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  • May. 13, 2025

Arid Land Geography ›› 2025, Vol. 48 ›› Issue (4): 739-752.doi: 10.12118/j.issn.1000-6060.2024.404

• Regional Development • Previous Articles    

Multi-scale evolution characteristics and influencing factors of spatial layout of logistics enterprises in Xinjiang

LI Songrui1(), LIN Qiuping1,2(), YANG Shangguang3   

  1. 1. College of Business Administration, Xinjiang University of Finance & Economics, Urumqi 830012, Xinjiang, China
    2. Xinjiang Enterprise Development Research Center, Urumqi 830012, Xinjiang, China
    3. Business School, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
  • Received:2024-07-04 Revised:2024-08-30 Online:2025-04-25 Published:2025-04-18
  • Contact: LIN Qiuping E-mail:lisongrui2021@163.com;lqpxjcd@foxmail.com

Abstract:

The National Development and Reform Commission’s “14th Five-Year Plan for the Construction of a Modern Circulation System” emphasizes “improving the regional logistics service network”, while the State Council’s “Overall Plan for the China (Xinjiang) Pilot Free Trade Zone” proposes “building a comprehensive logistics hub connecting Europe and Asia”. Therefore, studying the spatial layout of Xinjiang logistics enterprises is of great strategic significance to improving the regional logistics service network and building the Xinjiang Pilot Free Trade Zone. Using the geographic coordinate data of Xinjiang logistics enterprises from 1992 to 2022, this study examines the geographical spatial distribution across different scales. This study explores the spatial heterogeneity of formation mechanisms and influencing factors at county and grid levels. The results indicate that: (1) Xinjiang logistics enterprises exhibit agglomeration, forming an overall spatial pattern of a “single axis, single main core, and multiple sub-cores”, while locally developing into a primary core with multiple sub-cores.(2) At the county level, logistics enterprise hotspots and sub-hotspots remain concentrated in northern Xinjiang, constrained by the northern slope of the Tianshan Mountains. However, at a finer grid scale, the sub-hotspots eventually expand beyond this geographical barrier. (3) E-commerce parks, comprehensive bonded zones, and population density significantly influence the spatial layout of logistics enterprises across different scales. Additionally, natural environmental factors can interact nonlinearly and should not be overlooked. (4) Xinjiang should prioritize logistics park development, enhance port functionality, and drive economic growth. In response to local influencing factors, such as e-commerce, industrial parks, ports, and comprehensive bonded zones, logistics plans should be expressed based on local conditions. The research deepened the enterprise location theory and provided theoretical support and practical guidance for the construction of Xinjiang’s Eurasian logistics hub and the core area of the Silk Road Economic Belt.

Key words: logistics enterprises, multi scale, spatial layout, evolutionary characteristics, influencing factors, Xinjiang