4.2 Integrate logistics resources to improve logistics enterprises' operational modes
Establish regional logistics corporations. The modern logistics industry is featured with social,
systemic and network characteristics. The major issue for the development of the modern logistics
industry is the integration of various logistics functions and elements. Therefore, Harbin Daqing and
Qiqihar should integrate the resources of current logistics enterprises and promote the development into
an intensive and coordinative industry through reorganization, acquisitions and cooperation.
4.2.1 Accelerate the reorganization of logistics enterprises
Reorganized logistics enterprises will give full play to the advantages of internet, timely and
accurately acquire dynamic logistics information, coordinate logistics networks to construct a global
logistics network for their companies, save time and costs to the largest extent and gain competitive
edges.
4.2.2 Establish strategic alliance
Integrate the resources of logistics enterprises in the HDQ Industrial Corridor to realize
complements and sharing of resources and promote the formation of scale operation of advantageous
enterprises to reduce the operating costs.
4.2.3 Integrate the industry chain
Integrate the whole interrelated and collaborative industry chain to form a socialized logistics
system with supply chain management as the core, separate the logistics activities from the production,
trading and consumption process and develop into a new type of economic activities conducted by
independent economic entities.
4.2.4 Focus on development of leading logistics enterprises
Establish regional logistics corporations. Nurture a number of leading logistics enterprises and
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comprehensively promote the rapid, stable and sound development of modern logistics industry within
the region with the driving force of leading logistics enterprises.
4.3 Construct three major logistics hubs to form characteristic logistics industry clusters
Main standards to divide the logistics hubs are: featured with industrial consistence or correlation;
conducive to determine major development points of various cities to promote the formation of industry
clusters within the city and mutual development of various industries and form distinct logistics industry
clusters; conducive to effectively evade the barrier of administrative divisions; realize the integration of
regional economies through logistics integration and promote the harmonious social and economic
development of logistics areas. Establish three major logistics hubs by taking comprehensive
consideration of the traffic and transport conditions and economic development situations of three cities,
in combination with the already formed characteristics of traffic and economic areas and industry layout
of three cities as well as the relations with surrounding countries and provinces (regions).
4.3.1 Harbin regional logistics hub
As an important city for international economy and trade in the Northeast Asia, Harbin plays a
critical role in politics, economy, culture, commerce and trade, and traffics layout. The role of Harbin as
a logistics hub must be strengthened in developing the modern logistics industry in Heilongjiang
Province. As a central logistics hub in Heilongjiang Province, Harbin will promote the integration of the
logistics industry of the whole province with China's Northeast logistics system and the Northeast Asian
logistics system. In consideration of the status and characteristics of industrial development of Harbin,
Harbin, as the central logistics hub in Heilongjiang Province, should focus on the development of
comprehensive logistics, logistics for equipment manufacturing industry, agricultural industry,
pharmaceutical industry, food industry and exhibition industry, and so on.
4.3.2 Qiqihar regional logistics hub
As the central city in the western region of Heilongjiang Province, Qiqihar is featured with sound
industrial basis and has established a complete industrial system primarily composed of heavy
machinery and metallurgical industry. Meanwhile, Qiqihar is also a agricultural production base in
Heilongjiang Province, particularly for green food. As the major traffic and communications hinge
across Heilongjiang, Jilin and Inner Mongolia, Qiqihar has established sound and comprehensive
transport system extending to the Baicheng City of Jilin Province, Hulun Buir City, Xing'an league of
the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region that are important portal cities and junctions for Heilongjiang
Province to connect the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. The development of Qiqihar regional
logistics hub should be focused on the development of comprehensive logistics, logistics for equipment
manufacturing and agriculture industries, etc.
4.3.3 Daqing regional logistics hub
As the most important base of China's petroleum industry, Daqing City is a regional city featured
with comprehensive development and focus on petroleum, petrochemical and hi-tech industries. Located
in the center of the "Broad HDQ" region, Daqing has convenient traffic links. The road traffic system
extends to all directions; in respect of air transport, the Harbin Taiping International Airport and
Qiqihaer Airport can be used; in respect of water transport, Qiqihar, Harbin, Jiamusi, Tongjiang, Fuyuan
are reachable through the Zhaoyuan Port. It also connects Songyuan City of Jilin Province in the south,
forming an important southing channel in the western region of Heilongjiang Province. The
development of the logistics industry is oriented at petrochemical logistics and logistics for supplies of
oil fields.
