Measurement of comprehensive development level and regional disparity analysis of cities undertaking national commerce-service logistics hubs
YAN Yanyu
WANG Baoyi
Abstract：To promote high-quality development of commerce logistics and regional coordination,53 cities designated as national commerce-service logistics hubs are selected as sample cities.Based on panel data from these sample cities from 2014 to 2022,an evaluation index system is constructed with five dimensions:economic development level,commerce development level,infrastructure level,logistics development level,and talent-information potential.The entropy weighted-technique for order preference by similarity to ideal solution method is used to calculate comprehensive development level scores.A coupling coordination degree model is emplayed to quantify interactions and coordination among indicators,while the Dagum Gini coefficient is applied to analyze regional disparities.Results indicate that the average comprehensive development level of 53 sample cities increases steadily from 0.099 in 2014 to 0.156 in 2022,representing a cumulative increase of 57.58%,though the overall level remains low and requires improvement;the coupling coordination degree continuously improves,transitioning from mild imbalance to marginal imbalance,yet overall coordination stays suboptimal;regional disparities primarily stem from inter-regional differences,with an average annual contribution rate of 40.18%,making inter-regional gap reduction essential for curbing the expansion of overall disparities.
Keywords：city undertaking national commerce-service logistics hubscomprehensive development levelcoupling coordination degreeentropy weighted-TOPSIS method
Publication Date：2025-07-30
Online Publishing Date：2026-05-22(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：12( 32-43 )