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1、TheresearchregisterforthisjournalisavailableatThecurrentissueandfulltextarchiveofthisjournalisavailableathttp://www.emeraldinsight.com/researchregistershttp://www.emeraldinsight.com/0960-0035.htmDistributionandlogisticsDistributionandlogisticsdevelop
2、mentinChinadevelopmentTherevolutionhasbegun783BinJiangandEdmundPraterDepartmentofInformationSystemsandOperationsManagement,TheReceivedMarch2002UniversityofTexasatArlington,Arlington,Texas,USARevisedMay2002KeywordsChina,Distribution,InternetAbstractPr
3、iortotheeconomicreformmovement,China'scentrallyplanned,three-tiersystemdominatedthedistributionsector.Afterthe1980s,thissystemgraduallyshiftedawayfromthesocialistmodetothefreemarketmode.Today,China'sdistributionsystemliessomewherebetweenthesetwomodes
4、.Sincethereform,China'sgovernmenthasbeenencouragingexport-orientedforeignfirms'investmentsinfreetradezonesalongthecoast.ForeignfirmsdonotenjoythesameinlanddistributionandlogisticsrightsastheirChinesecounterparts.However,thedistributionpuzzleisnotonly
5、facedbyforeignfirms,butalsobyChinesefirmsthatoperatenationwide.China'sundevelopedinfrastructure,governmentregulations,andregionalprotectionismfragmentdistributionchannelsthroughoutChina.However,therearethreemainforcesthatarechangingandmodernizingChin
6、a'sdistributionandlogisticssystem.Thesearetheboomingeconomy,enteringtheWTOande-commerce.TheinevitablerevolutionofChina'sdistributionandlogisticssystemisontheway.1.IntroductionPriortotheeconomicreformmovement,China'scentrallyplanned,three-tiersystemdo
7、minatedthedistributionsector.Afterthe1980s,thissystemgraduallyshiftedawayfromthesocialistmodetothefreemarketmode.Today,therearethreemainforcesthatarechangingandmodernizingChina'sdistributionandlogisticssystem.Thesearetheboomingeconomy,enteringtheWTOa
8、nde-commerce.Whilegreatchangeshavebeenmade,China'sdistributionsystemstillliessomewherebetweensocialismandfreemarketcapitalism.ThispaperaddressesissuesofinteresttofirmswishingtodistributegoodthroughoutChina.Itprovidesahistoricalstructureforviewingdist