4.4 Accelerate logistics informatization process and establish a unified logistics information
platform
4.4.1 Speed up the construction of basic communication networks
The government should formulate corresponding measures to encourage these telecommunication
operators to build basic communication networks; support and nurture a group of internet logistics
information service providers; lower prices for enterprises and users to connect with internet, build
websites and develop E-commerce, reduce enterprises' informatization costs.
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4.4.2 Encourage enterprises to establish logistic information system and adopt advanced information
technologies
The government can, through equity participation and discount interest loans, encourage
enterprises to build logistics information system, employ and popularize the Electronic Data Interchange
EDI , Management Information System (MIS), Radio Frequency RF), Geographic Information
System (GIS), Global Positioning System (GPS), Flexible Manufacturing System (FMS), Computer
Integrated Manufacturing Systems (CIMS), Manufacturing Resource Planning (MRP), Enterprise
Resource Planning (ERP), supply chain management and other logistics theories and technologies in the
internal logistics management of logistics enterprises and various industrial and commercial enterprises
to fully improve enterprises' information management.
4.4.3 Build a unified logistics information platform
Through collection of public data, a unified logistics information platform can provide basic and
supporting information to enterprise information systems; meet the requirements of enterprise
information systems for public information; help realize various functions of enterprise information
systems. Through sharing of information, the platform can support the establishment of the collaborative
work mechanism for industrial management and standardized management of the market among various
governmental departments.
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5 Technical procedures for planning of HDQ regional modern logistics system
According to the problems in the construction of HDQ regional logistics system and the actual
situations in the development of regional economies, the technical flow for planning and development of
HDQ regional logistics system is showed in Figure 1 below:
In order to effectively evade the problems in the development of the logistics industry in the region,
the following aspects should be emphasized during the planning of HDQ regional logistics system:
To introduce advanced concepts in formulating the planning for the development of the logistics
industry in the HDQ region. The modern regional logistics is a kind of reorganization that realizes the
optimized allocation of logistics resources and strategic functions of the logistics system based on the
overall logistics industry and through overall coordination, reasonable planning, improvement of
technical standards and operating rules as well as the systematic integration of existing conditions and
resources, breaking of the limits of regions, departments and industries and overall logistics planning
according to the concept of the "general logistics".
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Figure 1 Technique flow chart for HDQ regional logistics
Carry out overall planning according to the features of the economy and location of the HDQ
region. Based on the principles of regional economics, various major cities in the HDQ region are
positioned as central cities of regional logistics and overall planning should be carried out according to
the positioning.
Highlight the macro-regulation function of the government. The industrial policies, laws and
regulations for market administration and collaborative work mechanism between various departments
established by the government play an important role in the development of the logistics industry. The
construction of the HDQ regional modern logistics system cannot be completed without the efforts and
coordination of the government.
6 Conclusion
With the development of the logistics economy and logistics technologies, the regional and
collaborative trend in the development of modern logistics has attracted more attention. The logistics
rationalization has developed from the rationalization of enterprises' internal logistics into the
rationalization of the whole supply chain and even the whole region. In this paper, we go deeply into the
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obstacles of fragmentation in the development of logistics industries of various cities in this region. We
developed that the establishment of HDQ regional modern logistics system, effective, smooth and
networking regional logistics system should be formed by collaboration of various parties to provide
modern logistics services to support mutual development of regional economies. It is of great theoretical
and practical significance in promoting the mutual development of modern logistics industry, providing
socialized logistics services, promoting reasonable layout of the logistics industry, constructing the
industry belt in the HDQ region and promoting the mutual development of Northeast Asian logistics
circle.
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The introduction of the author
Li Liping: PHD student of Northeast Forestry University, Associate Professor in the Economy and
Management School of Daqing Petroleum Institute, focusing on the study of regional economy.
Xue wei: Doctoral Supervisor of Northeast Forestry University, focusing on the study of regional
economy.
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